Design new plastic products to boost recycling, report urges
Manufacturers and brands in North America could create additional demand for up to 800 000 tonnes of recycled household flexible...
Recyclers fear global scrap market disruption
The European Commission’s draft list of non-OECD countries risks cutting major Asian markets off from EU recycled metals and disrupting...
Mattress recycler rebrands ahead of European expansion
The Furniture Recycling Group (TFRG) has rebranded itself as RetourMat UK. In the Benelux countries, the company previously known as...
Ralf Schmitz: ‘Fewer rules would make the market more efficient for every one’s benefit’
Ralf Schmitz, departing director of the Verein Deutscher Metallhändler (VDM) and non-ferrous market analyst for Recycling International, is stepping into...
Relief over withdrawal of EU export restrictions on aluminium scrap
Metal recyclers in Europe have reacted with relief to the European Commission’s decision to drop plans to drastically restrict the...
Third deep sea access hub for Danish metal recycler
Denmark’s HJHansen Recycling Group is celebrating its first deep-sea departure from the company’s new facility in Aalborg in the north...
Lefort buys US baler manufacturer to strengthen presence in North America
Belgium’s recycling equipment supplier Lefort has acquired US-based Aljon of Iowa. Following the takeover of French Copex in 2023, this...
European Recycling Conference returns to Brussels
Recycling Europe’s flagship annual event, the European Recycling Conference (ERC), returns to Brussels on 18 March 2027, bringing Europe’s recycling...
EMR: ‘Telling our story more clearly’
European Metal Recycling has unveiled a new brand identity: EMR now stands for Everything Must Recycle. The company wants a...
Ukraine reconstruction is recycling’s new frontier
Rebuilding waste management infrastructure in Ukraine offers huge opportunity for recycling and recyclers, German green tech suppliers observed after a...
Battery fires treble: Belgian recyclers have had enough
Denuo, the industry association representing Belgium’s recycling sector, says governments and collection organisations must take greater responsibility to curb the...
