Recycling news: 2024

Global Joint statement on Biogenic carbon accounting in the Product Environmental Footprint The post Joint statement on Biogenic carbon accounting in the Product Environmental Footprint appeared first on Plastics Europe . Plastics Europe · 18 Sept 2024 Global Resumen ejecutivo: La Moda Paralizada Por Los Plásticos The post Resumen ejecutivo: La Moda Paralizada Por Los Plásticos appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 18 Sept 2024 Global Résumé exécutif – Face Au Plastique La Paralysie De La Monde The post Résumé exécutif – Face Au Plastique La Paralysie De La Monde appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 18 Sept 2024 Global Toxic pollution of children’s products needs urgent EU action Children across Europe are threatened by daily exposure to toxic chemicals found in consumer products, show new findings by environmental and children’s rights organisations. NGOs/civil society […] European Environmental Bureau · 18 Sept 2024 Global Redemption on the Reuse Revolution The Redemption podcast begins exploration into the world of reuse. Reloop Platform · 17 Sept 2024 Global Riding the innovation wave: new technologies drive change in Waste-to-Energy In recent years, Waste-to-Energy (WtE) initiatives have emerged as both waste management solutions and drivers of technological innovation. In response... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 17 Sept 2024 Global Opportunities To Scale AD Of Food Waste In Washington State Washington State University researchers identified barriers and benefits to collaborative anaerobic digestion projects that could incorporate food wastes. BioCycle · 17 Sept 2024 Global Cultivating Community Composting Forum The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and Rust Belt Riders, in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University, are holding the 2024 Cultivating Community Composting Forum (CCC24), October 17-19, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. BioCycle · 17 Sept 2024 Global Calculating Dairy Methane Emissions Reductions The California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a public workshop in late August about CARB's progress in compiling California-specific dairy activity data and evaluating the dairy sector emissions trends. BioCycle · 17 Sept 2024 Global Design For Compostability The U.S. Plastics Pact released its Design for Compostability Playbook” in August 2024, along with similar Design for Circularity Playbooks on recyclability and reuse. BioCycle · 17 Sept 2024 Global Connections: Vector Attraction 101 Vector attraction reduction is a critical but somewhat unfamiliar step in successfully recycling organics. BioCycle · 17 Sept 2024 Global New Illinois Law Requires Large Event Recycling And Composting Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation that requires large event facilities with a legal occupancy of at least 3,500 people to provide for the composting of organic materials, collected separately from recyclable materials, during an event held at the facility. BioCycle · 17 Sept 2024 Global North Carolina Food Recovery, Organics Recycling Grants The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (NCDEQ) Food Waste Reduction Grant application period is open to local governments, non-profits, and businesses to develop food waste reduction infrastructure by expanding food donation networks or organics recycling operations, including collection and hauling. BioCycle · 17 Sept 2024 Global Composting Microgrants BPI announced the launch of its Composting Microgrants to support programs that use compostable products … BioCycle · 17 Sept 2024 Global Decision time for Agenda 2030: Can public participation revitalise SDG progress? The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) need bold new thinking to be rescued by 2030. That’s the message from SDG Watch Europe, Europe’s largest civil society coalition for ambitious SDG implementation, ahead of this year’s highly anticipated UN Summit of the Future. The coalition’s members argue that new systemic economic thinking and institutional reforms at UN and EU level will be necessary… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 17 Sept 2024 Global GAIA and Florida Environmental Groups Denounce Miami-Dade Mayor’s New Incinerator Site Recommendation Coalition urges shift from, toxic incineration to true sustainable, zero waste management solutions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 16, 2024 Miami, FL — The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 16 Sept 2024 Global 4evergreen alliance invites you to the Annual Conference 2024 New horizons for fibre-based packaging circularity 06 November 2024, 13:30-18:15 CET Brussels, Les Ateliers des Tanneurs (Hybrid) Registrations 4evergreen is getting ready to welcome you to the 5th edition of the Annual Conference on November 6th, 2024, in Brussels and online. This year’s Conference,... 4evergreen (fibre packaging alliance) · 16 Sept 2024 Global Microplastics found in human testicles Dogs have always been known as humanity's best friends, and their deep bonds with us often mean they share our lifestyles and environments. A recent study examining the potential impact on sperm quality and reproductive organ weights found microplastics in the reproductive systems of both humans and dogs. Since dogs live so closely with us, […] Break Free From Plastic · 16 Sept 2024 Global Guest Blog: CAUES Case Study on Circular Economy Industrial Park of Chaoyang Environmental Group ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 14 Sept 2024 Global COMPETITIVENESS IS OVERRATED📉 We’re back from holidays, and Brussels is already in full swing! If you’re in the EU capital, you’ve probably heard the buzz around former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s much-anticipated report on Europe’s industrial and economic future. And even if you’re outside this grey Brussels bubble, it’s still worth paying attention—this analysis, commissioned by Ursula von der Leyen and launched… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 13 Sept 2024 Global CALC Circularity Profile ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 12 Sept 2024 Global Biogenic carbon accounting in the Product Environmental Footprint Open the document We have been closely following the review of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and would like to express our gratitude to the European Commission for their diligent efforts