Recycling news: 2021

Global Press Release: Access to affordable clean energy will be the make-or-break factor for a successful green and digital transition Today the European Commission adopted its revamped Industrial Strategy focusing on the lessons learned from the COVID 19 crisis. Cepi wishes to assist the European Commission in the development of transition pathways across relevant industrial ecosystems. “The European paper industry has embraced the green and digital transition already. We are investing and ready to invest […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 5 May 2021 Global New ISWA Video Released ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 5 May 2021 Global The ‘Biomonitoring of Incineration Emissions’ campaign European waste incinerators, also known as Waste-To-Energy (WTE) plants, are often presented as a clean and safe way to make our waste disappear. This myth that waste burning is successful and safe in Europe is often used to promote incinerators in other regions, especially in the Global South. In Europe itself, it reduces the incentive […] Zero Waste Europe · 5 May 2021 Global Asian Development Bank Asked to Stop Funding Fake Climate Solutions Cebu City, Philippines – As the Asian Development Bank (ADB) convenes for its 54th Annual Meeting with the theme “Collaboration for Resilient and Green Recovery,” environment and climate activists and informal waste pickers in Cebu, Philippines affiliated under Sanlakas, No Burn Pilipinas, and EcoWaste Coalition staged a symbolic wreath laying protest action in the controversial and foreclosed … Break Free From Plastic · 5 May 2021 Global Paryavaran Mitra Demands Indian Government to Formalize Gujarati Waste Picking, Provide Workers Adequate Livelihood and Benefit Waste pickers in India are an integral part of the healthcare and sanitation sector, yet are largely unrecognized by the very systems they support. In the state of Gujarat, #breakfreefromplastic member Paryavaran Mitra, an environmental organization that aims to increase public participation in government decision-making, is appealing to authorities to acknowledge the essential role waste picke… Break Free From Plastic · 5 May 2021 Global EVENT: European forests – prosperous and healthy or in critical conditions? Programme here. Ten facts you did not know about forests and why things are better than you think: full presentation here. Presentation part II: here Watch again: the recorded video is available here. CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 4 May 2021 Global Africa lights a path for Europe to ban toxic mercury in fluorescent bulbs With African countries demanding the phasing out of fluorescent light bulbs containing mercury, it is high time for the EU to roll out its much-delayed ban […] European Environmental Bureau · 4 May 2021 Global Access to affordable low carbon energy: keeping the pulp and paper industry competitive in the energy transition The 2020 European Commission report on energy prices and cost in Europe shows that energy costs shares in production costs are important for the energy-intensive manufacturing sectors (ranging from 3% to 20%). Carbon-neutral energy today is often 2 or 3 times more expensive than conventional energy.Innovation may bring down these costs. But for our industry […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 4 May 2021 Global Wasted ink on waste water? Weak rules and poor implementation: this is why the EU is failing to curb pollution from the chemical industry, shows a new report by the European Environmental Bureau. This opinion article by Jean-Luc Wietor, EEB Senior Policy Officer for Industrial Production, was originally published in Euractiv In the olden days, a gardener would select the best tomatoes from the best tomato plants, and kee… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 3 May 2021 Global Key messages on the Targeted Stakeholder Survey (TSS) on the E-PRTR Regulation revision Download here. For more information please contact Anna Papagrigoraki at a.papagrigoraki@cepi.org. CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 3 May 2021 Global Members in the Spotlight: Global 2000 Q1 - Please introduce yourself(-ves) and your organisation? GLOBAL 2000 is an independent environmental protection organisation in Austria based in Vienna. It all started in 1982, when six activists took an environmental study of the time, the first environmental report in history called "Global 2000", as a model and began to shape Austria's environmental policy. […] Break Free From Plastic · 3 May 2021 Global EU whistleblowers poorly protected Whistleblowers and journalists who expose criminality can face large fines and even jail time in Germany and Spain, despite long-agreed EU laws to protect them, according to a new report published on World Press Freedom Day. Though leaks from EU institutions can be critical in correcting improper decisions, staff can only rely on separate rules that are generally weaker than those of an EU Whis… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 3 May 2021 Global The future of Europe: Not without civil society It is ludicrous that the Conference on the Future of Europe, which