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    Professional Recycle, a Romanian company based in Târgu Mureș, to operate Europe’s largest single-site PET recycling capacity in 2026

    Professional Recycle, a company from Târgu Mureș specializing in the recycling of PET packaging waste, has announced a new phase of expansion and operational development that will nearly triple the processing capacity of its production facility. By the end of 2026, the company aims...

    ABB and Syre to explore technologies for industrial-scale textile recycling

    ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Swedish textile impact company Syre to jointly explore technologies to support the development of Syre’s first textile-to-textile recycling plant in Vietnam. The agreement establishes a framework for collaboration to investigate how ABB’s automation, electrification and digital...

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    RetuRO: 667 million packaging items collected in the first two months of the year

    RetuRO, the administrator of Romania's Deposit-Return System—the country's largest circular economy project—announces the progress...

    Romania’s growing “Mountain of Clothes”: textile collection exists on paper, but reuse and recycling are rare

    Many local administrations in Romania risk fines from oversight authorities due to their inability...

    Auchan surpasses 1.7 million liters of used cooking oil collected, seven years after launching its recycling program

    Auchan România continues to expand one of the largest circular economy programs in Romanian...

    The continuity of operating digitalized eco-islands is essential for achieving Romania’s recycling targets

    The installation of digitalized eco-islands and their long-term operation are essential for achieving Romania’s...

    Clean Recycle reports turnover of 10 million euros in 2025, with 16 percent increase in collected packaging waste volumes

    Clean Recycle, one of the leaders in the local packaging responsibility transfer market (OIREP),...

    IKEA Romania and Sector 1 City Hall launch pilot project for furniture collection and donation

    IKEA Romania, in partnership with Sector 1 City Hall, has announced the launch of...

    Clean Recycle: Separate collection of textile waste in Romania has increased fivefold over the last decade

    In 2010, Romania collected just 48 tons of textile waste separately. Over the past...

    Clean Recycle: Failure to meet packaging waste recycling targets cost Romanian companies over 10 million EUR in 2024

    In 2024, some Romanian companies paid over 10 million EUR to the Environmental Fund...

    RetuRO: Romanians returned more DRS packages in the first 8 months of 2025 than in the whole of 2024

    RetuRO, the administrator of the Deposit Return System (DRS), the largest circular economy project...

    MOL Group turns plastic waste into high value products with first circular feedstock test at its MOL Petrochemicals site in Tiszaújváros

    MOL Group has achieved a significant milestone in its SHAPE TOMORROW Strategy by successfully...

    Stellantis opens circular vehicle dismantling center in São Paulo

    As part of its decarbonization strategy and commitment to sustainability, Stellantis inaugurated its first...

    Marius Costache, CEO of Verdum: Verdum’s mission is to be a catalyst for sustainable transformation by turning complex waste streams into valuable resources

    Starting May 1, 2025, Verdum’s leadership was taken over by Marius Costache, previously a...

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    STRABAG Romania becomes strategic partner of the Ambulance for Monuments to support the safeguarding of a historic landmark in Sibiu

    STRABAG Romania has become a strategic partner of the Ambulance for Monuments and is...

    Lidl Romania facilitates record exports: 78 million euros and 24 percent growth for Romanian suppliers in 2025

    In 2025, Lidl Romania facilitated the export of products sourced from Romanian suppliers to...

    Professional Recycle, a Romanian company based in Târgu Mureș, to operate Europe’s largest single-site PET recycling capacity in 2026

    Professional Recycle, a company from Târgu Mureș specializing in the recycling of PET packaging...

    ROMPAP reaffirms the strategic role of the paper industry in strengthening Romania’s circular economy

    ROMPAP – The Employers’ Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry organized in Bucharest...