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Global Commentary: Instant Replay My August 2019 Editorial on why aggressive climate action is needed was prompted by unending weather warnings blaring from our cell phones. Have we settled for blaring versus action? BioCycle · 25 Apr 2023 Global Microplastics: The What, Where, Why And Impact Among the organics recycling challenges du jour is microplastics contamination in compost and digestate. Three-part article series starts with an overview and ends with findings of current research. Part I BioCycle · 25 Apr 2023 Global ReFED Releases New Food Loss And Waste Stats ReFED released new estimates on the extent, causes, and impacts of food loss and waste in the United States on April 19, as well as an updated analysis of the solutions needed to fight it. BioCycle · 25 Apr 2023 Global AD Case Studies “Wisconsin Anaerobic Digester Operations: Agricultural Industry Case Studies,” explores “how anaerobic digesters are being used in Wisconsin’s agricultural sector today, including their advantages and disadvantages.” BioCycle · 25 Apr 2023 Global McGill Breaks Ground On Pennsylvania Composting Facility Almost three years after submitting its application for a composting permit to process food waste, yard trimmings, biosolids and wood waste to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), McGill Compost held a groundbreaking to begin construction of a 130,000 tons/year facility in Fairless Hills, located in Falls Township, Pennsylvania. BioCycle · 25 Apr 2023 Global ISWA Welcomes Allison Transmission as our newest Silver Member ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 25 Apr 2023 Global New Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Facility in the USA Ecobat, one of the world’s largest recycler of batteries, has announced plans to build a new lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Arizona – the company’s third lithium-ion battery recycling facility, and its first in North America. Start-up is expected in the third quarter of this year. The new facility in Casa Grande (Arizona) will initially […] Global Recycling · 25 Apr 2023 Global EPR in the Global South. Part 2 – a deeper dive into countries and regions Legislation is springing up across the globe. However, there are no two systems alike and implementation faces challenges. #MissionCircular explores the issues in Ghana, Chile, India and beyond… CEFLEX (Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging) · 25 Apr 2023 Global ISWA Welcomes Madelene Nitzsche ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 24 Apr 2023 Global ISWA Welcomes Zhiren Ye ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 24 Apr 2023 Global Latin America and the Caribbean: Seeking the Route to Improve Waste Treatment Latin America and the Caribbean region consist of 42 countries, including South America and the Caribbean Islands. The different territories are unique in their demand to reduce waste and start a striking recycling strategy. In a waste management outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, the UN Environment balanced 541,000 tons/day of municipal […] Global Recycling · 24 Apr 2023 Global Demand for Optimization Drives Smart Waste Management At the end of last year, Slovakia-based tech company Sensoneo looked back at the biggest trends influencing smart waste management in 2022. Being present in about 80 countries, the provider of smart waste management solutions has observed a demand for waste management optimization, connected to increasing waste management costs, new regulations and growing environmental consciousness. […] Global Recycling · 23 Apr 2023 Global Goal: Complete Waste-to-Biofuel Solution In January this year, the companies Topsoe and Steeper, both headquartered in Denmark, signed a global licensing agreement for a complete waste-to-fuel solution. The agreement combines Topsoe’s technologies in renewable fuels and hydrogen production as well as decades of experience in engineering with Steeper’s proprietary Hydrofaction technology and industry expertise. According to Topsoe, the… Global Recycling · 22 Apr 2023 Global Commemorating Earth Day ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 22 Apr 2023 Global Resistencia a la Incineración en América Latina y África En los países del Sur global de América Latina y África se están apareciendo cada vez más proyectos de incineración de residuos. A menudo la incineración se presenta como una solución milagrosa para los problemas de residuos de los municipios. GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 21 Apr 2023 Global EuRIC Gathered More Than a Hundred Participants for its First Conference on Tyre Recycling The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) gathered more than 100 participants, from policymakers, recyclers and NGOs in Brussels on 18 April 2023 for its first conference dedicated to tyre recycling. Many speakers called for immediate actions. Poul Steen Rasmussen, President of EuRIC Mechanical Tyre Recycling (MTR) and Group CEO of Genan, stressed in his opening […] Global Recycling · 21 Apr 2023 Global SMS Group Supplies Process