Michael Brunn
Editor-in-Chief
ENVI gets positive feedback for vote on circular economy package
Various European interest groups have expressed agreement to the ENVIs vote on the circular economy package.
BIR starts Global Recycling Day website
BIR also calls for support for the Global Recycling day through an online petition.
MEPs must seize opportunity for job creation
Over 800.000 new jobs could be created across the EU if MEPs in the European Parliament's Environment Committee vote for both an ambitious recycling target and to strongly support the refurbishing and reusing sectors on Tuesday, said the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).
Bioplastics in a circular economy
A group of environmental organisations warns of false hopes in bioplastics. The organisations remind that the main focus has to be on reducing the overall plastics use.
Euric calls for solutions that keep recycling markets innovative
European recycling federation Euric asks for a boost in recycling, competition and thus innovate recycling markets.
Steel Industry backs measure of real recycling
The EU steel industry requests that the provision on final recycling is retained in the revision of the Waste Framework Directive in order to measure real recycling.
Consumers are uncertain about plastics recycling
Research carried out by the plastics recycling initiative Pledge 4 Plastics has delivered insight into consumer attitudes towards plastics recycling.
Future trends in e-waste recycling
At the IERC, experts discussed the challenges and barriers for effective e-waste recycling.
Recovering metals from LEDs
Mineral processing engineer Maria Holuszko and her PhD student Amit Kumar from the University of British Columbia have discovered a way to recover valuable metals from LEDs.
CEOs support new plastics economy
More than 40 industry leaders have endorsed a new action plan to tackle global plastics issues. The plan is part of a new study "The new plastics economy".