in consulting with industry. We support the work of the DG-ENV and JRC on carbon modelling and want to acknowledge the challenges [...] European Bioplastics News · 12 Sept 2024 Global Season 2 of the Redemption Podcast explores groundbreaking global themes Redemption is continuing its deep dive into key global issues and solutions for a circular economy. Reloop Platform · 12 Sept 2024 Global Uganda’s National Multi-Stakeholders’ Information Exchange Session on the Plastics Treaty. Written by Kaziro Douglas and Nyakahuma Edward. On 20th August 2024, Bio Vision Africa (BiVA), in collaboration with Caritas Uganda, the National EnvironmentManagement Authority (NEMA), and the Global Alliance for […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 11 Sept 2024 Global Toxic Productivity: How (Over)Work Harms Both Workers and the Planet Work is not only central to our lives but also to the functioning of our capitalist system. It dictates where we spend most of our time and what we focus on doing every day. Though work has been found beneficial for socialisation and integration, it also exerts great pressure on the planet via the ways it is tied to overproduction and overconsumption. Work-related stress and illnesses, together… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 11 Sept 2024 Global EU needs better strategies as Member States fall short on climate targets Today’s State of the Union report highlights that certain risks may become chronic: Member States are falling short of the EU’s renewable energy and efficiency goals. This […] European Environmental Bureau · 11 Sept 2024 Global CALC Handbook Contact Form ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 11 Sept 2024 Global 4evergreen web event: “Unlocking the toolbox to perfect fibre-based packaging circularity” On Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, the 4evergreen alliance hosted the online session “Unlocking the toolbox to perfect fibre-based packaging circularity.” Our experts from WS-1 and WS-2 discussed 4evergreen’s Circularity by Design Guideline and the Recyclability Evaluation Protocol. Then, 4evergreen members shared their experience on implementing our deliverables, presented their... 4evergreen (fibre packaging alliance) · 10 Sept 2024 Global C’EST LA RENTRÉE C’est la rentrée. We’re back! Offices in Brussels’ European quarter are filling up, EU institutions are gearing up for a new term, and even the sky is greying over—though with traffic having (probably) tripled, it is hard to know where the smog ends and the sky begins! ***Side note: If this sounds all too appealing (who are we to judge), check out the job ad for our new Head of Circular Economy… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 10 Sept 2024 Global Intergenerational Justice at the Heart of Critical Minerals Management The Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM) has published the report “Advancing Intergenerational Justice in Critical Raw Materials Management: Assessing the Potential of Demand-side Measures.” This timely release addresses the increasingly urgent sustainability dilemma associated with critical raw material (CRM) value chains. Despite these materials’ importance in producing clean energy tec… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 10 Sept 2024 Global Media Reactive: Nature Journal – A local-to-global emissions inventory of macroplastic pollution Such a limited definition contradicts UNEA Resolution 5/14, which the study claims to support. This study, offered as a tool to advance the plastics treaty negotiations, clearly endorses the narrative of the major petrostates: plastic pollution is the fault of consumers, not the companies' and countries' unregulated overproduction. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 10 Sept 2024 Global Find An Expert ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 10 Sept 2024 Global LCA’s For Beginners ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 10 Sept 2024 Global Respuesta ante publicación en revista Nature sobre la contaminación por macroplásticos GAIA reacciona ante el enfoque “limitado” y la narrativa “injusta” del Sur global sobre la contaminación por plásticos PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA 10 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024 El último estudio publicado […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 10 Sept 2024 Global Map Your Service Area ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 9 Sept 2024 Global Restricting PFAS will ramp up innovation Restriction can sound a lot like red tape, yet it can mean quite the opposite. How a comprehensive EU Restriction on PFAS will hasten innovation for safer alternatives and bring certainty to the market actors we explain below. Introduction Ursula von der Leyen is confirmed the new President of the European Commission and shared with the public political guidelines as her vision for the new Comm… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 9 Sept 2024 Global European industry needs smart policy, not just funding Today, Mario Draghi’s report presented a stark mirror to EU leaders: the bloc is lagging behind its global counterparts due to the lack of investments, sluggish […] European Environmental Bureau · 9 Sept 2024 Global Member portrait: Lignin Fredrik Malmfors, CEO at Lignin Every month, we present 5 facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This time, Fredrik Malmfors, CEO at Lignin, shares some interesting insights on the company. 5 Facts about Lignin Lignin Industries was founded in 2018 by Christopher Carrick, a fifth-generation forest industry researcher with a PhD [...] European Bioplastics News · 9 Sept 2024 Global Sustainable Packaging Summit Packaging Europe is hosting an important industry event on the 12th and 13th of November 2024. The event will take place in the Beurs van Berlage, a historical venue in Amsterdam. This event is geared toward fostering collaboration and driving impactful change across the global packaging industry. Objective: Building on the success of the [...] European Bioplastics News · 9 Sept 2024 Global The tenth special session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 1 to 6 September 2024. Civil Society Organisations Calls on Ministers to Raise Africa’s Ambition for a Strong, Legally Binding Global Plastics Treaty ahead of the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) Dear […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 6 Sept 2024