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Global EucoLight study develops technical method for automated type detection within lamp waste streams 21st January 2022 Brussels, 21st January 2022. EucoLight, the European Association of collection and recycling organisations for Waste... L'articolo EucoLight study develops technical method for automated type detection within lamp waste streams proviene da Eucolight . EucoLight · 21 Jan 2022 Global Disposable e-bikes? The problem with unrepairable batteries You’d be forgiven for thinking that bicycles are ideal products when it comes to repairability. Unfortunately, it seems, bikes too are a victim of the common trope: they don’t make ‘em like they used to, write Jean-Pierre Schweitzer and Chloé Mikolajczak. At least this is what a US based campaign claimed last week, as bike mechanics called on manufacturers to stop producing “built to fail budge… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 20 Jan 2022 Global Disposable e-bikes? The problem with unrepairable batteries Between 2019-2020, 3 million e-bikes were sold in Europe, representing around 20% of all bikes sold across the continent. But are their batteries easily repairable and replaceable? Right to Repair Europe · 20 Jan 2022 Global Online shopping: how the Digital Services Act fails consumers and the environment The proposal of Digital Services Act is in need of amendments as it fails to enforce liability to online marketplaces for selling products with insufficient consumer and environmental protection, writes Viktor Miruchna at Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe – DUH). “It’s cheaper to order it online!” – so goes the advertising, but what is the actual cost of shopping online? The bo… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 19 Jan 2022 Global [Guest Blog] The New International Debt: Waste ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 18 Jan 2022 Global CEEAG 2022 – A proper level playing field for the recycling sector is needed to achieve a circular economy Industrial Process News – 17 January 2022 FEAD welcomes the Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy 2022 (‘CEEAG’) endorsed recently by the European Commission, that provide the necessary framework to align public support with the Green Deal objectives. FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 17 Jan 2022 Global The new year is here – is Europe ready for the fastest transition in our lifetime? The long anticipated crisis of resource scarcity is here. On top of the climate crisis, not having yet recovered from the pandemic and loaded with debt from the last financial crisis, we are now experiencing how the disruption of supply chains, combined with the surging energy prices is pushing prices upwards across the board. Considering […] Zero Waste Europe · 17 Jan 2022 Global BiodiverCities by 2030: Transforming Cities’ Relationship with Nature - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 17 Jan 2022 Global Zero Waste Europe Changemakers: Zero Waste Italy Each month, our ZWE Changemakers campaign sheds a spotlight on one of our member organisations. This month, we present Zero Waste Italy. Italy was the birthplace of zero waste cities in Europe and continues to be home to the highest number of municipalities that are implementing zero waste strategies today. With 326 municipalities joining the […] Zero Waste Europe · 14 Jan 2022 Global Plastics production continued to rise in Q3 2021 despite a decline in EU27 manufacturing production The production of plastics in the EU27 continued to rise in the third quarter 2021 despite a decline in EU27… Plastics Europe · 13 Jan 2022 Global ESR or ETS: Waste treatments should be in the same basket The full position paper: “ESWET position on the proposed revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) Directive and... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 12 Jan 2022 Global LOCOMINAR: Material requirements for the green transition – 26 January – Online Locominar: Material requirements for the green transition Wednesday 26 January, 10:00 – 11:30 CET Please register here The transition towards a climate neutral economy, as proposed […] European Environmental Bureau · 11 Jan 2022 Global Industry Working Group – 31 January – Online Industry Working Group Meeting Friday 31st January 2022, 9:30 – 13:00 CET. Getting ready for Industrial Emissions Directive 2.0 (review). Objective of the virtual EEB […] European Environmental Bureau · 11 Jan 2022 Global Thank You Day: Celebrating the Editor in Chief of Waste Management & Research ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 11 Jan 2022 Global Digital Deposit Return Systems – What you need to know Our overview of the new digital elements that are included within the concept of digital deposit return systems (DDRS). Reloop Platform · 11 Jan 2022 Global Capacity Building Webinar on Children and Chemicals – 7 February – Online The