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Resource recovery, reuse, industrial symbiosis, circular procurement, waste systems, and material transitions.
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Japan's Environment Ministry has selected a Koriyama demonstration that links carbon capture at a municipal waste facility with regional conversion and use, testing whether public infrastructure can anchor a local carbon-utilisation chain.
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Australian federal, state and territory ministers have agreed national principles for reusing surplus government information and communications technology devices.
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Indonesia plans 11 waste-to-energy facilities to enter service progressively through 2028.
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The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation became generally applicable on 12 August.
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Al Taweelah gives scrap historically exported from the United Arab Emirates a domestic route into recycled aluminum products.
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Europe’s new vehicle rules connect design and recycled-content targets with producer responsibility, traceability, collection and end-of-life treatment.
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Moldova and the European Commission are linking decarbonization, ecosystem protection and circular-economy implementation to EUR 641 million in announced project initiatives.
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Launched with a testing environment under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, the EU Digital Product Passport Registry turns a product-information requirement into operational infrastructure.
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A Swiss-engineered mobile dewatering plant is being trialed at a Wairau Valley stormwater pond.
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European Commission project portfolio analyses show that circular markets depend on connected policy instruments rather than a single rule.
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