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Lahti dared to try lignin in a street pilot in the city center: Pavement with low emissions
(For customers.) Road surfaces are now being built more self-sufficiently and with lower emissions. At the Lahti parade ground in the city center, the asphalt pavement was made using low-temperature technology, renewable fuels and partly recycled asphalt. […]
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Look away from the consumer's trash bag: Targeting recycling efforts towards critical and scarce raw materials ensures self-sufficiency and promotes a circular economy
Recycling and the transition towards a circular economy are currently progressing sadly slowly, if at all. Furthermore, EU action has mainly focused on municipal waste […]
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Opening ceremony at Syklon's Hyvinkää facility – Products perhaps for Amazon's consumer electronics
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 […]
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Will the next government make the circular economy the engine of Finland's industrial policy? – Recycling industry: "The circular economy needs a functioning market"
Finland's circular economy rate is only two percent, one of the lowest in Europe. Companies in the sector say they are ready to invest, but the market is not pulling. Finland […]
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European plastic recycling industry in trouble – Industry organizations demand swift action from the EU: “More mixing obligations, the Commission's current actions are not enough”
(For subscribers.) The European plastic recycling industry is currently in a severe crisis. Several plastic recycling companies across Europe have run into financial difficulties. Some have gone bankrupt. The plastic […]
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Preliminary agreement on the circular economy regulation for vehicles: Recycled plastic from scrap cars to be used in car manufacturing
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 […]
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End of vehicle life cycle – from circular economy to business
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 […]
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The circular economy regulation for end-of-life vehicles is looking around the bend
(For subscribers.) The European Union is preparing legislation that will impose stricter requirements on producers of end-of-life vehicles throughout the vehicle's life cycle. The Circular Economy Regulation is currently in the EU's trilateral negotiation phase, where […]
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