Europe

A move by the European Commission has allowed for the sale of a thermoplastic co-polyester in food-contact packaging. That plastic,...

The PET recycling rate is increasing in South Africa, and a PVC recycling program in the U.K. gets kudos. Austria:...

Several plastics organizations have formed a group aimed at boosting plastics packaging recycling in Europe. The group is called the...

Three European companies have joined together to create the Plastic Road, a concept that uses recycled plastic instead of asphalt...

A state-of-the art electronics recycling facility opens in Sweden, and a retailer in Sri Lanka offers e-scrap drop-off. Sri Lanka:The...

A co-polyester to boost the properties of recycled PET goes on the market in Europe, and new shredders, wash lines,...

The Basel Action Network has released a follow-up report to its e-scrap tracking study, detailing which firms handled material that...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have developed a process for recovering gold from e-scrap that could cut...

The Fraunhofer Institute in Germany has received $1.5 million to recover more materials from used lithium ion batteries. The goal...

Logistics experts predict the current low costs of moving recyclables from processing plants to end-use mills will continue through the...