The “New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe’s resource independence”, stemming from the European Green Deal and presented by the European Commission today, contain a set of promising initiatives to save resources, advance the implementation of the waste hierarchy whilst taking into account social impacts.
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Several associations representing both public and private operators of the entire waste management value chain ask for the inclusion of Waste-to-Energy in the taxonomy. They propose criteria under which this inclusion is possible, in line with the Taxonomy Regulation.
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Euric welcomes the Circular Economy Package that was published by the European Commission on 30 March and aims at making products more sustainable in the European Union.
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The package is a fundamental step forward but still lacks teeth to make sustainable products the norm, the EEB warns.
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Today, the Commission has proposed to update the EU consumer rules to empower consumers for the green transition.
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The Commission is presenting today a package of European Green Deal proposals to make sustainable products the norm in the EU, boost circular business models and empower consumers for the green transition.
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A new report commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau says that only a radical rethink of its economic model can curb the fashion industry’s sustainability problem.
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Yesterday in Brussels, EU environment ministers unanimously adopted the Council position on the EU batteries regulation.
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Batteries Regulation needs to set sustainability leadership while boosting EU batteries production
Today the EU Environment Ministers reached a general approach on the proposal for a new Batteries Regulation.
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The way that waste in Northern Ireland will be handled over the next few years will change dramatically following consultations by Defra and the UK’s devolved administrations, according to Joseph Doherty, Managing Director of Re-Gen Waste.
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The threat to oil and gas supplies from Russia with the war in Ukraine means a rethink on sustainable energy and net zero emissions is inevitable, according to Ranjit Baxi, Founder of the Global Recycling Foundation.
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