Politics
PolyREC created to report on Europe’s plastics circularity
| Petcore Europe, Plastics Europe, Plastics Recyclers Europe, and Vinyl Plus have mutually agreed to join forces to form the organisation PolyREC. It will monitor, verify, and report their plastics recycling and uptake data in Europe.
FEAD welcomes Council’s Conclusions on Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
| Yesterday, the Council of the European Union adopted Conclusions on the new EU chemicals strategy for a toxic-free environment.
COP 26 – Recycling is the key
| The Global Recycling Foundation is calling for Recycling to be at the forefront of discussions when World leaders gather for the COP26 meeting in the UK in November 2021.
Environmental organisations demand strong policy for reuse systems
| For World Consumer’s Day, an alliance of environmental organisations has released an open letter demanding that ambitious policy be put in place to enable...
US plastic waste exports in violation of new UN rules
| Recent customs data obtained by the Basel Action Network (BAN) reveals that US exporters, global shipping lines, and the US government are all violating the new 2021global rules established by the Basel Convention to prevent indiscriminate dumping and pollution arising from the plastic waste trade in developing countries.
One year of the EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan
| The European Union’s strategy to overcome its addiction to overconsumption and waste turns one year old today. In this brief, the European Environmental Bureau takes stock of the legislative progress made so far by the EU institutions.
Navigating the latest changes in waste legislation
| Tom Eng, Senior Vice President and Head of TOMRA Recycling, provides an overview of some of the recent changes in European and international waste legislation and highlights the implications of these changes for waste operators.
EuRIC calls upon the Commission to support continued use of tyre-derived granular infill
| The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) calls upon the Commission to strengthen its commitment to the Circular Economy.
FEAD participates in the European Parliament hearing on plastics
| Today, FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, represented by its President, Mr. Peter Kurth, participated in the European Parliament ENVI and PETI Committees' Joint Public Hearing entitled “Plastics and waste management in the circular economy”.
Public Sector to make greater use of secondary raw materials
| The EU Parliament’s own-initiative report adopted this month calls for an upgrading of secondary raw materials.
APEAL announces 2025 vision for recycling
| APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has announced its 2025 vision for recycling – Zero steel packaging to landfill – as part of Steel for Packaging Week.
EU microplastic ban just got a step closer, but has major loopholes
| EU plans to stop firms adding microplastic to almost all products have major loopholes that would keep pollution flooding into the environment for nearly a decade and reward unproven biodegradable plastics, environmental groups are warning.
‘Mass balance approach’ blocks ambitions for increased recycled content in plastics
| In a joint letter, Zero Waste Europe, ECOS, and nine other signatories call upon the European Commission (EC) to avoid a flexible ‘mass balance approach’ method in determining recycled content in plastic products.
Study: Zero waste systems could create thousands of jobs
| A new study from the international environmental alliance GAIA finds that cities that invest in zero waste programs and policies create numerous good, green, jobs in addition to the known benefits of reducing pollution and improving community health.
