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  • In 2023, the amount of municipal waste generated per person in the EU amounted to 511 kg, 4 kg less than in 2022 (515 kg) and 23 kg less than in 2021 (534 kg), which represents a 4.3% drop in the course of 2 years. Compared with 2013, the amount increased by 32 kg.

  • The new EU Waste Shipment Regulation WS threatens to disrupt global recycling markets and put Europe’s recycling industry at a severe competitive disadvantage. EuRIC calls for an immediate extension of the WSR deadlines to provide non-OECD countries with adequate time to comply and prevent a catastrophic impact on international trade in recycled materials and the competitiveness of the EU recycling industry.

  • A multimillion-pound research project, called SustaPack, aims to overcome manufacturing challenges for the next generation of sustainable, paper-based packaging for liquids. Backed by a £1 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of UKRI’s co-investing programme, packaging technology company Pulpex Ltd has joined forces with the University of Surrey to refine its manufacturing processes to provide a viable solution to plastic pollution.

  • The demand for sustainable solutions in packaging has never been higher, particularly in the food industry, where consumers are increasingly drawn to products that promise environmental responsibility. This trend has sparked a significant shift towards paper-based packaging, driven by both market forces and regulatory imperatives.

  • Since 1930, Lely Environnement, a French family-owned company, has been offering its services for the collection, transport, processing, recovery, and recycling of waste from industrial waste (C&I). Based in the Isère department in south-east France, the company has two main facilities for the recovery of wood waste collected from companies, local authorities and building industry professionals: its Inoval’Y sorting centre, and the Ecopôle, which has, among its many recovery platforms, one entirely dedicated to sorting wood by grade.

  • FEAD welcomes the publication of the European Commission’s Competitiveness Compass, a strategic tool that will guide the work in the coming years and aims to strengthen the European Union’s competitive edge in a rapidly changing global economy.

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