Politics

In relation to the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on Batteries and Waste Batteries, FEAD held on Monday an online debate to allow a valuable exchange of views among the legislators and the industry.

No time to waste to implement the Circular Economy Agenda was one of the key messages of Recyclers’ Talks #1 organised on 22 March 2021 by EuRIC in cooperation with the EP Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’. The webinar gathered nearly 400 participants.

Yesterday, the Environment Council held a first discussion on the Commission’s proposal for a batteries and waste batteries regulation.

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.

Yesterday, the Council of the European Union adopted Conclusions on the new EU chemicals strategy for a toxic-free environment.

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.

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 the implementation of robust reuse systems. …

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.

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.

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.