Politics

Nine trade associations across various sectors published a joint-statement to positively consider Waste-to-Energy in the EU Taxonomy.

“The risks right now are much higher than the opportunities,” stated BIR Textiles Division President Martin Böschen of Switzerland-based TEXAID * Textilverwertungs AG in delivering his latest market summary to a divisional webinar on October 15.

Not for the first time, regulations took centre-stage in discussions hosted by the BIR Plastics Committee. Its webinar on October 14 featured an in-depth review of the implications of Basel Convention amendments entering force at the start of 2021.

Global issues require global solutions. This is why PlasticsEurope, the Pan-European trade association representing plastics manufacturers, supports a global framework for plastics aiming at reducing plastic waste in any environment.

The European Commission has adopted the new EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, as a first step towards a “zero-pollution ambition for a toxic free environment” in the context of the EU Green Deal.

PlasticsEurope, the Pan-European trade association representing plastics manufacturers, launched today its Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS) annual Progress Report taking stock of the advancements made by our members together with the value chain towards ending pellet loss in any environment.

How to deal effectively with plastics waste is one of the conundrums of the modern era. Many have had their say on this complex topic and now the BIR world recycling organization has compiled its own heavily-researched analysis that positions recycling as one of the key solutions to improved end-of-life management of this ubiquitous material.

This week, the newly established Platform on Sustainable Finance will start its work and advise the European Commission with the development of technical screening criteria for sustainable economic activities.

At the end of August, B K Soni, Chairman & MD Eco Recycling Ltd, spoke at the 26th annual meeting of the company.

As part of a refined recycling system, the Scotish parliament has voted in favour of a deposit return scheme, set to be introduced in July 2022.

FEAD has commissioned a legal study of the EU Sustainable Investment Regulation with regards to the question of whether waste incineration for energy recovery (Waste-to-Energy, WtE), fulfilling R1 energy recovery criteria, can be considered an environmentally sustainable economic activity.