is meant to cherish and involve civil society as an equal partner, excludes NGOs from its core decision-making body while embracing lobbyists from business, writes the EEB’s Director of Global Policies and Sustainability Patrizia Heidegger. After a political scramble between the European institutions and member states, the Confe… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 3 May 2021 Global Whistleblowers still risk jail time in Europe, study reveals Less than a year until ‘big bang’ in legal protections Read this story in El Pais Whistleblowers and journalists who expose criminality can face large fines […] European Environmental Bureau · 2 May 2021 Global National recovery plans ‘a missed opportunity’ – NGO reaction National plans to reset the economy after the Covid-19 crisis fall short of delivering a green and just transition. Despite some good measures, there is a […] European Environmental Bureau · 30 Apr 2021 Global Member portrait: KIK Compounds SRL In each issue of the Bioplastics Newsletter, we present some facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Germano Craia, Chief Executive Office of KIK Compounds SRL, shares some interesting insights on his company. 5 facts about KIK Compounds SRL, Romania KIK Compounds was founded in 2016, with the mission to revolutionize the [...] European Bioplastics News · 30 Apr 2021 Global News from the members: April 2021 Total Corbion PLA enters engineering stage for new PLA plant in Grandpuits, France Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, confirmed that it has kicked off the front-end engineering design stage for its new 100,000 tons per annum Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant in Grandpuits, France. The plant, due to [...] European Bioplastics News · 30 Apr 2021 Global Is “bio” the way forward? Read in the following a guest contribution by BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE (BPE) introducing the European research project coordinated by the Hamburg University of Applied Science. For the EU Horizon 2020-funded project BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE “bio” is indeed the way forward. With 22 partners from 13 countries, the project represents both, the research and the industry sector. [...] European Bioplastics News · 30 Apr 2021 Global News in brief: April 2021 UK Government may ban oxo-degradable plastics following consultation The UK Government says it may introduce a ban on oxo-degradable plastics, following its consultation seeking evidence to develop standards for biodegradable, compostable and bio-based plastics. After having received 85 responses, it is now also exploring the issues that were raised in the government’s consultation on an extend… European Bioplastics News · 30 Apr 2021 Global One year of European Commission inaction on the illegal Turów coal mine Polish utility PGE will have operated its sprawling Turów lignite mine illegally for one year this coming Saturday 1 May, despite the European Commission confirming that […] European Environmental Bureau · 30 Apr 2021 Global PRESS RELEASE: EXPRA Elections 2021 Members of the Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA) have re-elected the Board of Directors for the next two years andMr. Óscar Martín, CEO of Ecoembes, as the President of EXPRA. […] EXPRA · 29 Apr 2021 Global Press release: International Council of Forest and Paper Associations releases global sustainability progress report Today, the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) released its biennial Sustainability Progress Report which demonstrates progress in seven key areas of sustainability. The ICFPA serves as a forum for global dialogue, coordination and co-operation among 18 pulp, paper, wood and fibre-based associations across 28 countries. Cepi represents the European voice within the […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 29 Apr 2021 Global “What We Waste” Report: Top Asian Countries With Sharpest Decline Of Market Share Of Refillables In The Beverage Industry Identified In Landmark Global Report MANILA/JAKARTA/BANGKOK/NEW DELHI (April 29, 2021) --- Single-use beverage containers are rapidly displacing refillable systems in many parts of the world and resulting in massive increases in wastage and pollution, according to a new landmark report by international non-profit organisation Reloop[1}, which was released in a media briefing together with Changing Markets and #breakfreefromplastic. Break Free From Plastic · 29 Apr 2021 Global What We Waste The post What We Waste appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 29 Apr 2021 Global Global Media Release: Landmark global report: The world is awash with drinks container wastage but the data shows the solution. Our report draws on data from 93 countries to establish the decline in refillable drinks containers over the past 20 years, and the extent to which refillables and deposit return systems can reduce the number of glass bottles, PET plastic bottles and metal cans wasted. Reloop Platform · 29 Apr 2021 Global US Media Release: 140 Billion drink containers wasted nationally every year Reloop data shows that more than 140 billion empty drinks containers - glass bottles, PET plastic bottles and metal cans - were wasted across the United States in 2019. Reloop Platform · 29 Apr 2021 Global What We Waste: New global report highlights drink container wastage problem. Our report examines trends in sales, collection and wastage of drinks containers, where wastage is defined as containers ending up in landfill, incineration, or in the environment. Reloop Platform · 29 Apr 2021 Global Guilt and frustration sometimes lead to positive change Nine of us took part in a household audit of plastic waste. We were a group of neighbours and friends, many of us living alone or with one other person. All of us used supermarkets to do some of our shopping. We knew that plastic was damaging the environment and we’re trying -- in different […] Break Free From Plastic · 28 Apr 2021 Global Europe’s Local Reuse Champions Local authorities across Europe are slowly beginning to recognise the urgent need of moving away from waste management and towards resource management instead. Earlier this year, Break Free From Plastic launched the “We Choose Reuse” campaign that aims to encourage individuals, businesses, local municipalities as well as national and European policy makers to create frameworks […] Zero Waste Europe · 27 Apr 2021 Global Welcome to Istidama Qatar, ISWA’s latest Gold Member ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 26 Apr 2021 Global The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the waste management system in Ukraine and what problems in this area have been identified The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed the usual way of life all over the world and dealt a significant blow to several industries, daily work and the life of residents. However, there are a number of community-critical services that the absence of which would cause as great a problem as the recent pandemic has done. […] Zero Waste Europe · 26 Apr 2021 Global Latest WMW Issue | The fashion industry has a waste problem – and it is up to our industry to come up with a compelling answer ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 24 Apr 2021 Global Waste-To-Energy has still a place in the EU Taxonomy In the wake of the publication of the first Delegated Act, ESWET – the European association representing the suppliers of... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 23 Apr 2021 Global Greece opens its doors to Covid-free tourists in time for the 2021 ISWA World Congress in Athens ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 23 Apr 2021 Global Newly launched Plastic Atlas Asia edition provides an Asia-focused overview of the plastic pollution crisis Hong Kong/Philippines/Tokyo/Dhaka/New Delhi (April 22, 2021) --- On Earth Day (April 22), the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Break Free From Plastic movement, and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) published the Asia English edition of the Plastic Atlas. The special edition of Plastic Atlas highlights the large and rapidly growing role of Asian economies as […] Break Free From Plastic · 23 Apr 2021 Global COVID-19 and the False Promises of Plastics Plastic Flood Amid the Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically caused an increase in plastic consumption globally. This has been necessitated by the need to safeguard ordinary people and communities from the transmission of COVID-19. The result, however, is a dramatic increase in masks, syringes, gloves, and other PPEs. Recently, plastic syringes have been found […] Break Free From Plastic · 23 Apr 2021 Global FEAD pushes EfW’s green credentials letsrecycle.com – 22 April 2021 European waste management trade association FEAD has called for a reassessment of energy from waste (EfW) as an activity which “positively contributes to climate mitigation objectives”. FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 22 Apr 2021 Global New EU climate law ‘a farce’, NGOs say NGOs rebuke EU leaders over celebrations of new target to cut carbon emissions by 2030. “This is a good day for people and planet,” a masked-up Frans Timmermans tweeted on Wednesday at 5am from Brussels. Timmermans, who leads the European Commission’s work on the Green Deal, has been one of the most prominent voices behind the EU’s efforts to raise its 2030 carbon emissions reduction target fro… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 22 Apr 2021 Global Outrage grows after governments fail to comply with EU anti-waste laws National governments may be losing momentum in the transition to a less wasteful and more circular economy. Now, Spanish civil society are taking legal action against their government. In 2018, the EU’s governments and institutions struck a historic agreement introducing what many hailed as the world’s most ambitious set of anti-waste laws – ranging from a ban on the incineration and dumping of… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 22 Apr 2021 Global Virtual Debate – “Product stewardship – the way ahead” – Join PlasticsEurope on 29 April, 14h30 – 17h00 CEST The power of working together along the value chain on our journey towards a circular economy, as well as exploring… Plastics Europe · 22 Apr 2021