Lithium ion battery waste is becoming a growing operational challenge for the waste industry as rechargeable batteries spread across consumer electronics, power tools, e bikes and household equipment.
India’s reported plastic waste generation fell to 1.76 million tonnes in 2024 to 2025 from 4.14 million tonnes two years earlier, according to data compiled by PRS Legislative Research from government figures.
Tthe United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) signed a Joint Declaration establishing a framework for cooperation on the circular economy, advanced batteries and green industrial development.
India’s battery industry is entering a period of rapid expansion that will test not only its manufacturing capacity but also the resilience of its supply chain.
The Port of Antwerp Bruges has issued key permits for several large scale circular economy projects, including a €300 million plastic recycling facility, commercial food waste conversion, and tire recycling operations that collectively expand the port’s industrial decarbonization strategy.
Mexico is positioning circular economy policy as both an environmental initiative and an industrial competitiveness strategy as the United States Mexico Canada Agreement enters a more uncertain phase.
Indonesia’s oil palm industry faces a strategic dilemma that increasingly extends beyond production targets and into climate commitments, land governance, and global market access. According to Prof. Hariyadi of IPB University’s Faculty of Agriculture, raising productivity on existing plantations rather than expanding cultivated land will determine whether the sector can meet economic and environmental expectations simultaneously.
