New APR digital platform makes recyclability assessment faster and more reliable

The APR digital platform was officially announced on August 6, 2026, aiming to make the assessment of plastic packaging recyclability faster, more reliable, and...

BMW Car2Car Project Results: A Breakthrough in Industrial Automotive Recycling

Through the BMW Car2Car project, the BMW Group and its consortium partners have successfully demonstrated that high-quality, closed-loop material recycling is fully feasible on...

Consumers Accept Surcharges and Targeted Bans: New Study on the Future of Packaging

Willingness to pay for eco-friendly packaging is growing again, but the pricing margin remains narrow. The latest and sixth representative survey by Simon-Kucher reveals...

Small Sheds for Greener Agriculture: Experiments in China’s Waste Management

Used agricultural chemical bottles and containers hold extremely little value as recycled materials in the secondary market, meaning that proper pesticide packaging recovery and...

Closing the Loop: The Impact and Process of Tesla Battery Recycling

Tesla battery recycling is one of the most critical pillars of sustainability for electric vehicles and energy storage systems today. According to the company's...

Monaco Plastic Ban: Disposable Food Containers Prohibited From September

Starting September 1st, a new phase of the Monaco plastic ban will come into effect, prohibiting the use of disposable plastic boxes, trays, and...

Black Mass Export Restriction in the US: A Defence Statute Closes the Battery Waste Market

The American black mass export restriction takes effect on 27 August 2026, and within weeks it may redraw the global material flows of lithium-ion...

297 Million Tonnes of Solar Panel Waste by 2060: Nature Study Finds Solar Panel Waste Recycling Will Not Turn a Profit for Another Decade

One rarely stated consequence of the solar boom is that everything installed today will have to come down again in twenty-five to thirty years....

City in danger: Garbage could pile up for weeks due to MOHU’s decision

The Szolnok waste management problem created an unexpected and severe situation in the city in mid-August. On August 17, Mihály Györfi, the Mayor of...

Comprehensive Coca-Cola PET bottle recycling campaign launched following GVH investigation

As the conclusion of an investigation launched by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) in the summer of 2024, the Coca-Cola corporate group is initiating...

Austrian waste management 2024: 60.7% municipal recycling – but 80% of plastic ends up in the boiler

The official balance sheet on Austrian waste management for the 2024 reference year has now been published. Issued by the Umweltbundesamt and the BMLUK,...

VARISORT+ CARBON BLACK: Taking the optical sorting of black plastics to the next level

Sesotec has successfully installed its first VARISORT+ CARBON BLACK system in its technical center. This fully functional MWIR (Mid-Wave Infrared) sorting system bridges the...

Circular Economy Milestone: Nestlé and Viva Energy’s Successful Project

In August 2026, Nestlé and Viva Energy announced the successful completion of a large-scale proof-of-concept project that could revolutionize sustainable food packaging in Australia....

New US Battery Safety Agreement Signed for Responsible Recycling

A new US battery safety agreement formed by The Battery Network, the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), and the National Waste & Recycling...

Paprec Brantner Acquisition: French Waste Giant Enters Five New Central European Markets

The Paprec Brantner acquisition is the French group's largest investment since the 2016 Coved merger, and it establishes a market position in five Central...

Over 109 Million HUF: Outstanding Success for MOHU REpont Donations in the First Half of 2026

Through the MOHU REpont donations, the Hungarian public has demonstrated unprecedented solidarity in the first half of 2026. Thanks to the "Mosolyra váltó" (Changing...

ÉKM: Over 12,750 Tons of Illegal Waste Eliminated from Hungarian Forests Since 2020

The elimination of illegal waste in Hungary poses a serious challenge for state forestry companies year after year. According to the latest information from...

A New Era for the Automotive Sector: Building a Circular Economy

With the ELV regulation already in effect, a completely new, circular model has begun in the European automotive industry. According to the official publication...

New York Recycling Oversight: State Audit Finds a Data System That Cannot Be Trusted

New York recycling oversight came under uncomfortable scrutiny in August 2026, when the Office of the State Comptroller released audit report 2024-S-28 on the...

Rostec Waste Management Milestone: One Million Tons of Municipal Waste Converted to Electricity

In a significant Rostec waste management achievement, the Russian State Corporation's energy waste disposal plant has processed one million tons of non-recyclable municipal solid...

Waste Plastic Identification With Thermal Barcodes: A Method That Also Sees Black Packaging

A US research team has developed a technique that identifies the polymer type of a plastic item using just a handful of infrared pulses...

New, Free Tools Provided by Forum Rezyklat to Support PPWR Compliance for Large Companies

The implementation of the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) presents a significant, data-driven challenge for market participants. Forum Rezyklat is now supporting...

Turkey, Europe’s Plastic Waste Terminus – What the 2026 Zero Waste Foundation Report Reveals

Turkey's domestic plastic waste generation has fallen in recent years, while its imports have grown 31.6-fold since 2005. The Zero Waste Foundation's new report,...

Three Years, 1.6 Percent: What Germany Learned About Reusable Packaging

Two recent publications from WWF Deutschland – a practice report (April 2026) and a policy brief (August 2026) – approach the same question from...

Challenges and Opportunities: The Future of Critical Raw Material Recovery and African Partnership

European battery recycling has reached a critical juncture where an environmental obligation has definitively transformed into an unavoidable geoeconomic imperative for the industry. Sarah...

PPWR entry into application: new EU packaging rules start on 12 August 2026

  The day the entire packaging chain has been preparing for has arrived: the PPWR entry into application begins on 12 August 2026 across the...

Urgent Action Called Over Mediterranean Pollution Based on New Scientific Report

A scientific research report on plastic pollution along the Mediterranean coast has been released at the Alanya Municipality. Experts are calling for an immediate...

New Study: Can Packaging Waste Be Taxed Away?

A recent independent study commissioned by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) alongside several industry associations reveals that municipal packaging taxes impose...

Recycling Engineering Plastics: Why a Mix of Technologies is Essential for the Circular Economy

Recycling engineering plastics presents a complex challenge for the chemical and waste management industries. According to experts, the mechanical processes proven for packaging are...

Every bottle gets its own biography: Coca-Cola and Vetropack win award for digitally traceable reusable glass bottles

The reusable glass bottle has been the benchmark of multi-trip packaging for decades – yet nobody could say precisely how many times any individual...