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Global FEAD concerned about Parliament’s position on the revision of the waste shipment regulation Recycling Insight – 18 January 2023 – The position adopted offers more legal certainty and harmonization objectives. FEAD welcomes the extension of installation confirmation deadlines to two working days, the acknowledgment of persistent and standardized delays in permitting processes and the requirement for all competent authorities to accept documentation in English. However, FEAD believes th… FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 18 Jan 2023 Global FEAD concerned over Parliament’s position on Waste Shipment Regulation revision Recycling Magazine – 18 January 2023 – With a large majority, the European Parliament adopted yesterday its position on the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) revision. It includes improvements on intra EU shipments but maintains tight rules on waste exports to the industry’s concern. The adopted position provides more legal certainty and harmonisation goals. FEAD welcomes […] FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 18 Jan 2023 Global MEPs push for tighter waste shipment rules Circular – 18 January 2023 – The European Parliament has adopted its negotiating position for talks with EU governments on a new law to revise EU procedures and control measures for waste shipments. The revised legislation aims to protect the environment and human health more effectively while taking “full advantage of the opportunities” provided by […] FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 18 Jan 2023 Global EU alarmed over hazardous waste growth Materials Recycling World (MRW) – 18 January 2023 – More than half of the European Union’s hazardous waste is still not recycled and is increasing despite 30 years of reduction initiatives, says the European Court of Auditors. “The generation of hazardous waste is on the increase, and the EU has to address this problem,” said […] FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 18 Jan 2023 Global A new Co-Chair for 4evergreen The 4evergreen alliance is ready to start another exciting year of activities with a new Co-Chair: Sarah Price, Director of Sustainability at Sappi, who will succeed Tiina Pursula as Chair of the Environment and Safety Committee at Cepi, thus leading the cross-industry alliance towards reaching... 4evergreen (fibre packaging alliance) · 18 Jan 2023 Global World Economic Forum - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 18 Jan 2023 Global Hot Money: 40 financial institutions are funding a climate-changing agri-methane footprint The post Hot Money: 40 financial institutions are funding a climate-changing agri-methane footprint appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 17 Jan 2023 Global Rethink Plastic alliance applauds historical European Parliament vote passing a full ban on plastic EU waste exports and full implementation of the Basel Convention Today, the European Parliament voted on the report tabled by MEP Weiss on the Regulation for the shipment of waste. The Rethink Plastic alliance and the […] European Environmental Bureau · 17 Jan 2023 Global FEAD comments on Court of Auditors review on hazardous waste Recycling Magazine – 17 January 2023 – The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a Review on the EU actions to address the increasing amount of hazardous waste. The Review sheds light on existing and future challenges in dealing with hazardous waste, including improving classification, ensuring traceability, increasing recycling, and combating illegal trafficking. Claudia Mensi, […] The… FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 17 Jan 2023 Global Challenges and opportunities in dealing with hazardous waste in the EU Recycling Portal – 17 January 2023 – Improved recycling technologies and capacities essential to tackle increasing amounts of hazardous waste and to support the EU’s strategic autonomy. The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a Review on the EU actions to address the increasing amount of hazardous waste. The Review sheds light on existing […] FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 17 Jan 2023 Global European Parliament demands export ban for plastic waste ENDS Europe – 17 January 2023 – A commanding majority of MEPs want to strengthen EU rules on the transport of waste beyond reforms proposed by the European Commission, with a total prohibition on plastic exports, and stricter rules for hazardous materials. Lawmakers adopted on Tuesday by 594 vote to five, with 43 abstentions, a […] FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 17 Jan 2023 Global Global Lighthouse Network - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 17 Jan 2023 Global Coalition paper: Waste Shipment Regulation – Removing EU waste entries will negatively impact the EU plastics recycling industry 17 January 2023 Plastics Europe · 17 Jan 2023 Global COY 17 - Reddy for climate action! The 17th U.N. Climate Change Conference of Youth (COY 17) - held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, is the youth precursor event to COP27, organised by YOUNGO, the official Children and Youth Constituency to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This event aimed to serve as a capacity building forum for knowledge and cultural exchange to […] Break Free From Plastic · 13 Jan 2023 Global Czech and Swedish presidencies: Presidency assessment and ten green tests Despite advances on biodiversity and clean air, and efforts on climate, the EU’s Green Deal did not progress sufficiently towards a just transition under the outgoing […] European Environmental Bureau · 13 Jan 2023 Global Become Zero Waste Ambassador or Trainer! Applications are open for Zero Waste Ambassador and Trainer training programmes! Apply here for Zero Waste Ambassador Training Apply here for Zero Waste Trainer Training Following the launch of the Zero Waste Ambassador and Trainer Curricula, together with our partners Lets Do it Foundation and Ekologi brez meja, we are organising two new training courses, […] Zero Waste Europe · 13 Jan 2023 Global Europe’s winter mirage over energy savings Gas consumption have dropped in most European countries due to high prices and mild temperatures. But this has not occurred in a just or sustainable way. Meanwhile, only a few EU States have taken the opportunity to implement stringent and coherent energy-saving plans. Alberto Vela and Luke Haywood report. Europe seems to have weathered its first winter in the energy crisis fairly well – gas st… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 12 Jan 2023 Global Conference on “Mixed Waste Sorting: The next frontier for the Circular Economy”, March 21, 2023 Mixed Waste Sorting (MWS) is gaining attention around Europe, as on-going newer operations in countries like Sweden, Norway, Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands continue to show positive results by extracting plastics, textiles and metals for recycling. The