Recycling

By securing a stable stream of post-consumer aluminium and integrating it into Novelis’ recycling and rolling system, the company increases recycled content and reduces CO₂e emissions in line with its Vision 3×30.

The integration of Hulamin’s container division consolidates critical manufacturing capability within South Africa at a time when localisation is becoming increasingly important.

The dissolution will have no material financial impact on Gravita India’s consolidated accounts, reflecting the subsidiary’s inactive status.

Saint-Gobain’s Egypt expansion proves that recycling is not an environmental add-on, it is a manufacturing strategy.

The associations call on the Competition Commission to open a formal investigation into systemic manipulation and to support suspension of the PPS pending an independent investigation.

The programme aims to extend the lifecycle of technology assets while ensuring environmentally responsible disposal of electronic waste.

For a cosmetics sector under pressure to reduce virgin plastic use, the 95 percent recyclable figure is significant, though the 5 percent non-recyclable components typically involve the pump mechanism or decorative elements that current recycling infrastructure cannot process.

Bon Orbit AB will become one of the largest tyre shredding operators from a single location in Europe once operational.

The acquisition of NOVA Chemicals was valued at US$13.4 billion (approximately €12.3 billion), with the combined entity expecting over US$500 million (approximately €460 million) in annual synergies, 75 percent expected within three years.

The company is among the first to deploy plastics pyrolysis at commercial scale for end-of-life plastic, making this expansion a significant step in scaling the technology for the broader European market.