Politics

On 24th September 2019 CEWEP launched the first ever Waste-to-Energy Sustainability Roadmap.

UPM will today be recognised as a Global Compact LEAD participant for its strong commitment to the United Nations Global Compact and its Ten Principles for responsible business. The recognition will be addressed to only 36 global companies at the Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York.

Today EuRIC, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation has co-signed the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) Declaration during the High-level event organized by the European Commission.

FEAD joins the Circular Plastics Alliance & yet highlights the importance of a stronger policy to significantly improve plastic waste recycling and reincorporation of recycled polymers into new products.

On 20 September 2019 in Brussels, the Circular Plastics Alliance presented and adopted its declaration.

The biogas industry claims that it could reduce global GHG emissions by circa 12% and help governments meet their climate change commitments.

Extending the lifespan of smartphones and other electronics by just one year would save the EU as much carbon emissions as taking 2 million cars off the roads annually, a new study reveals.

A new relationship between people and nature is needed as climate change and biodiversity loss threaten progress

The Basel Ban Amendment prohibits the export of hazardous wastes for ‘final disposal’ from Annex VII Countries to non-Annex VII Countries.

ERPA, the recovered paper branch of Euric, has issued a statement to express its concern about the developments on the global recovered paper market which negatively impacts paper recycling in Europe.

The study looks into the information available as well as the state of implementation of such technologies in the European context. It closes with policy recommendations to ensure CR complements, rather than jeopardises, a real Circular Economy.