We asked Otto de Bont to share his thoughts on tackling the climate emergency and the role that Renewi, as a company that is at the heart of the circular economy, can play.

Taking your foot off the brake, shifting up a gear and accelerating. Maybe even change the shoulder of the gun to slow down the climate change that suddenly came very close last month.

We are at a tipping point when it comes to our climate. It is estimated that a 1.5°C rise in the global average temperature above pre-industrial levels will heavily impact the planet, our way of life, and the lives of future generations.

Renewi plc (LSE: RWI), the leading international waste-to-product company, announces its trading update for the three months ended 30 June 2021.

Etten-Leur, 5 July 2021 – Secretary of State for Infrastructure and Water Management Stientje Van Veldhoven opened the new mattress recycling factory of RetourMatras in Etten-Leur today and stressed the importance of sustainable mattress recycling in the Netherlands.

Recycling waste and using more secondary raw materials holds the key to transitioning from a linear to a circular economy and driving the progress necessary to halting climate change

Coolrec, a subsidiary of Renewi and European market leader in WEEE (waste from electrical and electronic equipment) recycling, has invested €0.5 million in an electrostatic separator in order to generate more kinds of high-value secondary raw materials.

This year is pivotal for Europe and the UK to progress in positioning themselves to deliver against their Circular Economy targets. Renewi, a leading waste-to-product company, is ready to play its part in supporting Governments to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG’s) and achieving sustainable goals by transitioning more used materials into high quality secondary raw materials.