The revised Waste Shipment Regulationbecame effective on 21 May, facilitating shipments of waste for recycling in the EU and improving monitoring of exports of waste to third countries.
The Digital Waste Shipment System (DIWASS) has also been launched, and will cut red tape for businesses and authorities. Read all about it!
What would it take to turn resale and repair into a source of economic growth that uses fewer resources, produces fewer emissions and creates more local jobs?
That's the question at the heart of this new report. It demonstrates how a targeted mix of policy incentives could lift gross margins to 55% for resale and 41% for repair. It covers three policy shifts:
reducing VAT/sales tax on secondhand goods and on repair services
lowering labour taxes for jobs in resale and repair
Extended Producer Responsibility
The report focuses on existing levers that governments can pull, not new frameworks to invent. Together, they improve margins per unit, reduce labour costs and ensure producers pay more of the true costs of linear production, giving resale and repair the conditions they need to scale.
This webinar is part of the Lecture Series organised by ESEIA, the European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance.
It will look at adaptive reuse, which has become one of the most effective strategies for addressing climate targets, social transformation and the preservation of cultural identity within European cities.
The IEEE 10th International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI 2026) will include a special session on AI-powered innovations for circular economy: Advancing sustainable recycling.
They are calling for contributions from academia and industry - deadline: 5 June!
ClimateEnergy2026 is a global stage for ideas, technologies and policies shaping the future of our planet.
It will bring together scientists, innovators, policymakers, entrepreneurs and activists to address the world’s most urgent climate challenges and accelerate the transition toward a net-zero, resilient and equitable world.
Industrial emissions reduction is becoming essential due to stricter regulations such as the EU CSRD, which requires companies to measure and report sustainability performance.
This webinar will explain how circular activated carbon solutions can help industries lower their CO₂ footprint in air, gas and wastewater treatment while maintaining operational efficiency.
Concrete from old buildings can often be reused instead of being demolished, reducing waste and cutting carbon emissions. The challenge is proving that reused concrete will remain safe and durable for decades.
This study presents a new method for estimating how long reused concrete can last, through probabilistic prediction of service life (covering both carbonation and corrosion stages). Using Monte Carlo simulations and case studies of Nordic precast concrete buildings, the research shows that reused concrete elements can achieve service lives similar to new ones when properly assessed and repaired.
The framework supports smarter decisions on reuse, helping make construction more circular, resource-efficient and sustainable.
APARO is building an operational software infrastructure for textile circularity.
It is starting with the physical processes where circularity actually happens: collection, sorting, material movements, quality assessment, traceability and downstream flows.
