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2026-06-26 2:14 min Strategies & Market Analysis, Europe
Analysis

Recycling Europe: War is not a business model - Europe’s plastics recycling industry needs urgent structural solutions

The sharp increase in oil prices during the first quarter of 2026, driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, temporarily altered the economics of the plastics market. As virgin plastics suddenly became more expensive, Europe’s plastics recycling industry experienced ...
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2026-06-23 2:19 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe, Sorting and collection
Circular economy

Building Europe’s raw material supply: 86% of plastic from Site Zero meets EU’s highest recycling standard

A new traceability mapping from Svensk Plaståtervinning (Swedish Plastic Recycling) ...
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2026-06-12 2:26 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe
Plastic recycling

Viridor proposes to cease European chemical operations and calls for essential policy changes to make advanced plastics recycling investable

Plastics recycling markets in the EU and UK remain under significant pressure, with weak demand due to unclarity in regulations and low-cost virgin imports making the sector commercially uninvestable without policy changes.In light of these challenges, Viridor is proposing to cease ...
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2026-06-10 1:49 min Europe, Sorting and collection
Partneship

GreenDot and osapiens form strategic partnership to deliver AI-powered EPR Compliance Solution across Europe

Agilyx ASA announces that its majority-held subsidiary GreenDot and osapiens have ...
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2026-06-10 1:49 min Europe, Sorting and collection
Partnership

GreenDot and osapiens create the first integrated AI platform for EPR compliance under the PPWR in Europe

GreenDot and osapiens have entered into a strategic partnership to bring to market ...
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2026-06-01 2:50 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe
PET bottle recycling

SK chemicals' seven plastic materials confirmed compatible with European recycling processes

"Full compatibility" verified with PET bottle recycling streams, proving ...
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2026-05-20 3:10 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe
Report

Plastics Europe: Dramatic slowdown in Europe’s transition to a circular plastics system

Competitiveness crisis undermines climate goals and strategic autonomy 15.8% or 8.7 Mt of Europe’s total plastics production was circular in 2024Circular production growth declined from 13.6% in 2022 to only 1.2% in 2024Circular plastics demand growth declined from 16.2% in 2022 to ...
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2026-04-21 2:58 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe, Sorting and collection
Sorting

Groundbreaking for Sort4cycle: ARA, Bernegger and GreenDot set a new benchmark for Europe’s circular economy

Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA), Bernegger and Der Grüne Punkt, a GreenDot ...
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2026-04-14 1:37 min Food, Europe
Expansion

Piovan Group accelerates its investment in food processing with new facility in Italy

New production facility in Modena (Italy) will triple production space, strengthens Food and Powders division, building on more than a decade of uninterrupted revenue growth from €2 to €60 million, confirming its position in a highly specialized technology market.
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2026-04-10 1:20 min Europe, Sorting and collection
DRS

Portugal launches its national deposit return scheme for drink container recycling

10th of April marks a major milestone for environmental sustainability and recycling ...
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