Resource Insight

Mattias Lindahl, professor at Linköping University

Mattias Lindahl: The CEA needs to pave the way for a new business logic

October 8, 2026

A collection container for used batteries in Karlsruhe, Germany

Germany outlines battery-fire prevention steps as funding question remains open

October 11, 2026

A hand holding clear and green recycled PET flakes

Italy brings recycled-plastics market concerns to EU environment ministers

October 11, 2026

Discarded television casing and electronic circuit boards

Revac seeks permit for Swedish waste facility with million-unit reuse target

October 11, 2026

A collection of printed circuit boards containing recoverable metals

EU selects 24 projects involving recycling in new raw-materials push

October 11, 2026

Bales of compacted steel scrap â illustrative photograph

German steel scrap prices forecast to rise €5–10 per tonne in October

October 11, 2026

Workers sorting plastics at a materials recovery facility in Olomouc

EU lawmakers push to make recycling part of industrial policy

October 9, 2026

Close-up of plastic pellets used as raw material in manufacturing.

Morssinkhof: Weak demand threatens Europe’s plastics recycling

October 9, 2026

TOMRA R1 reverse vending machine – illustrative photograph

UK deposit-return contracts turn policy into recycling investment

October 9, 2026

Volvo XC40 Recharge interior showing the dashboard, centre console and door panel

Clarios targets automotive demand with expanded recycled polypropylene range

October 9, 2026

Map showing Norrbotten and Finnish Lapland, and shipments from Åland to Sweden

Sweden–Finland waste shipment rules cut paperwork for border-region treatment

October 9, 2026

Hands holding recycled polypropylene flakes from packaging waste

Borouge expands European mechanical recycling with nearly 14,000 tonnes of annual capacity

October 8, 2026

Klemetsrud waste-to-energy plant in Oslo, photographed in 2010

Norway proposes NOK 871 incineration tax as Nordic competition shapes policy

October 8, 2026

Sparks from a lithium-ion cell struck during a battery safety demonstration

German recyclers demand manufacturers share the cost of battery fires

October 7, 2026

Workers sorting plastics at a materials recovery facility in Olomouc

Recyclers seek a say in producer-responsibility funds as CEA debate widens

October 7, 2026

NG Nordic worker standing between stacked liquid storage containers

Finland receives PFAS firefighting foam from New Zealand for treatment

October 7, 2026

People examining and sorting donated clothing

CISUTAC puts AI and product data to work alongside textile sorters

October 7, 2026

Clean HDPE plastic flakes from a recycling process

Cefic seeks tougher checks on imported recycled plastic

October 7, 2026

Container ships at Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 terminal

Europe cannot build its circular economy alone, researcher warns

October 7, 2026

Official parliamentary portrait of Andrew Griffith MP

UK Conservatives pledge to scrap packaging EPR, leaving funding question open

October 6, 2026

Volunteers sorting donated clothes and supplies at a donation centre

Trondheim’s textile sorting links local reuse with jobs and public procurement

October 6, 2026

Danish Red Cross charity clothing shop in Vordingborg, Denmark

Denmark’s textile plan puts shared Nordic capacity on the investment agenda

October 6, 2026

Mobile concrete crusher at a demolition site in Rushmoor, England

Reclinker raises £10m to recover cement’s value from demolition waste

October 6, 2026

Recyclable cardboard packaging with recycling symbols

Sweden has opened the retail waste market. What are retailers buying?

October 5, 2026