Top Stories of the Week: Aug 29-Sep 2

                                  A roundup of this week's top stories:

• Andrex & Kleenex to be powered by hydrogen in UK

  Consumer goods firm Kimberly-Clark, the company behind products such as Andrex, Kleenex and Huggies, has signed an agreement with Carlton Power to supply hydrogen to the company's facility in Barrow-on-Furness in the UK...

• One of Northern Europe's largest PET recyclers acquires Czech fibre producer

  Latvia's PET Baltija, one of the largest PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) recyclers in Northern Europe, is to acquire Tesil Fibres, a major Czech fibre producer and spin-off of plastic manufacturer SILON. Once closed, the transaction will be one...

• EU project aims to cut CO2 emissions in refractory sector drastically

  A research project, funded by the European Union, targets the recycling process in the refractory industry. The international initiative, which is part of the Horizon program, could help decrease CO2 emissions in the refractory industry by up to...

• European Medicines Agency green lights Novavax Covid booster

  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given the green light to the use of Novavax's Covid-19 shot as a booster for adults, ahead of an expected spike in infections this coming winter...

• Sweden's H2 Green Steel raises €190m in latest financing round

  Sweden's H2 Green Steel has raised €190 million in its latest round of financing, as its push to replace fossil fuels with green hydrogen in steel production gathers pace...