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Concerns over the long-term impact of the coronavirus outbreak on key European recycling markets sharply escalated this week following the adoption of further containment measures across the continent.

EuRIC calls on the European Union and competent authorities from Member States and from the UK, Norway and Switzerland to acknowledge:

At this unprecedented time as the world adopts severe and wide-ranging measures in a bid to arrest the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, BIR Ambassadors have volunteered to provide our members with ad hoc updates from their respective countries and regions.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 142.4 million tonnes (Mt) in February 2020, a 2.1% increase compared to February 2019.

The first snapshot of the findings from one of the largest ever commercially funded quantitative studies into business recycling and waste management across Europe are published today by Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) EMEA.

The Fibersort machine is ready to start valorizing global textile waste, sorting ~900 kgs of post-consumer textiles per hour, enabling a closed textiles loop.

Today, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan – one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal.

The Commission has presented a new Strategy to help Europe’s industry lead the twin transitions towards climate neutrality and digital leadership.

Reducing our plastic waste, use less plastics for products and recycle and reuse more. That is what 15 governments and 66 companies and organisations signed up for by launching the European Plastics Pact.

Today, the Commission presents a proposal to enshrine in legislation the EU’s political commitment to be climate neutral by 2050, to protect the planet and our people.

Zero Waste Europe releases today a Policy Briefing which analyses in depth the new Landfill Directive, part of the Circular Economy Package adopted in 2018.