Colombian Startup Refurbi Raises US$4M, Expands to Mexico
Refurbi, a Colombian startup, has raised US$4M to expand its refurbished smartphone marketplace across Latin America. Credit: The…
A Post-Acquired Percentil Expands to Amazon Spain as MySize Subsidiary
MySize has brought its new subsidiary Percentil—the Israeli retail-tech company’s latest acquisition, which is a European managed marketplace…
Mexico Leads Latin America in AgriFood Tech Investment
Mexico has emerged as the primary recipient of private capital for AgriFood Tech in Latin America. The country…
Challenges and Opportunities for India’s Textile Industry
The annual export turnover of Indian recycled textile industry to the EU is worth $1.7 billion. While the…
Germany-backed AI aims 20% boost in construction waste recycling
Germany’s construction sector produces tens of millions of tonnes of rubble each year. While most of it gets…
Streamlining ship recycling with new certificate formats
The European Commission has today (Jan 19) adopted new formats for the certificates used to list all hazardous…
EU Textile Recycling Faces Digital Data Gaps
A new report warns that digital product passports will fall short of enabling large-scale textile-to-textile recycling unless European…
New evaluation looks at how to improve WEEE Directive
Today, the Commission published an evaluation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. EU legislation on…
New EU Circular Economy Package fails to support the European plastic recycling industry
68 The Commission presents the Package as an urgent response to the crisis in the plastics recycling sector,…
EU Commission targets integrated plastics recycling markets
168 The initiatives aim to improve the framework conditions for plastics recycling, strengthen the Single Market for secondary…
The EU’s 5 biggest environmental problems — and why they’re not being solved – POLITICO
Meanwhile, the EU’s incoming “simplification” bills aim to cut green rules and help business interests. So far, the European…
EU launches bold new push for circular economy, plastic recycling
The European Commission has unveiled a sweeping set of pilot measures aimed at turbocharging Europe’s shift to a…