{"id":7244,"date":"2026-02-09T17:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/?p=7244"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:18:34","slug":"plastics-recycling-and-hazardous-substances-risk-cycle-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/plastics-recycling-and-hazardous-substances-risk-cycle-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastics recycling and hazardous substances \u2013 Risk Cycle 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><b><strong>February 9, 2026<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>New plastics consist of increasingly complex additive formulations and polymers. Can the recycling of mixed packaging plastics produce new high-quality products, or is the use of recycled materials in consumer products actually hazardous? In his presentation at the Innsbruck Waste and Resource Day 2026 on February 4, 2026, on the topic of \u201cPlastics Recycling and Hazardous Substances \u2013 Risk Cycle,\u201d Prof. Dr. Uwe Lahl not only addressed these questions, but also presented the latest findings and political developments in this area.<\/p>\n<p>In view of the topicality of this issue and the upcoming discussions at EU level, we are making this article available in English for all interested parties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lahl U.,\u00a0Zeschmar-Lahl B. (2026): Plastics recycling and hazardous substances \u2013 Risk Cycle 2026. Innsbruck Waste and Resources Day 2026 \u2013 Material Flows in the Cycle \u2013 Challenges &amp; Opportunities \u2013 Quotas &amp; Pollutants (Innsbrucker Abfall- und Ressourcentag 2026 \u2013 Stoffstr\u00f6me im Kreislauf \u2013 Herausforderungen &amp; Chancen \u2013 Quoten &amp; Schadstoffe), February 4, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BZL_Innsbruck_2026-02-09_EN_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Referring publications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lahl U.,\u00a0Zeschmar-Lahl B. (2025): Der neue Markt an Recycling-Additiven \u2013 Handlungsbedarf f\u00fcr den Gesetzgeber. M\u00fcll und Abfall 7, 376-382. <a href=\"https:\/\/muellundabfall.de\/ce\/der-neue-markt-an-recycling-additiven-handlungsbedarf-fuer-den-gesetzgeber\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ONLINE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DGAW (2025): Ressourcen.Neu.Denken. Podcast, Folge 41. <a href=\"https:\/\/dgaw.podigee.io\/41-new-episode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ONLINE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lahl U., Zeschmar-Lahl B. (2024): Material Recycling of Plastics\u2014A Challenge for Sustainability. Sustainability 2024, 16, 6630. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/su16156630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ONLINE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lahl U., Lechtenberg D., Zeschmar-Lahl B. (2024): Kunststoffe in der Abfallwirtschaft \u2013 closing the loop? \u00d6sterr Wasser- und Abfallw (2024) 76, 7\u20138. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00506-024-01059-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ONLINE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lahl U., Lechtenberg D., Zeschmar-Lahl B. (2024): Kunststoffrecycling und gef\u00e4hrliche Stoffe \u2013 RISK CYCLE. M\u00fcll und Abfall 4, 195\u2013204. <a href=\"https:\/\/muellundabfall.de\/ce\/kunststoffrecycling-und-gefaehrliche-stoffe-risk-cycle\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ONLINE<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Beitrag basierend auf der Erstver\u00f6ffentlichung in Abfallwirtschaft und Energie 1 (2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/tkv-wissen.de\/produkt\/abfallwirtschaft-und-energie-band-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ONLINE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7244"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7250,"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7244\/revisions\/7250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bzl-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}