Recycling news: 2022

Global Understanding the challenges of collection and sorting The environmental impact of production, use, and disposal of increasing quantities of packaging waste has highlighted the need for more efficient collection and sorting systems. Whilst recycling is often used to describe the whole process of re-introducing materials into the production cycle, if we want... 4evergreen (fibre packaging alliance) · 30 Mar 2022 Global New Circular Economy Package set to be a game changer New Circular Economy Package set to be a game changer The package is a fundamental step forward but still lacks teeth to make sustainable products the […] European Environmental Bureau · 30 Mar 2022 Global How the EU chemicals strategy can help to make our food packaging toxic-free Since publishing the European Green Deal in December 2019, the EU is in a modus operandi for a systemic change. The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) adopted a year later, announced that it would help fight toxic chemicals and pollution that is detrimental to both human health and ecosystems. If it fulfills this promise – […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Mar 2022 Global Press release: Forest fibre could be the future of Europe’s textile industry As highlighted in the Communication ‘an EU strategy for sustainable textile’ released today by the European Commission, the textile industry is a resource-intensive sector. Textile consumption is the fourth highest pressure category in the EU in terms of use of primary raw materials and water, and it is also its fifth source of greenhouse gas […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 30 Mar 2022 Global Press release: EU Commission Proposal for a Regulation on ecodesign underlines important principles of sustainability Today, the European Commission presented its proposal for a Regulation on ecodesing for sustainable products. The Regulation provides an overarching framework to ensure sustainability considerations are properly accounted for, before a product is placed on the internal market. The Commission has worked on setting guidelines for sustainable product design, aiming to make products fit for […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 30 Mar 2022 Global Hitachi Zosen Inova Starts Green Hydrogen Production Facility Buchs (canton of Aargau), Switzerland. Energy transition to renewable energies will entail Green Hydrogen as high density and reduced carbon... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 29 Mar 2022 Global NGO Capacity Building Webinar on Identification and Classification of Hazardous Chemicals in the EU – 7 April – Online The EEB would like to invite you to an NGO capacity building webinar on Identification and Classification of Hazardous Chemicals in the EU on Thursday 7 […] European Environmental Bureau · 29 Mar 2022 Global Law Working Group Webinars – 5-7 April – Online Law Working Group Webinars 5-7 April, 11:30 – 13:00 CET. The EEB Law Working Group is pleased to invite you to a series of thematic webinars […] European Environmental Bureau · 29 Mar 2022 Global Companies must not be given the pen to write their own environmental rules in standards for construction products – NGOs warn EU Commission The new Construction Products Regulation must include strict environmental requirements for products by law, both on environmental information disclosure and on performance, say Environmental Coalition on […] European Environmental Bureau · 29 Mar 2022 Global The revision of the F-gas regulation – 27 April – online Save the date for our webinar, jointly organised with EIA and ECOS, on “The Revision of F-gas Regulation: The Next Big Climate File”. Please register here […] European Environmental Bureau · 29 Mar 2022 Global Carbon Dioxide Removal in the EU – 27 April – online Save the date for our webinar, jointly organised with Carbon Market Watch, FERN, and CAN Europe on “Carbon Dioxide Removal in the EU”. Please register here […] European Environmental Bureau · 29 Mar 2022 Global Economic Transition Working Group meeting – 10-11 May Economic Transition Working Group Meeting 10 – 11 May After two years, the bi-annual Working Group Meeting of the Economic Transition cluster is taking place […] European Environmental Bureau · 29 Mar 2022 Global Energy Labelling and Ecodesign: the secret weapons for the Fit for 55 package? – 11 May – hybrid meeting Energy Labelling and Ecodesign: the secret weapons for the Fit for 55 package? 