Car manufacturer Volkswagen is looking to enter a new business area by expanding into the circular economy. Volkswagen is investing in the industrial dismantling of vehicles. Volkswagen has launched a new industrial vehicle […]

(For subscribers.) That's what this is about! Malin zu Castell-Rüdenhausen's doctoral thesis is currently in a fruitful phase. After immersing herself in various waste streams for 15 years in her research career, […]

Finnish circular economy company Syklo officially opens its Hyvinkää circular economy hub today (September 9, 2026), which combines a plastic recycling plant and an industrial-scale biocomposite factory. The investment […]

Rubber and plastic products, safety platforms and sports field coatings may in the future contain recycled products processed from car tires. Finnish Tire Recycling has received a so-called […]

The current End-of-Life Vehicle Directive will be repealed and vehicle producers will take on greater responsibility for the entire life cycle of a vehicle. The new Circular Economy Regulation for Vehicles, or the so-called ELV Regulation […]

On December 11.12, the European Union member states, the European Parliament and the EU Commission reached a preliminary agreement on the circular economy regulation for vehicles. The regulation aims, among other things, to promote […]

(For subscribers.) Peltola in Turku is leading the way to a new kind of automotive industry. There are such big changes happening in car recycling that the transformation could be compared to a time of about a hundred […]

In Finland, approximately 70,000–80,000 vehicles reach the end of their life cycle each year. At the European level, the number is approximately 4,7 million. From a circular economy perspective, vehicle […]