Alpla backs Polish rPET drive
Packaging specialist Alpla is expanding its recycling plant at Radomsko in Poland to become one of the largest recycled (rPET)…
Fuchs expands production capacity
Specialist material handling equipment manufacturer Fuchs has unveiled plans for a new production hall on its existing site in Bad…
Commission sets out EPR goal for textiles
The European Commission has proposed an extended producer responsibility (EPR) regime for textile products to tackle the exceptionally low levels...
Closed loop PS is goal for new facility
Ineos Styrolution, Tomra and German waste manager EGN Entsorgungsgesellschaft Niederrhein have jointly unveiled ‘a ground-breaking project’ to recycle post-consumer polystyrene...
EU end-of-life vehicles down 10.5%
The total number of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) reported in the EU in 2020, the latest year for data, shows a...
Name change for JX
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation is changing its trade name in English to JX Metals. The company has used...
EU regulations ‘drive big changes’ in automotive sector
‘Incredible changes’ in the relationship between car manufacturers and the dismantling sector were heralded at the latest edition of the...
Irish packaging targets hit but future uncertain
One of Ireland’s leading compliance schemes, Repak, has announced that its members surpassed all EU mandated recycling targets in 2022...
Fire hits new battery plant
A fire in a pallet has broken out days before the commissioning of the UK’s first industrial scale facility for...
EV batteries offer back-up solution for steel mill
Swedish steelmaker Björneborg is investing in a battery park using reused batteries from end-of-life electric vehicles. As well as improving...
Give us a lead on EPR, say UK compliance experts
Environmental compliance specialist Ecoveritas has added its voice to concerns in the UK packaging and recycling industries that the Government...
