Waste Management

Price Preference System: 30% discount + freight to local mills before export, hurts collector earnings, caps buyer prices, says association.

Kazakhstan recycling: domestic value over raw exports; recovered copper feeds electrical, construction, packaging machinery supply chains.

With expanded permissions, Pyramid Technoplast integrates collection, reclamation, and reuse into its core manufacturing, handling external packaging waste beyond its own scrap streams.

Each Country Program, in Brazil, the GCC, India, Indonesia, and South Africa, addresses key collection, sorting, and recycling infrastructure gaps aligned with national goals, backed by at least $100M in co-financing.

Integrating smart recycling into daily destinations makes it simpler, more accessible, and more rewarding, while extending material circulation.

To reduce material and boost recyclability, the company is shifting foods packaging to mono-material/polyolefin structures and select products to 100% rPET bottles.

Powder recovery and recycling lets unused and residual metal powders be reprocessed, lowering waste and input costs and supporting circular flows on-site.

The revised rules would restrict waste exports, including aluminium scrap, to non-OECD nations, exempting some EU candidates, and take effect in 2027.

A spokesperson said McDonald’s Netherlands, subject to a penalty order, informed the inspectorate that it considers its single-use plastics implementation aligned with the legislation’s objectives.