The energy transition has a second life to solve: what happens to solar panels, wind turbines and batteries when they stop operating. In Latin America and the Caribbean, that question is becoming an industrial-scale…
The 2026 Recycling Leaders Forum consolidated Mexico as a key player in the transition towards a circular economy in Latin America. With the new General Law on Circular Economy as the regulatory framework, the event brought together representatives from ECOCE, PETSTAR, Arca Continental, and the Monterrey Institute of Technology, who agreed that recycling has ceased to be an environmental trend to become a structural strategy for competitiveness, investment, and economic development.
A pilot promoted by the Inter-American Development Bank at Brazil's CIMVI consortium showed how digital technologies can improve waste sorting, reduce rejects and strengthen the circular economy with accurate information for decision-making.
A UCLA Samueli and Ewha Womans University team demonstrated in the laboratory an alkaline thermal treatment that can process mixed PET, PE and PP, generate hydrogen above 90% purity and fix part of the carbon as a solid mineral.