Data shortfalls threaten EU textile recycling targets as policymakers and industry warn of delayed progress on circular ...

A group of European plastics converters, recyclers and collectors have completed a two-year project that looks at steps that can be taken to boost the use of post-consumer plastic scrap. The ...

The European Commission has set out its plans to pursue a circular economy for plastics in 2026, such as proposing a Circular ...

Low demand and high imports are a threat to the European plastics recycling industry, Plastics Recycling Europe said in an Oct. 12 statement. "If urgent measures are not taken to alleviate the ...

Europe’s “urban mine” of electronic waste now contains 1 million tons of critical raw materials (CRMs) annually. It could benefit green technologies, digital infrastructure, and modern defense. The ...

Closures of plastics recycling plants are accelerating in Europe. Between January and July 2025, Europe lost almost the same amount of capacity as in all of 2024, Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) said ...

A new assessment by the European Environment Agency (EEA) finds that over the past ten years European countries are improving their methods to divert material from landfills. Further, the report notes ...

The European plastics recycling industry is facing “imminent collapse,” warns Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) in a press release issued on Aug. 27. An increasing number of EU recyclers are being ...

ROME (AP) — Italy violated the human rights of residents living in and around Naples by failing to manage a 15-year garbage and pollution crisis that contributed to higher mortality rates from cancer ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Two European startups said on Thursday they had hit milestones in recycling electric vehicle battery materials that will be needed to meet European regulations, reduce China's ...

BRUSSELS--Energy giant Exxon Mobil is halting more than $100 million in planned investments for two European chemical recycling projects because of concerns over new rules that the company says will ...