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On 15 November 2017, China officially notified WTO of its intent to adopt a number of Environmental Protection Control standards for imported solid wastes as raw materials.

BIR has been informed that China has officially notified the WTO of its intent to adopt the GB 16487 Environmental Protection Control standards for a certain number of wastes.

At this year’s edition of the “dynamic days” held October 23-24, 2017 in Weissenbach, Lower Austria, Starlinger inaugurated the new headquarters of its division recycling technology. The building is located in close proximity to the existing Starlinger factory.

The process is called Blend Re:wind and generates three circular outgoing product streams.

Aluminium beverage cans already close to the future EU Circular Economy recycling targets.

Plastics recycling charity, Recoup, promote and support the award aimed at recognising innovation and showcasing advances in plastics recycling.

The Vinyl Council of Australia’s hospitals’ recycling program has been shortlisted in the Circular Economy category of the national Banksia Foundation Awards 2017.

On 24 October, the European Parliament adopted its final position on the CE marked fertilising products
Regulation. FEAD welcomes the decision of the European Parliament to maintain the limit value for lead as
proposed by the European Commission (120 mg/kg dry matter).

In May 2017, the European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC) launched a European survey on the current and future use of recycled plastics materials (rPM) in the Europe’s plastics converting industry.

In view of the upcoming trilogue meeting on the Circular Economy Package on 25 October, FEAD members call on the EU institutions to maintain the ambitious legally binding targets for recycling and landfill diversion, which are a central part of the revised package.

BIR’s International Environment Council (IEC) meeting in New Delhi was devoted almost entirely to the issue that is preoccupying great swathes of the recycling industry: China’s import ban affecting certain secondary raw materials.