Browsing: Circular Economy

Over the past decade, Oman has significantly reduced the risks associated with unmanaged waste, investing in modern landfills, structured collection systems, and public awareness campaigns. Yet disposal metrics tell only part of the story.

Borealis and Borouge have entered a partnership aimed at building a fully integrated circular waste management and polyolefin recycling system in Indonesia, a market where circularity ambitions have repeatedly collided with infrastructure, cost, and governance constraints.

Cemex Ventures’ latest investment in Waste to Energy Advanced Solutions places waste derived hydrogen and syngas back into focus as potential decarbonization tools, while also raising questions about scalability, cost competitiveness, and real emissions impact in clinker production.

Brazil’s biofuels sector has long been anchored in ethanol, but mounting pressure to decarbonize aviation and diversify feedstocks is shifting attention toward less conventional pathways.

India’s lithium ion battery waste is projected to rise sharply this decade as electric vehicle adoption and stationary storage deployments scale, with industry estimates indicating end of life volumes will move from pilot scale to industrial scale well before 2030.

Janus Electric Holdings Ltd move to anchor its North American expansion around closed loop logistics hubs powered by on site energy generation marks a clear departure from the grid dependent electrification strategies that have struggled to scale in heavy duty transport.

The tyre industry is increasingly turning toward circular materials to reduce lifecycle emissions, and a new collaboration between Dunlop and Cabot Corporation signals a push to integrate reclaimed carbon into mass-produced tyres.

Borealis has announced a EUR 49 million investment at its Burghausen site in Germany to expand commercial-scale production of Borstar Nextension polypropylene.

Call2Recycle has reintroduced itself as The Battery Network, signaling a strategic shift from a collection-focused nonprofit to what it describes as a nationwide infrastructure platform for battery recovery and compliance.

With EU recycled content mandates approaching, the Netherlands is accelerating investment into plastics recycling pathways that extend beyond PET, where regulatory approval remains limited.