Sabine Hatzfeld
Editor
FEAD welcomes single-use plastic proposal
According to FEAD our industry sees it as another step towards a more circular economy. The private waste and resources management industry plays a key role in making this progress by collecting, sorting, preparing waste and, finally, providing high quality recycled materials and green energy for Europe's manufacturers and consumers. But an even stronger leadership
REACH needs to work for the European industry
Now that the last deadline to register existing chemical substances with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has passed, the EU chemical industry is looking to the EU and member states to make sure REACH becomes a competitive advantage for the European industry.
BIR has "accomplished a great journey"
So said BIR World President Ranjit Singh Baxi in his address to the world during the annual general assembly in Barcelona.
Global Recycling Day "a phenomenal success"
"I couldn't believe how far we managed to have outreach." With these words, the world recycling federation's President Ranjit Singh Baxi celebrated the "phenomenal success" of the first-ever, BIR-inspired Global Recycling Day, which was launched "in a very big way" on March 18 this year.
Viridor joins the Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP)
The company currently operates eight energy recovery plants in the UK, with three in commissioning and another under construction.
Directive on the reduction of single-use plastic
The European Commission presented an ambitious new Directive to tackle marine litter by introducing a number of measures including reduction and restriction of selected single-use plastic products, such as disposable balloon sticks, straws, cutlery, plates, cups and food containers.
Looking back on the first-ever Global Recycling Day
Levels of engagement in the inaugural, BIR-inspired Global Recycling Day far exceeded expectations, laying firm foundations for growing the event in the years to come.
EuRIC welcomes the adoption of Revised Waste Framework Legislation
Circular economy is part of the DNA of the recycling industry whose daily business is to turn waste into new raw materials. The adoption of revised waste rules is a key element to speed up this much needed transition", said Emmanuel Katrakis, Secretary General of EuRIC.
CarbonLITE Holdings LLC has announced that PET bottle-to-bottle recycling leader CarbonLITE will build a new plant, to be located in the state of Pennsylvania. This facility will enable the company to increase the number of post-consumer PET beverage bottles it recycles annually by 50 percent - to more than 6 billion. The new $60 million plant is scheduled for startup in late 2019.
Plant Will Become the Third for the World's Largest Producer of Post-Consumer Food-Grade PET Resin.
It's time to make the EU Circular Economy Package work
It's time now for the 28 EU Member States to start delivering on reducing landfill of household waste to maximum 10% by 2035, measuring real recycling after the final sorting phase and promoting the use of materials which are reusable or multiple recyclable.