Circular Economy News — Week 26

David Mattersdorfer
7 min readJul 8, 2024

Summary about last week (27)

  1. Saudi Arabia’s Recycling Initiative: Joint Venture Aims for 1.8 Million Tons CO2 Reduction Annually 🇸🇦♻️
  2. Veolia Takes Over Dachau Waste Paper Sorting Plant: 150,000 Tons Annual Capacity 🗞️
  3. Veolia Fully Acquires Fels Recycling: Strategic Move to Enhance Circular Economy 🌍
  4. Oil Giants Embrace Circular Economy: BP, Shell, and ExxonMobil Aim for Sustainability 🛢️♻️
  5. Plastic Recycling Crisis: Demand for Recycled Plastics Remains Weak 📉
  6. Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Guide: Reporting Progress in the Circular Economy 🌍📊
  7. Alba and Cemex Launch Biochar Joint Venture: 100,000 Tons of Waste Annually 🌱
  8. Jena Researchers Develop Sustainable Battery Materials from Lignin: 50 Million Tons Available Annually 🔋🌲
  9. Hamburg’s Phosphorus Recovery Plant Continues Trial: 20,000 Tons of Sludge Ash Annually 🔄
  10. EU Directive on Tethered Caps Now Mandatory: Aims to Reduce Plastic Waste 🚰
  11. Scholz and Autocirc Partner in End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling: 80% Revenue Growth for Autocirc 🚗🔄

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1. Saudi Arabia’s Recycling…

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David Mattersdorfer

Implementing Industrial Circularity ≫ madana.at | Managing Director | Lecturer | Entrepreneur