11 May, 16:00 – 17:20, European Parliament & Online Please register here […] European Environmental Bureau · 29 Mar 2022 Global LOCOMOTION: Interactive use of data for people and planet Transitioning to a climate-neutral society requires everyone in society to be well-informed about the wider impacts of their decisions. LOCOMOTION is designing a model to provide guidance to policymakers and civil society in decision-making by taking into account a wide range of interactions, from social costs to planetary boundaries. What tools are available to inform and guide decision-making… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 28 Mar 2022 Global Decarbonising difficult buildings: the wonderful case of New York’s Empire State Building – 19 May – online Decarbonising difficult buildings: the wonderful case of New York’s Empire State Building 19 May, 16:00 – 17:00 Please register here Decarbonising densely populated areas is […] European Environmental Bureau · 28 Mar 2022 Global The Innovation Series (Episode 1): a conversation on digital deposit return systems We hear from Reloop CEO Clarissa Morawski who takes us through some of the unanswered questions and outstanding issues in digital DRS. Reloop Platform · 28 Mar 2022 Global Chemicals Working Group – 17-18 May – Brussels Chemicals Working Group 17-18 May, Brussels The EEB Chemicals Working Group is pleased to invite you to the first in person Working Group of 2022. […] European Environmental Bureau · 27 Mar 2022 Global The Green Deal and the bigger picture – 1 June – online The Green Deal and the bigger picture 1 June 2022 | 14:00 – 16:00 Please register here Partner Event for EU Green Week 2022 We […] European Environmental Bureau · 26 Mar 2022 Global India Circular Economy Forum: ICEF 2022 – 2-3 June India Circular Economy Forum: ICEF 2022 2-3 June, New Delhi Please register here What is the India Circular Economy Forum (ICEF2022) ICEF is an opportunity […] European Environmental Bureau · 25 Mar 2022 Global Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) The post Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) appeared first on Plastics Europe . Plastics Europe · 25 Mar 2022 Global Identification and classification of hazardous chemicals in the EU_ Part 2 – 8 June – Online Identification and classification of hazardous chemicals in the EU_ Part 2 8 June, 14:00-15:45, Online Over the years, the European Union has developed a wide range […] European Environmental Bureau · 25 Mar 2022 Global Welcome to our latest Silver Member – AST ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 25 Mar 2022 Global Sumitomo SHI FW and Recycling Technologies to collaborate on the development of technology and manufacturing for recycling waste plastic Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW), a global energy technology leader and Recycling Technologies (RT), a chemical recycler of plastic have today... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 25 Mar 2022 Global Civil Society Forum for Sustainability: Shaping the European Green Deal – 9 – 10 June The European Green Deal at half-time: assessing progress and gaps towards achieving the 2030 Agenda 9-10 June 2022, Brussels Please register here The first meeting […] European Environmental Bureau · 24 Mar 2022 Global Big cities phase out fossil heating- 14 June – online Big cities phase out fossil heating: the case of New York City 14 June 2022 | 16:00 – 17:00 Please register here “Cities drive […] European Environmental Bureau · 24 Mar 2022 Global Stepping up Enforcement: Recommendations for a Commission ‘Better Compliance’ agenda to ensure the application of EU environmental law – 15 June – Brussels Stepping up Enforcement: Recommendations for a Commission ‘Better Compliance’ agenda to ensure the application of EU environmental law 15 June 2022 | 17:00 – 18:30 Please […] European Environmental Bureau · 24 Mar 2022 Global Roma Environmental Justice Workshop – 16 June- Brussels Roma Environmental Justice Workshop Thursday 16 June, 9:00 -13:00, Brussels The EEB and ERGO, in collaboration with EnvJustice launched the Pushed to the Wastelands […] European Environmental Bureau · 24 Mar 2022 Global Agriculture and Biodiversity Working Group meetings – 15 – 16 June – hybrid meeting The Agriculture and Biodiversity Working Groups will come together for their in-person meetings this year, with both separate and joint sessions scheduled for the two-day event. […] European Environmental Bureau · 24 Mar 2022 Global Annual Conference 17 June 2022 The EEB is looking forward to welcoming you to our 2022 Annual Conference : Boosting the Deal for a Greener Europe in