Politics
Euric: microplastics’ ban misses the mark
| The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (Euric) strongly rejects an EU proposal that according to Euric will indirectly ban materials from tyres as part of its effort to eradicate microplastics.
Battery classification: Wastecare welcomes revision
| UK battery recycler Wastecare has welcomed the Environment Agency’s revised guidance on the classification of portable and industrial batteries, which was published last week.
Countries aim to end plastic pollution by 2040
| Today the Governments of Rwanda and Norway launch The High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution together with Canada, Peru, Germany, Senegal, Georgia, Republic of Korea, UK, Switzerland, Portugal, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Costa Rica, Iceland, Ecuador, France and the Dominican Republic.
Plastic industry pushes unproven “advanced recycling” in state legislatures
| The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) has released a report on an alarming trend: the proliferation of legislation in U.S. state legislatures promoting so-called "advanced recycling".
Colm Markey MEP discusses POPs thresholds with EERA-President
| Colm Markey, Irish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) visited KMK Metals Recycling Ltd, the metals and WEEE recycling business owned by President of EERA, Kurt Kyck, on Thursday, August 4thfor a tour of the company’s headquarters in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
Climate change and resource scarcity a threat to national security
| We may not like to think about recycling our waste beyond putting our dustbins out for collection, but it doesn’t take much to focus our minds.
ISRI announces position on chemical recycling
| The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRIBoard of Directors has announced its position on chemical recycling at its July meeting.
Safe and efficient waste shipments drive the circular economy
| Yesterday, the European Waste Management Association held an event on the ongoing Waste Shipment Regulation revision.
EU-wide end-of-waste criteria for ELT-derived rubber
| Weibold Academy article series discusses periodically the practical developments and scientific research findings in the end-of-life tire (ELT) recycling and pyrolysis industry.
Building renovation: where circular economy and climate meet
| Building renovation is a key contributor to improving energy efficiency and to achieving a climate neutral European Union (EU) by 2050.
Taxonomy: MEPs do not object to inclusion of gas and nuclear activities
| Parliament has rejected a motion to oppose the inclusion of nuclear and gas as environmentally sustainable economic activities.
PET reuse state of play 2022
| The EU Commission promotes the following hierarchy in its packaging policies: Reduce consumption, reuse & recycle.
EU harmonisation going backwards is the state of play for the EU Single-Use Plastics...
| A year ago, on the 3rd of July 2021, was the deadline for the transposition of EU-wide bans and marking rules into national legal frameworks of the EU Single-use Plastics Directive (SUPD).
European Parliament approves inclusion of municipal incinerators in ETS
| On June 22, the members of the European Parliament (EP) have approved to include municipal incinerators in the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as of 2026. This decision entails pricing fossil CO2 emissions from municipal waste incinerators.
