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The OECD Environment working paper “Extended producer responsibility in the garments sector” aims to assess the potential of an extended producer responsibility approach to achieve the goal of a circular economy in the apparel sector.
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Market
Need for stronger waste prevention measures to accelerate the Nordic transition to a circular economy
In a new report commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Nordic Working Group for Circular Economy, Sweco recommends the governments of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, as well as the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland, to implement more systematic waste prevention strategies to achieve regional and national sustainability goals. The report outlines practical measures to strengthen the circular economy in the Nordics, with a particular focus on waste prevention and reuse.
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This initiative is in line with the work the Thermoform team is carrying out in the CEN Standardization WG.
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Japanese metal recycler Matec has recently commissioned one of the world’s most advanced processing plants for shredder residue from end-of-life vehicles (ASR) in Tomakomai, near Sapporo. This plant is the largest of its kind in the country, with an annual throughput of 30,000 tonnes. Matec relies on sorting technologies from Steinert to efficiently separate different material streams.
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A new report by Bankwatch, Za Zemiata and Zelena Akcija, in collaboration with Zero Waste Europe, reveals that current EU budget allocations for circular economy and municipal waste management measures are insufficient to help central and eastern European countries catch up with the EU’s decarbonisation targets.
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The event drew together some leading names and brands in metal recycling to discuss the opportunities, challenges and future direction of the global industry.
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Construction, renovation and demolition waste (CRD) accounts for about one third of all the waste produced worldwide. Using circular economy methods, waste and the associated environmental impacts can be significantly reduced. Various countries use a number of methods to achieve this aim. The study “Review of national policy instruments motivating circular construction”, conducted by Canadian scientists, analysed a range of instruments applied in 19 countries. The study was published in the journal “Resources, Conservation & Recycling”.
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Politics
BIR welcomes EU Commission’s publication of material stream requests for non-OECD country applications
The BIR welcomes today’s publication by the European Commission of detailed information on which waste streams each non-OECD country has included in their applications to receive waste from the EU beyond May 2027.
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For two days, Aimplas organised and hosted the second edition of the International Seminar on Biotechnology Applied to the Plastics Sector in Valencia, bringing together one hundred international specialists in biotechnology and sustainability. A panel of twenty speakers presented the innovations being developed by their organisations and addressed the main challenges facing the sector, as well as its contributions to society and the economy.
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By-products from steel production make an important contribution to resource efficiency and the circular economy in Europe. The workshop “The role of slags and other by-products within circular economy in the steel industry” on March 5 and 6, 2025 at the Wyndham Duisburger Hof in Duisburg focused on the current state of research into slags and other materials and the challenges expected in the future.
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The change to the list, which provides common terminology for classifying waste across the EU, is intended to pave the way for a more sustainable and innovative automotive sector.
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Develon Europe and Logex System have agreed to cooperate to support medium-sized waste disposal companies in Germany and Austria –
