EUBP: Bioplastics play crucial role in European green deal

| European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the communication on the European Green Deal.

Scavenging figures WEEE December 2019

| The scavenging of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) across Europe, which essentially means e-waste or components of e-waste, stolen or misappropriated for financial gain, is a huge problem which has been highlighted by the European Electronics Recyclers Association (EERA).
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Better recycling of plastic bottles with delabler

| According to Stadler, the delabeler removes labels from bottles of all types, achieving a quality standard of up to 80 percent of labels removed.

First comments on the Green Deal

| Yesterday commission president Von der Leyen and vice presidet Timmermans presented their European Green Deal. Most comments on the deal are quite positive.
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EU Commission announces European Green Deal

| The European Commission today presented The European Green Deal – a roadmap for making the EU's economy sustainable by turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities across all policy areas and making the transition just and inclusive for all.

EESC: Upcoming decade must be the time for action

| Sustainable development must be at the heart of the future of Europe. If we want to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, we need to act now. The time for reflection is over, urges the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in its recent opinion on the Commission's Reflection Paper "Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030“.

Recycled textiles on the red carpet

| Finland celebrated its 102 years of independence on December 6 and Maria Ohisalo, the countries' Interior Minister, was walking the red carpet wearing a dress made from recycled textiles.
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FEAD: position paper on chemical recycling

| Considering the increasing attention chemical recycling is receiving as an alternative route for treating waste, FEAD, by recognising the interest to closely monitor its development and potential, points out key elements to be taken into account during the discussions undertaken on chemical recycling at the European level.

Guidelines for paper packaging design

| The use of paper for packaging purposes is growing every year, due to its environmental performance but also to the increasing demand related to e-commerce and delivery services.

Euric: need to reconcile circular economy in paper with market realities

| The European paper recycling industry currently encounters an extremely difficult market situation.

Global ban on exporting hazardous waste becomes law today

| The Basel Ban Amendment, adopted by the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous and Their Disposal in 1995, today becomes international law.

New standards of excellence for wte sector

| ESWET welcomes the publication by the European Commission of the Best Available Techniques (BAT) Conclusions for Waste Incineration (WI), setting new requirements for the Waste-to-Energy (WtE) sector.

EEA: Europe at a tipping point

| Europe will not achieve its 2030 goals without urgent action during the next 10 years to address the alarming rate of biodiversity loss, increasing impacts of climate change and the overconsumption of natural resources.

WtE sector welcomes new ambitious standards

| After a 5-year review process, the Best Available Techniques (BAT) Conclusions for Waste Incineration (WI) were published in the Official Journal of the EU.

Euric names recyclers top priorities for next 5 years

| Euric, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation, has released on 3rd December the strategic priorities of the recycling industry for the period 2019-2024.