Business

• Stena investing €25m in new recycling plant for lithium batteries from EVs
• Schnitzer posts best results “in over a decade” in fiscal third quarter
• Suez Board recommends shareholders accept Veolia takeover offer
• US scrap recycler Liberty Iron & Metal sells off more locations
• World’s top ten environmental services groups by revenue
• Germany’s EEW raises €400m through green bond issue
• Paprec creates SRF joint venture with Vicat, launches green bond
• Interview with Fortum Oslo Varme’s Jannicke Gerner Bjerkås on CCS
• EU member states’ paths diverge on waste sorting labelling
• CVB parts with speciality paper mill in Raon l’Étape, France
• Recycling company Relife enters corrugated packaging market
• Renewcell clears further hurdles
• Södra and Lenzing to expand textile fibre recycling capacity
• Chemical EPS recycling: Knauf Industries discussing cooperation with Michelin
• Coca-Cola to switch to 100% rPET for smaller bottles in UK
• European PVC value chain sets itself new sustainability goals
• Borealis invests in Belgian plastics recycler Renasci
• Chemical recycling of HDPE: Ineos and Lactel to cooperate
• Quantafuel builds waste sorting plant in Denmark
• Schwarz Group to use more recycled plastic
• Indorama Ventures’ plans new recycling facility in Indonesia
• Industry notes urgency of PET recycling process approvals
• Plastics industry sees threat to single market in SUPD implementation

Markets

• PET bottles in Germany
• Upcoming market reports
• Waste plastics in Germany
• Material value index for fridges
• Recovered paper in Poland
• NF scrap metals in Germany

Policy

• Commission publishes EU Green Bond Standard proposal
• EEB praises Portuguese Council Presidency for work on batteries
• Turkey reverses course on PE waste import ban

• People: People: Tom Bird and Andy Wahl re-elected as President and Treasurer of BIR
• Markets roundup: Global copper consumption recovers after pandemic slump
• Markets roundup: Global zinc consumption climbs by 10 per cent
• Markets roundup: Worldwide steel production rises by 14 per cent in May
• Companies and institutions appearing in the current issue