Raw Materials

European Environmental Bureau
Commission’s Bioeconomy Strategy Falls Short of Curbing Europe’s Resource Crisis

The proposal fails to prioritise material uses of biomass – which are more sustainable and resource efficient – over its use for energy. It also fails to phase out subsidies, state aid, and other support schemes for bioenergy.

ESWET
Public Consultation on the Circular Economy Act

On 1 August 2025, the EU Commission launched a Public Consultation and Call for Evidence on the upcoming Circular Economy Act.

Lorenz GmbH & Co. KG
Lorenz Meters – Smart Water Meters and waste reduction

All devices can be recycled by cleaning and recalibrating while about 90% of the materials can be reused.

Experts / Involved Parties

Prof. Dr. rer pol. Michael von Hauff
Distance Learning Center, University of Kaiserslautern

Prof. Ing. Reinhard Büchl
INAS Institute for Applied Sustainability

Dr.-Ing. Helmut Schnurer
Federal Ministry for the Environment (retired)

International Expert Group on Earth System Preservation - IESP
20 Years Of Landfill Bans in Germany

A Forgotten Climate Protection Measure - The IESP e.V. brings together leading figures from science and practice as well as representatives from industry and environmental associations in its campaign. The aim is to compile their perspectives on an important but forgotten development in a white book.

European Environmental Bureau
Commission’s Bioeconomy Strategy Falls Short of Curbing Europe’s Resource Crisis

ESWET
Public Consultation on the Circular Economy Act

On 1 August 2025, the EU Commission launched a Public Consultation and Call for Evidence on the upcoming Circular Economy Act.

ESWET
Strategic Projects Under Critical Raw Materials (CRMA)

The European Commission has announced the second cut-off date for the call for applications for strategic projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act, set for 15 January 2026 at 12:00 (CET).

European Environmental Bureau
Carbon Pricing Delay Jeopardises EU Support for Vulnerable Households and Climate Goals, NGOs Warn

Today, the European Parliament formally endorsed the one-year delay of the new EU carbon price for heating and transport fuels (ETS2) proposed by EU governments.

European Comission
The Proposals of the German Association for Waste Management and circular economy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Abfall und Kreislaufwirtschaft e.V.) -DGAW -

on the topics of - critical raw materials and - EU 2030 -

EEB - European Environmental Bureau
New data reveal the extent of Europe’s e-waste crisis, NGOs call for urgent action

New Eurostat data released today exposes the scale of Europe’s overconsumption of electronics and the continued failure to properly collect and recycle e-waste.

WasteCulture
WtERT DSS becomes WasteCulture

As discussed inside Global WtERT Council we are now in the process of taking the small step towards the new website wasteculture.com. I am convinced that this also will help the common cause to foster WtE techniques who need more acceptance in society.

Inclusive Recycling Foundation – E[co]work
E[co]work Enabling Safe, Inclusive and Circular Solutions for E-Waste Management in India

E[co]work provides an attractive alternative for informal workers in the e-waste dismantling sector of Delhi. An innovative shared space for dismantling e-waste safely and in conformity to regulations opened its doors in 2023.

BEEAH
Through the BEEAH Recycling vertical, the BEEAH Group has made great headway towards a zero-waste solution, in Sharjah currently achieving a diversion rate of more than 76%

BEEAH has developed a self-sustaining model for the management of waste and zero-waste strategies

Sustainable Solid Waste Management: The German Case and Lessons for South America Haniyeh Jalalipour, Gert Morscheck, Anja Schwetje, and Michael Nelles

Using a comparative approach, the study reviews trends in waste dumping across 12 South American countries, alongside a historical and regulatory analysis of Germany’s transformation.

Water Reuse Vol 15 No 3, 575
Enhanced phosphorus reclamation from secondary effluent through Donnan dialysis and vivianite crystallization Vishnu Vardhan Akula and Ligy Philip

This study presents a novel two-step method for P recovery from secondary-treated wastewater.

WtERT Germany
Management of Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Finland

Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment may be discarded free of charge in more than 400 locations.

Diana Butron
L.A. Crews Removed Over 450 Tonnes of Lithium-Ion Batteries from Burn Zones

The months-long effort to remove these batteries is coming to an end this April.

GRS Batterien Service
GRS Launches Pilot Project for the Return of Small and Micro Electrical Appliances Containing Lithium Batteries - The LiLA Collection System!

Incorrect disposal of small and micro electrical appliances with lithium batteries (Lithium Light Appliances - LiLA) represents an increased safety risk. GRS is testing separate return of these devices at public waste disposal sites and in retail using the LiLA bin.

Stiftung Gemeinsames Rücknahmesystem Batterien
BATTPRO – Battery Takeback Professionalization to Support Environmental Protection in Cambodia and Thailand

This exciting initiative, led by ECOLOGICON GmbH and Stiftung GRS Batterien. Funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety BATTPRO focuses on developing sustainable systems for collecting and recycling household and lithium-ion batteries in Cambodia and Thailand.

Green Tech Valley
Austria's Waste Industry Generates Nine Billion Euros in Turnover Annually

The Institute for Industrial Research (IWI) has produced a study that comprehensively analyses the economic value added of the sector for the first time. The result: last year, 2,998 companies in the waste and resources sector with around 31,000 employees generated 9.17 billion euros.

MDPI
Extended Material Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash Using Magnetic, Eddy Current, and Density Separations Adhiwiguna, I. B. G. S., Ramalingam, K., Becker, K.-H., Khoury, A., Warnecke, R., & Deike, R.

This research introduces an extended processing method for increasing the possibility of valorizing processed IBA (pr.IBA), which is currently only used as a construction material in landfill sites, considering its immense potential in valuable metal and mineral concentrations.

Diana Butron
Collection and Management of Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipment in Japan

E-Waste is one of the fastest growing streams in the world today, according to the United Nations Centre for Regional Development.

ESWET
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is right, we need to prioritise resource recovery in WtE

ESWET welcomes the recent opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) “From waste plants to resource plants” about transforming waste management to prioritise resource recovery and circularity.

Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Disposal
Recycling industry and fire department associations call for measures against battery fires that threaten livelihoods

Publication and handover of a joint position paper to Parliamentary State Secretary Dr. Bettina Hoffmann

IMO
Recycling of ships and the Hong Kong Convention

How the Hong Kong Convention will ensure safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships at the end of their operational lives

Zn-Co layered double hydroxide-based capacitive systems for removal and recovery of phosphate from aqueous environments Vaishali Choudhary, Ligy Philip

Overall, this work validates the effectiveness of pseudocapacitive materials like Zn-Co LDHs in achieving easy and reversible phosphate capture.

Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb München (AWM) - Waste Management Cooperation Munich
Munich as a Zero Waste City

Zero waste in Munich = refuse, recycle, reuse, repair WITH the assurance of waste disposal security through the strong recovery of residual materials through waste incineration.

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