Economía Circular

 

Economía Circular

French waste management firm significantly expands PET recycling in Spain
07/08/2026 - French waste management firm significantly expands PET recycling in Spain— By Plasteurope.com staff — Waste management services provider Veolia (Paris; www.veolia.com) is investing EUR...
Quantafuel recycling operations shuttered in Scandinavia
14/07/2026 - Quantafuel recycling operations shuttered in Scandinavia— By Marilyn Gerlach — UK waste management company Viridor (Taunton; www.viridor.co.uk) said it has decided to close its...
New study reveals what makes waste management systems work best for recycling
- EU rules designed to improve the collection, sorting and recycling of packaging work best when producer fees are smarter, not simply higher,
Company mulls shutdown of three recycling sites in Scandinavia / Cites significant headwinds in plastics recycling markets
22/05/2026 - Company mulls shutdown of three recycling sites in Scandinavia / Cites significant headwinds in plastics recycling markets— By Marilyn Gerlach — UK waste management company Viridor...
Industry appeal: ‘Transformation boosters’ for the circular economy
08/05/2026 - The broad cross-sector alliance, comprising the associations BDE Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungs-, Wasser- und Kreislaufwirtschaft (Federal Association of the German Waste...
Leonardo, Uplift360 to strengthen defense composites waste management
27/03/2026 - Leonardo (Rome, Italy) has formed a partnership with advanced materials scale-up 
Project STOP and partners reach significant circular waste management milestone in 2025
09/04/2026 - Last year, the Program expanded access to affordable, end-to-end waste management services to 772,485 people.
German waste management provider enters French market / Polyethylene recycler RG Group acquired
26/03/2026 - German waste management provider enters French market / Polyethylene recycler RG Group acquired— By Plasteurope.com staff — The GreenDot group (Grà¼ner Punkt, Cologne,...
Emirates Biotech Joins European CIRCLE Consortium to Produce PLA from Food Waste
23/03/2026 - Emirates Biotech has joined the CIRCLE consortium, a flagship initiative funded by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe...
An Internal Market Legal Basis to drive waste management step-change in the New Circular Economy Act
- The undersigned industry associations express their strong support for the European Union’s ambitions for circularity. To achieve a true circular economy and a functioning European market for...
Spanish waste management firm significantly expands LVP sorting capacity
06/02/2026 - Spanish waste management firm significantly expands LVP sorting capacity— By Plasteurope.com staff — Basque waste management company Bizkaiko Zabor Berziklategia (BZB,...
Transforming EPR: The future of circular packaging
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a cornerstone of EU waste management and a key lever to achieve the EU circular economy goals. Yet, today’s waste management landscape across the EU...
Enva acquires Irish Waste and MacNabb Waste
11/12/2025 - Together, the companies provide a broader portfolio of specialist waste management services and resource recovery solutions across Northern Ireland.
Players take concerns to Brussels / ‘Secondary plastics sector needs help to thrive'
19/11/2025 - Players take concerns to Brussels / ‘Secondary plastics sector needs help to thrive'— By Dede Williams — As part of a campaign called Ring the Bell for Recycling, led by circular...
Prime Waste Solutions strengthens efforts to cut plastic waste through PET bottle recovery
10/06/2025 - Prime Integrated Waste Solutions (PWS), a subsidiary of Prime Infra, has launched a key resource recovery initiative involving the collection and diversion of post-consumer plastic...
Italian waste disposal company invests EUR 11 mn in polyolefin-recycling expansion
29/10/2025 - Italian waste disposal company invests EUR 11 mn in polyolefin-recycling expansion— By Plasteurope.com staff — A second production line was recently inaugurated in Tuscany near Pisa...
India Proposes Minimum Recycled Content Requirements for Plastic FCMs
14/07/2025 - India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) issued a draft notification (
Joint Industry Statement in view of the upcoming New Circular Economy Act
- The announced New Circular Economy Act represents a unique opportunity to address the structural deficiencies currently present in (packaging) waste management across Europe
Poland’s draft bill on Packaging and Packaging Waste outlines the future implementation of a state-run model for packaging EPR
- Currently under consultation at national level, the draft bill raises several concerns for the packaging value chain:Heavy administrative & financial burdens – complex reporting...
NWH Group acquires trading assets of Henry Waste Management
25/08/2025 - The Group has gained around 585 skip containers, five skip vehicles as well as key personnel like long-standing owner John Crawford. He will join The NWH Group in a consultancy capacity.
Biffa and Polytag expand sustainable waste management
05/08/2025 - Polytag is currently installing 12 plastic detection units at MRFs across the UK.