Sarah Storck

European Metal Recycling (EMR) officially opened a new fridge recycling plant in Walsall, near Birmingham in the UK, in late March. The facility will recycle end-of-life refrigerators and freezers from producer compliance schemes....

Worldwide e-waste arisings are increasing five times more quickly than previously documented. A record 62 million tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) were generated in 2022, which was 82 per cent more than in 2010. Another 32 per cent growth to 82 million tonnes is expected between now and 2030....

The Dutch Government dissolved its national Plastic Pact at the start of the year, the Dutch Secretary of State for Infrastructure and Water, Vivianne Heijnen, announced in mid-February. Launched in February 2019, the Dutch Plastic Pact was supported by 75 companies and environmental organisations and the Ministry of...

The global volume of municipal solid waste is expected to rise to around 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050 – an increase of more than 80 per cent over the 2.1 billion tonnes registered in 2020, according to new figures from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)....

German machinery builder Herbold Meckesheim is delivering a PET washing line to the firm Doğa, based in Kirklareli, Turkey. The plant is to have a daily output of 100 tonnes of PET recyclate and start operations in early 2024, according to the supplier. This is the fifth PET washing line the company has delivered to...

Ahead of binding EU reporting requirements, the German waste management company PreZero has issued its first sustainability report in December 2023. Read on to find out more about the volume of recycled materials Prezero processed in 2022, the size of its staff and the company's sustainability strategy....

German packaging producer Südpack has acquired a majority stake in the chemical recycling firm Carboliq. Südpack previously held 31 per cent of the company, while the remaining shares were held by Clean Cycle Investments (31 per cent) and Recenso GmbH (38 per cent). In a transaction that took effect from 2 January,...