# Waste Management World The only global magazine covering all aspects of the waste management, recycling and resource industry. WMW is the official publication of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). Page: Feed: --- ## [Top of the Class: Italy's Biorepack shows Europe how to handle compostable bioplastics](https://waste-management-world.com/materials/italys-biorepack-shows-europe-how-to-handle-compostable-bioplastics/) _2026-08-18_ Italy made separate biowaste collection mandatory two years early and built Europe's first EPR scheme for compostable packaging. The result: five million tonnes of biowaste recycled a year, and a working answer to the objection that bioplastics don't belong in the bin. ## [BEKON's energy supply powers an innovative data centre](https://waste-management-world.com/waste-to-energy/bekons-energy-supply-powers-an-innovative-data-centre/) _2026-08-13_ A data centre to be powered by sustainable biowaste energy is to be built in Čaporice, near Trilj, Croatia. INOVAPRO d.o.o. is relying on BEKON GmbH's technology for the project. The first phase of the 'Green AI' project has now been completed following the opening of the biogas plant. ## [CRRE 2026: Connecting global stakeholders across resource recycling value chain](https://waste-management-world.com/business/crre-2026-connecting-global-stakeholders-across-resource-recycling-value-chain/) _2026-08-13_ The inaugural Circular Resources and Recycling Expo (CRRE)will welcome visitors from November 25–27, 2026, at the Suzhou International Expo Center in Suzhou, China. ## [Kanadevia Inova and partners sign key waste-to-energy agreements for Casablanca project](https://waste-management-world.com/business/kanadevia-inova-and-partners-sign-key-waste-to-energy-agreements-for-casablanca-project/) _2026-08-11_ Kanadevia Inova, along with Nareva and Itochu, has signed key agreements for the Casablanca Solid Waste Treatment and Valorization Project and electricity off-take with SRM Casablanca-Settat and ONEE. This marks a milestone for sustainable waste management in Morocco and the company's entry into the Moroccan waste-to-energy market. ## [Spanish biogas plant gets pasteurisation boost](https://waste-management-world.com/waste-to-energy/spanish-biogas-plant-gets-pasteurisation-boost/) _2026-08-11_ A Spanish anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has become the first in the country to utilise the Digestate Pasteurisation System (DPS) from HRS Heat Exchangers. ## [Steinert is expanding its presence in Mexico](https://waste-management-world.com/business/steinert-is-expanding-its-presence-in-mexico/) _2026-08-10_ Sorting and separation technologies specialist for the recycling and raw material industries, STEINERT, is branching out in Mexico to provide customers in the region with direct support. This increased market proximity and enhanced service capability will support the company’s continued growth in the Mexican recycling and mining industries. ## [Zoë Lenkiewicz is going for the gaps](https://waste-management-world.com/people/zoe-lenkiewicz-is-going-for-the-gaps/) _2026-08-02_ After a career spanning consultancy, community engagement and the UN's Global Waste Management Outlook, Zoë Lenkiewicz founded Global Waste Lab to do what she kept seeing no one else do: equip waste managers in the Global South with the skills – and the platform – to run services that outlast funding. ## [Machinex appoints Madison Schmalz as Western Region Sales Manager](https://waste-management-world.com/business-news/machinex-appoints-madison-schmalz-as-western-region-sales-manager/) _2026-07-31_ Machinex is pleased to announce the appointment of Madison Schmalz as Western Region Sales Manager. Having previously served as a Sales Engineer with the company since February 2023, Madison now transitions into a customer-facing sales role. Based in Machinex's Phoenix office, Madison will collaborate with the sales team to strengthen customer relationships and support growth opportunities… ## [Greyparrot Secures $27M Series B as AI Waste Intelligence Becomes Critical Infrastructure for the Circular Economy](https://waste-management-world.com/business-news/greyparrot-secures-27m-series-b-as-ai-waste-intelligence-becomes-critical-infrastructure-for-the-circular-economy/) _2026-07-31_ New funding will scale Greyparrot’s AI waste intelligence platform to make secondary materials measurable, recoverable and investable worldwide. ## [Open coordination for humans & AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8KvIeN8ftULC) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Shared schemas and CLI tooling to validate, route, and audit human-agent workflows. ## [Mind the Gap: Why waste management must be at the center of the circular economy transition](https://waste-management-world.com/resource-use/mind-the-gap-why-waste-management-must-be-at-the-center-of-the-circular-economy-transition/) _2026-07-26_ Ambitious targets are easy to set; the systems to deliver them are not. The widening gap between regulatory targets and the infrastructure on the ground runs through India's SWM Rules 2026, textile and e-waste EPR, and the materials that can never be recirculated