To integrate plastic packaging into circular economy models, end-of-life (EoL) management
is attracting increasing attention. The integration of plastic products into a circular economy …

Austria must recycle more packaging materials. Especially for plastic packaging waste,
significant increases are necessary to reach the EU recycling targets for 2025 and 2030. In …

Plastic is a popular packaging material, but also criticized as a symbol for the make‐use‐
dispose economy because of its short lifespan, its dependency on fossil fuels, and its …

There are numerous unresolved research questions, along with ongoing debates, regarding
how to achieve a circular economy and at what level. The forthcoming circular economy …

The first step in reintroducing plastic waste into the recycling cycle is to use material
recovery facilities (MRFs). However, while the composition and types of plastic waste are …

Economic activity, especially production, is based upon the use of natural resources. This is
a fact that affects the growing pressure of the need to implement a sustainable approach to …

Urban waste management plays an important role in providing secondary raw materials for
packaging waste recycling. To assess measures for this provision, material flows of …

Enhanced treatment of incineration bottom ashes (IBA) from municipal solid waste
incineration can contribute to a circular economy since not only metals can be recovered but …

To foster a circular economy, the EU will increase recycling targets for packaging materials,
including aluminum, ferrous metals and glass. Recovery of packaging metals from …

The EU defined recycling rate targets for aluminum and ferrous metal packaging wastes.
According to the European Commission, aluminum and ferrous metal packaging recovered …