Technology for Green Steel Production Plant German-based SMS group, has been selected to provide a broad range of technology and equipment for the H2 Green Steel project in Sweden. When completed, the plant will produce steel mostly from scrap collected for recycling, using green hydrogen instead of carbon. As reported, the H2 Green Steel site will be a almost 300 hectares […] Global Recycling · 21 Apr 2023 Global Opening of new EUBP office When: 5 June 2023, 2:00 – 6:00 PM Where: Av. Palmerston 3, 1000 Brussels, 2nd floor Please RSVP to conference@european-bioplastics.org. This is your opportunity to visit the new EUBP office in Brussels, get a room tour, and meet the staff! Feel free to join us at your convenience during that time [...] European Bioplastics News · 21 Apr 2023 Global US Company Ordered more Pyrolysis Oil from Swedish Recycling Firm Swedish company Scandinavian Enviro Systems reported that it has received a follow-up order for pyrolysis oil from a leading US oil company. The order concerns oil recovered from end-of-life vehicle tires – known as pyrolysis oil – at Enviro’s plant in Åsensbruk, and is of the same type as the oil that the subsidiary of […] Global Recycling · 21 Apr 2023 Global Columna | Minga Congreso de recicladores de Colombia, faro de lucha y perseverancia para los recicladores en el Sur global Por Daniela Concha, directora ejecutiva Fundación El Árbol, Chile. “¡Reciclaje sin recicladores es basura!”, es la consigna que había escuchado muchas veces en Chile, pero al escucharlo de la voz […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 20 Apr 2023 Global Net-zero integrity: Nestlé’s methane blindspot The post Net-zero integrity: Nestlé’s methane blindspot appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 20 Apr 2023 Global Proposal for revised rules on packaging and packaging waste Open the document European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the interests of around 80 member companies from the entire bioplastics value chain, welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a revised Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR). At EUBP, we believe that our innovative materials can contribute to achieving the proposal’s objectives through the [...] European Bioplastics News · 20 Apr 2023 Global A biobased content target (in the context of the PPWR) Open the document The bioeconomy holds the potential to provide innovative biobased materials and packaging solutions to ensure the sustainability and competitiveness of the EU packaging sector while decoupling economic growth from the use of fossil-based resources. Despite the ambitious climate neutrality target declared in the Green Deal, the Commission’s proposal for a [...] European Bioplastics News · 20 Apr 2023 Global Compostable coffee capsules (in the context of the PPWR) Open the document Europe is currently the world’s largest coffee market, accounting for 32% of global coffee consumption. As such, single-serve coffee capsules have become increasingly popular with billions of them consumed yearly in the EU. Their production numbers also reflect this, having increased almost fourfold from 2018 to 2022, with Europe as [...] European Bioplastics News · 20 Apr 2023 Global EU Policy Framework on biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics Open the document In 2022, the European Commission adopted a policy framework on the sourcing, labelling and use of biobased plastics, and the use of biodegradable and compostable plastics. The policy framework was announced in the European Green Deal, Circular Economy Action Plan, and Plastics Strategy with the aim to contribute to a [...] European Bioplastics News · 20 Apr 2023 Global Compostable plastics and their contribution to soil health Open the document Compostable plastics evidently help to increase the quality and volumes of separately collected organic waste, which in turn is used to produce high-quality compost that is crucial for healthier and more resilient soils. By bringing more carbon-rich compost back to the soil, compostable plastics help to rebuild soil organic matter [...] European Bioplastics News · 20 Apr 2023 Global “Circelligence by BCG” Available on SAP Store Developed by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in partnership with software group SAP and “battle-tested” with BCG’s clients, Circelligence is now available on SAP Store. According to BCG, Circelligence is built on the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and integrates with SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA Cloud to deliver insight to customers into the circularity […] Global Recycling · 20 Apr 2023 Global Zeppelin Systems Joins Forces with Polish Tire Recycling Partner German-based plant engineering company Zeppelin Systems welcomed the Recykl Group, an established Polish market leader in managing post-consumer waste in the form of end-of-life tires, as a partner. As reported, this partnership – which started in February – is being made in alignment with the integrated circular economy concept. According to Zeppelin Systems, the strategic […] Global Recycling · 20 Apr 2023 Global