Ann Kühlers

The Recycling Association (TRA) has appointed Craig Robinson as its next chief executive officer. He joined the UK trade body representing the recovered paper and recycling industry on 1 June ahead of formally taking over the role on 17 August. He will work alongside out-going chief executive Paul Sanderson during a...

The US Environmental Protection Agency is again signalling its intention to lift federal emissions restrictions on pyrolysis and chemical recycling units. In a draft rule on air curtain incinerators published in the Federal Register in March, the Agency is seeking comment on a proposal to remove "pyrolysis/combustion...

Suez is to take over the operation of the Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park in October under a new ten-year contract with the city council. The deal is valued at £396m (approximately €457m) and includes an option to extend for a further period of five years. Suez's bid was considered the most economically advantageous...

Swedish tyre pyrolysis technology company Scandinavian Enviro Systems is seeking a three-month extension to its court-supervised business reorganisation, as the company works to secure long-term financing and restructure its operations and debt. Enviro said it had sufficient liquidity to continue operating during the...

Kanadevia Inova experienced an earnings set-back last year due to technical problems in its waste-to-energy (wte) business which forced its Japanese parent to book additional provisions linked largely to steam turbine systems. In financial results for the year ending 31 March 2026 released this month, parent company...

Dutch waste-to-energy (wte) plant operator AVR returned to revenue growth in 2025 as the company continued to recover from the major fire at its Rozenburg site two years earlier. The company is pressing ahead with turbine upgrades and carbon reduction projects aimed at adapting its business to tightening Dutch climate...

Europe’s transition towards a more circular plastics system lost significant momentum between 2022 and 2024, according to the latest edition of Plastics Europe's biennial report on the circular economy for plastics. The plastic producers' association said growth in circular plastics production and recycled content...

Finnish recycling group Kuusakoski has acquired the outstanding 39 per cent stake in its British waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) joint venture SWEEEP Kuusakoski, taking full ownership of the Kent-based company. The group had previously held a 61 per cent shareholding. The value of the transaction was...

Viridor has proposed shutting down its chemical recycling operations in Northern Europe. The British waste management company argues that weak demand, regulatory uncertainty and competition from low-cost virgin plastics have rendered advanced plastics recycling "commercially uninvestable without policy changes". The...

Belgian environmental technology company Keppel Seghers used last week's IFAT Munich 2026 to present a modular approach to waste-to-energy plant construction aimed at shortening project timelines and reducing on-site construction work. The new solution requires port access as the modules are transported to the...