Turbulent Times When it […] European Environmental Bureau · 24 Mar 2022 Global Licence to Greenwash: How certification and voluntary initiatives are fuelling fossil fashion The post Licence to Greenwash: How certification and voluntary initiatives are fuelling fossil fashion appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 24 Mar 2022 Global Delay in new pesticides law publication risks derailing Farm to Fork Civil society organisations deeply regret that the much needed revision of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (SUD) is being postponed and ask the European Commission […] European Environmental Bureau · 23 Mar 2022 Global Fit for 55 series: What does it take to become a front-runner? Fit for 55: What does it take to become a front-runner?Rewarding the leaders of industrial transformation 21 April 202214:00 – 15:00 CET The EU needs thriving industry to reach the climate neutrality goal by 2050. The renewable value-chains grounded in European economy continue delivering carbon reductions. But due to the dramatically changing circumstances, sustainable “made in Europe” […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 23 Mar 2022 Global EU Commission plays into hands of anti-nature lobbies, ignores citizens by delaying Nature Restoration Law Today, the European Commission postponed its highly anticipated proposal for an EU Nature Restoration Law without setting a new publication date. Over the weekend, more than […] European Environmental Bureau · 23 Mar 2022 Global Statement: As a provider of solutions to the EU’s strategic dependencies, the pulp & paper sector must be allowed to ‘keep the lights on’ Cepi, the European paper industry association, and its members across Europe have responded decisively in face of the unjustified military aggression against Ukraine and in a spirit of solidarity with the people in Ukraine at this difficult time. We support EU leaders in their defence of international law, human rights and democratic values. Europeans see […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 23 Mar 2022 Global European Bioplastics appoints new Head of EU Affairs in Brussels Maria Neguț, Head of EU Affairs Berlin, 23 March 2022 – European Bioplastics, the association, representing the bioplastics industry in Europe, is pleased to announce the appointment of Maria Neguț as new Head of EU Affairs. She assumed her position on 14 March 2022 and will be based in Brussels. European Bioplastics [...] European Bioplastics News · 23 Mar 2022 Global Paint the town green: the EU Ecolabel turns 30 The EU Flower, or EU Ecolabel, turns 30 today. To celebrate its anniversary, Miriam Thiemann and Blanca Morales take a look at what the label stands for and the role it plays to guide consumers and EU policy alike. Three decades ago, on 23 March 1992, the EU Ecolabel regulation was officially launched with the aim of establishing a EU-wide voluntary labelling scheme that would promote products … META (European Environmental Bureau) · 23 Mar 2022 Global Fashion must end toxic relationship with economic growth New ‘Wellbeing Wardrobe’ study shows EU action vital to build new textile systems A new report [1] commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau says that only a […] European Environmental Bureau · 22 Mar 2022 Global The world is watching us: ZWE and MiZA nominated for the Earthshot Prize 2022 This month of March marked a massive step towards wider recognition of the zero waste movement outside its immediate networks and sphere of influence. The exciting news that Zero Waste Europe and the Mission Zero Academy were nominated – by the Plastic Pollution Coalition – for the Earthshot Prize 2022 filled our team (core and […] Zero Waste Europe · 22 Mar 2022 Global WEBINAR – “Pollution and Waste-to-Energy: Myth or Reality?” Waste-to-Energy plants are often under the microscope because of the emissions they generate. How are these emissions regulated? How are they... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 21 Mar 2022 Global Bleaching out mercury in cosmetics through e-commerce The Zero Mercury Working Group released a report which tested 271 online products purchased from 17 countries, exposing that nearly half contained illegal amounts of the dangerous neurotoxin chemical mercury. The report shows that some products sold online had thousands of times more mercury than the legal limit. Between 2017 and 2022, the Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) conducted three separ… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 21 Mar 2022