Towards an accurate accounting for carbon from biomass in the Product Environmental Footprint Open the document Biobased products are products wholly or partly derived from renewable materials of biological origin (i.e. from plants, crops, trees, algae and biological waste). These products are used in a wide range of applications, such as energy, textile, plastics, pharmaceuticals, hygiene, food and many more. Ideally, biobased products are circular by [...] European Bioplastics News · 19 Apr 2023 Global Biodegradable plastics do not cause persistent microplastics Open the document Microplastics and their potential environmental and health impacts have been of growing concern in recent years. Everything, including every material originated in or produced by nature, will eventually abrade or degrade. This is just as much true for plants that will turn into humus, as it is for mountains and [...] European Bioplastics News · 19 Apr 2023 Global EUBA position on the JRC LCA Methodology Open the document The final methodology for life cycle assessment (LCA) of alternative feedstock for plastics production clearly and structurally favours fossil-based over biobased plastics, and so undermines many of the deliverables set out by the European Green Deal. This is wildly at odds with the EU’s commitment towards reducing dependency on fossil-carbon [...] European Bioplastics News · 19 Apr 2023 Global Plastics Strategy – contribution of bioplastics to a sustainable circular plastics economy Open the document On 16 January 2018, the European Commission published its Communication ‘A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy’, meant to be an ambitious step towards making the European plastics system more resource-efficient and to drive the change from a linear to a circular system. Bioplastics provide crucial impulses for [...] European Bioplastics News · 19 Apr 2023 Global Bioplastics and the circular economy Open the document European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the transition away from a linear to a circular economy, whilst urging legislators to consider measures, which accelerate the sustainable development of Europe’s bio-economy by promoting the use of biobased products and the separate collection of biowaste when revising the draft Circular Economy Package and Action [...] European Bioplastics News · 19 Apr 2023 Global Biodegradable plastics in the single-use context Open the document On 28 May 2018, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain single-use plastic (SUP) products on the environment. The proposal is part of a wider framework of policy initiatives in the European Union aimed at reducing plastic waste and particularly [...] European Bioplastics News · 19 Apr 2023 Global Marine litter Open the document In order to minimise and ultimately prevent further pollution of the marine environment, European Bioplastics: considers the full implementation of EU waste legislation and an increase in the efficiency of waste management crucial; supports the gradual phase-out of landfilling for plastic products in Europe and appropriate measures to expand recycling [...] European Bioplastics News · 19 Apr 2023 Global Plastic shopping bags Open the document European Bioplastics recognises the need for a more resource efficient and sustainable economy. An overall reduction in the consumption of plastic shopping bags will play an important role achieving this goal. European Bioplastics advocates the introduction of suitable measures to minimise the consumption of oil-based plastic shopping bags, such as [...] European Bioplastics News · 19 Apr 2023 Global ISWA President appointed to Advisory Board of Eminent Persons on Zero Waste ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 19 Apr 2023 Global Time for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty In advance of the highly anticipated 2023 Beyond Growth Conference, this piece is the second in a weekly series to be published together on 8 May in the special issue magazine “Imagining Europe Beyond Growth”, developed in partnership with Belgian de-growth think tank Oikos. The magazine, curated by our Senior Policy Officer for Systemic Change Nick Meynen, will feature 18 articles from diverse… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 19 Apr 2023 Global Enforcement struggles to take root in Deforestation Regulation New EU rules on deforestation are notable from an environmental democracy perspective. However, a closer examination of the text's access to justice aspect suggests that it may once again fail to take root. META (European Environmental Bureau) · 19 Apr 2023 Global Biodegradable plastics and the circular economy in Europe Open the document European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the EU Commission’s efforts to replace the traditional linear economy model (make, use, dispose) by implementing an ambitious circular economy throughout Europe. Bioplastics, and biodegradable plastics in particular, can play an essential part in putting the envisioned circularity model into practice. This paper refers to biodegradable [...] European Bioplastics News · 19 Apr 2023