With the policy paper „Waste prevention programme for England: Maximising Resources, Minimising Waste", the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs wants to encourage waste prevention in England.

Petcore Europe has announced that Roberto Bertaggia has been appointed as Executive Director as of 23rd November 2023. He replaces Martin Stephan, who previously served in the role.

On 21 November, EuRIC connected the knots in textiles, bringing together EU legislators, environment experts, leading industry figures and NGO representatives for an in-depth discussion on the challenges and opportunities in the EU's textile landscape.

On Wednesday, Parliament adopted its position on new EU-wide rules on packaging, to tackle constantly growing waste and boost reuse and recycling.

The world's biggest plant for sorting plastic packaging was inaugurated on the 15th of November, in Motala, Sweden.

In the second quarter of 2023, EU economy's greenhouse gas emissions totalled 821 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a -5.3% decrease compared with the same quarter of 2022 (867 million tonnes of CO2-eq).

According to Eurostat, in 2022, the EU's circular material use rate reached 11.5%, meaning that 11.5% of material resources used in the EU came from recycled waste materials

Croatia's accession to the European Union has also given a significant boost to the topic of recycling, among other things.

FEAD supports the adoption by the ENVI Committee of the position on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.

For two days, Aimplas will analyse the challenges and opportunities facing the plastics recycling sector at the second edition of its international meeting with the support of nearly twenty sponsors, media partners and collaborating companies.

Aimplas has carried out chemical and biotechnological pretreatments to turn synthetic plastics into biodegradable bioplastics.

E-waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams. While many industrialised countries have developed appropriate systems for dealing with this waste, there is still a lot of catching up to do, especially in lower-income countries

With the jointly founded holding company Blueone Solutions, the companies want to bundle their expertise and create industry standards in plastics recycling through joint research projects.

Coca-Cola India recently launched its new 100% rPET bottle for water - the first time that a packaging made of 100% recycled plastic is used for food or beverages in India.

Andritz has installed a new spunlace pilot line at its centre of competence in Montbonnot, France. It allows customers and partners to conduct trials for producing nonwovens from recycled and/or natural fibres such as hemp, flax, and cotton.

Tomra and Plastretur, the Norwegian producer responsibility organization responsible for recycling plastic packaging, plan to invest in the construction of a joint sorting plant for plastics in Norway.

A "huge quantity of metals" - including many designated as "critical" - would be required to meet energy transition objectives and, as a result, security of supply had become a hot topic, explained BIR International Environment Council (IEC) Chairman Olivier François (Galloo) the body's latest meeting.

The global reach of e-waste issues was illustrated at the latest meeting of the BIR E-Scrap Committee, with guest presentations shedding light on the latest developments in Europe, South America and the Middle East.

EuRIC Textiles welcomes the adoption of the own-initiative report on the Sustainable Textiles Strategy by the ENVI Committee on 27 April.

FEAD welcomes the vote in the European Parliament's ENVI committee, expressing overall satisfaction with the direction of the report and the tabled amendments.