Michael Brunn

The biggest pandemic in modern times is barely over when Europe experiences a new crisis. The conflict in Ukraine poses challenges for the waste and recycling industry in several areas.

The "New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe's resource independence", stemming from the European Green Deal and presented by the European Commission today, contain a set of promising initiatives to save resources, advance the implementation of the waste hierarchy whilst taking into account social impacts.

The package is a fundamental step forward but still lacks teeth to make sustainable products the norm, the EEB warns.

Today, the Commission has proposed to update the EU consumer rules to empower consumers for the green transition.

The Commission is presenting today a package of European Green Deal proposals to make sustainable products the norm in the EU, boost circular business models and empower consumers for the green transition.

Environmental services provider PreZero is driven by the ultimate goal of reducing the consumption of natural resources in a world where they are no longer wasted through closed loops.

Proceeding on the target of commercializing chemical recycling of waste plastic, Neste is conducting a feasibility study to examine investing in capacity for processing liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.

Joseph Doherty, Managing Director at Re-Gen Waste and Committee Member of Defra's Advisory Committee on Packaging, says that the proposed plastic packaging tax has not gone far enough.

A new report commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau says that only a radical rethink of its economic model can curb the fashion industry's sustainability problem.

Mattia Pellegrini, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Environment at the European Commission is to be the keynote speaker at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe's conference, taking place at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 22-23 June 2022.