net impact of MWS is that these valuable European resources which are part of the waste stream get […] Zero Waste Europe · 12 Jan 2023 Global Right to Repair news from the US New York’s Right To Repair Act - a big step for repair, but big tech managed to considerably slim it down. Tractor manufacturer - and long-standing opponent to R2R - John Deere signed a repair agreement with US farmers. Will they actually respect it? Right to Repair Europe · 12 Jan 2023 Global Austria’s new year’s resolution: wellbeing within planetary boundaries Nothing says “happy new year” like a bold and much-needed resource use reduction target. Following the Finnish and Dutch lead, the Austrian government is setting a new year’s resolution to systemically trim down on material footprint, Bich Dao reports. Overconsumption is so last year. With growing evidence of the close link between environmental degradation and social injustice with consumption… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 12 Jan 2023 Global EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUBLISHES COMMUNICATION ON AN ECO-DESIGN WORKING PLAN 2016-2019 EXPRA · 11 Jan 2023 Global Guest Blog: ISWA’s Working Group on Energy Recovery ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 10 Jan 2023 Global Affected communities ask the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to divest from Davao’s Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facility On January 9, 2023, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific together with Ecowaste Coalition and the Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) – Davao and in partnership […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 9 Jan 2023 Global Sustainability-as-usual is over: time for radical realism If 2022 has taught us anything, it’s that we can no longer afford to be complacent about sustainability, and we need to reform our relationship with natural resources. Political systems have failed to promote the wellbeing and safety of communities, often lacking both vision and ambition. Our reliance on fossil fuels and disposable products has […] Zero Waste Europe · 9 Jan 2023 Global Updated EucoLight study shows high level of EPR non-compliance through online marketplaces EucoLight, the European Association of lighting WEEE compliance schemes, continues to find evidence that the amount of Electrical and Electronic Equipment sold online that do not contribute to waste recovery and recycling fees is exceptionally high. In October-November 2022, EucoLight updated its multinational study on non-compliance with national WEEE requirements conducted in 2019. The […] L'… EucoLight · 9 Jan 2023 Global A message from Zero Waste Europe Over its 10 years of existence, Zero Waste Europe has benefited from regeneration and natural evolution – both in how we address our working topics and strategic objectives, and in the structure of our team. Some evolution instances were immediately visible to everyone: look no further than the expansion of our team from 10 to […] Zero Waste Europe · 9 Jan 2023 Global CIRCULAR ECONOMY STAKEHOLDER CONFERENCE: DELIVERING ON THE CE – WHAT’S NEXT?, FEB 20 + 21, BRUSSELS EXPRA · 8 Jan 2023 Global EP OPINION ON THE PLASTICS STRATEGY, APRIL 4, BRUSSELS EXPRA · 7 Jan 2023 Global It’s time to Refuse Single-Use Plastics Environmentalists worldwide are stepping up their efforts to call businesses and global leaders to phase out single-use plastic (SUP) to address plastic pollution and the climate crises. Onsite and online […] GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) · 5 Jan 2023 Global EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION EXPRA · 3 Jan 2023 Global RINKI (FINLAND) NEWS EXPRA · 2 Jan 2023 Global Member in the Spotlight: Friends of the Earth Georgia Hello! Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your organisation? My name is Davit Sidamonidze, and since 2011 I have represented the Greens Movement of Georgia/Friends of the Earth-Georgia, based in Georgia (Caucasus - not the United States). The Greens Movement of Georgia is an organisation aiming to protect the environment, human and […] Break Free From Plastic · 30 Dec 2022 Global EPR Congress: One-size-fits-all won’t work: EPR Organisations call on the European Commission to recognise and respect their local role in achieving packaging circularity EXPRA, the European Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance, which represents 30 PROs from 28 countries, in collaboration with CONAI, the Italian PRO, organised the first EPR Congress on 26 and 27 […] EXPRA · 30 Dec 2022 Global CLOCC Programme kicks off in India ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 27 Dec 2022 Global EU’s Nature Restoration Law must implement COP15 outcomes The EU is playing a catching up game against time to tackle the biodiversity loss and its consequences for climate and more. Except, this is not a game at all. Laura Hildt and Ioannis Agapakis (ClientEarth) report – This opinion article was orginally published in Social Europe In the early hours of Monday morning, global leaders adopted the ‘Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’. The … META (European Environmental Bureau) · 22 Dec 2022 Global The EEB’s festive season survival pack: handy environmental arguments to get you through those dinner-table debates Marching to your childhood bedroom and slamming the door. Storming out of the dining room and leaving your festive dinner to go cold… Sound familiar? We’ve all been there. When loved ones come out with hard-to-stomach arguments that contradict your worldview over the holiday season, tensions can rise. Often their outlandish assertions astound us to such an extent that our reasoning faculties ab… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 22 Dec 2022 Global The EU battery directive will make it easier to replace batteries We celebrate an important repair win on part pairing: this directive finally bans software tricks which hinder the replacement of batteries. We regret however, that an exemption for products used in wet conditions leaves many products such as electric toothbrushes with hardly replaceable batteries. Right to Repair Europe · 22 Dec 2022 Global Launch event: EEB & Naider Study on financing decarbonization of buildings – 11 January – Online EEB & Naider present the study on Financial instruments, economic incentives and drivers for a sustainable built environment 11 January, 10:30-12:00 CET Please register here This […] European Environmental Bureau · 22 Dec 2022 Global Chemical Recycling in Brief In 2020, 35% of the post-consumer plastics waste collected in Europe were sent to recycling (inside and outside the EU),… Plastics Europe · 21 Dec 2022 Global Regional Consultation Meeting for the European Region – 18 January – Online Regional Consultation Meeting for the European Region 18 January, 14:00-16:00 CET Please register here The UN Environment Assembly is the highest decision-making on environmental matters globally. […] European Environmental Bureau · 21 Dec 2022