Michael Brunn

CEWEP, ESWET, FEAD and Munical Waste Europe call on the European Commission and the Platform on Sustainable Finance to set up technical screening criteria for treating non-hazardous residual waste in Waste-to-Energy plants under the taxonomy framework.

Thanks to the monitoring of its containers for electronic waste with the Sensoneo solution, Asekol is able to empty only those containers that really need it.

The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) forecasts that steel demand will grow by 4.5% in 2021 and reach 1,855.4 Mt after 0.1% growth in 2020.

This year's worldwide mountain of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) will total an estimated 57.4 million tonnes -- greater than the weight of the Great Wall of China, Earth's heaviest artificial object.

New research published today by Zero Waste Europe finds that a radical improvement of the EU residual waste policy is needed in order to make it fit for a circular, carbon-free economy.

BSEF has announced the appointment of Michael Hack as the new Secretary General. Effective 1st October 2021, and pending regulatory filings

According to calculations by the World Bank, approximately two-thirds of household waste is still incinerated or landfilled.

A new study by CE Delft requested by Zero Waste Europe shows that including incineration under the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) would encourage waste prevention and recycling, and generate climate and employment benefits.

European waste bale supply is tight across all major recycled polymer chains as growing demand from the packaging sector continues to expose shortfalls in collection and sorting capacities.

Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE), UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe and Zero Waste Europe call on the EU to facilitate the beverage industry's transition to circularity by developing a legal framework for setting up new efficient DRS for beverage packaging.