The EEB has left the Critical Chemicals Alliance over concerns about its methodology, governance and proposed treatment of regulated chemicals.

With the EU ETS2, the European Union is extending emissions trading to fuels for buildings and road transport for the first time.

In the future, public clients will be able to procure durable, repairable and remanufactured products more easily.

The EU Commission is not tightening the existing requirements for recycling efficiency and the recovery of materials from used batteries for the time being.

The transformation to a climate-neutral economy is inconceivable without batteries.

The Commission has drafted new rules for EU waste exports and assessed the management of plastic waste shipped to Türkiye.

Hosokawa Alpine has developed a process for processing textile waste. A Rotoplex cutting mill breaks down the pre-shredded textiles into fibres; a separator then separates the reusable fibres from the contaminated residues.

BASF has expanded its Ultradur portfolio to include glass-fibre-reinforced PBT/PET compounds containing up to 30 per cent post-consumer recycled (PCR) material. The new RC1 grades are designed for structural automotive components and are intended to help manufacturers meet recycled content targets without compromising on technical performance.

Toray has developed a solvent-based process to recover polyphenylene sulfide from waste while retaining the material in polymer form.

Vianode and FAAM have recycled graphite from battery production scrap into anode material and plan to scale the process for industrial use.

Stadler has opened a new test center in Altshausen for material trials, machine development and customer testing under operating conditions.

Increasing quality requirements for recyclates, stricter regulation and more complex material flows are increasing the pressure on sorting and recycling processes for plastic waste.