EEB would like to invite you to our latest capacity building webinar on Chemicals and Children that will take place on 7 February 14:00 -15:30 CET. The webinar will cover several aspects of […] European Environmental Bureau · 10 Jan 2022 Global How to collect and manage organics well – lessons from Slovenia The start of 2022 marks two years to go until the separate collection of bio-waste will become mandatory for all EU member states. Ahead of this important deadline, we hear from Jaka Kranjc, Secretary-General at our Slovenian member, Ekologi brez meja, about what the rest of the EU can learn from Slovenia, which made the […] Zero Waste Europe · 10 Jan 2022 Global Rethinking economic governance: it’s time for a Sustainability and Wellbeing Pact Ahead of the European Commission publishing a review of the EU economic governance framework this summer, the EEB calls for a new framework that is redirected towards a sustainability and wellbeing approach. Although the consultation is still open on the website of the European Commission, civil society organisations and the general public could submit a response and have a say until December 2… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 10 Jan 2022 Global UNEP Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum – 7-10 February – Online Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum (GMGSF) Before UNEA 5.2 7-10 February 2022 Please register here The EEB and Women Engage for a Common Future, with […] European Environmental Bureau · 10 Jan 2022 Global Circular Economy Working Group Session on Sustainable Product Policy- 16 February – Online Circular Economy Working Group Session On Sustainable Product Policy 16 February 14:30 – 16:30 CET This session will focus on Sustainable Product Initiative, as a […] European Environmental Bureau · 9 Jan 2022 Global Council of EU Presidencies, Past and Present – Green or Not? Greater environmental ambition is urgently needed as the baton passes from a disappointing Slovenian Presidency to France. A new year begins, and with it the next Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Slovenia has held the mantle for the previous six months, the last member of the Presidency Trio with Portugal and Germany. France now takes up the rotating Presidency for the first six… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 7 Jan 2022 Global Slovenian EU Presidency assessment – not so green, say NGOs The European Union under the Slovenian Presidency failed to make significant progress towards a green transition at this critical moment for tackling the environmental crisis, as revealed by an EEB assessment. Slovenia’s six-month […] European Environmental Bureau · 7 Jan 2022 Global FEAD troubled by exclusion of recycling from latest EU aid framework Plastics Information Europe – 06 January 2022 The European Federation for Waste Management and Environmental Services (FEAD, Brussels / Belgium; www.fead.be) has voiced its concern over the exclusion of recycling from activities eligible for aid in the European Commission’s Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG) 2022. The aid would be given in the form of reductions from […] T… FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 7 Jan 2022 Global Looking Forward to 2022 ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 4 Jan 2022 Global FEAD: Proper level playing field for recycling sector is needed RECYCLING magazine – 29 December 2021 FEAD welcomes the Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy 2022 (‘CEEAG’) endorsed yesterday by the European Commission, that provide the necessary framework to align public support with the Green Deal objectives. FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 30 Dec 2021 Global NEWS FROM EKOPAK BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global CONAI (ITALY) – THE NEW GREEN ECONOMY REPORT QUANTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF RECYCLING ACTIVITY EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global EU COUNCIL OF THE EU PUBLISHED ITS 18-MONTH WORK PROGRAM EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global COMMISSION WORK PROGRAM PUBLISHED EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global COMMISSION PROVIDES FURTHER DETAILS ON ITS PLANS TO BRING CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN E-COMMERCE EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global COMMISSION ADOPTS PROPOSAL TO REVIEW WASTE SHIPMENT REGULATION EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global UPCOMING EVENTS WITH EXPRA PARTICIPATION EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global EXPRA ELECTED VICE CHAIR OF THE ISWA WG GOV & LEGAL ISSUES EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global EXPRA HAS A NEW TEAM MEMBER! EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global EXPRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global Introduction by the Managing Director Another incredible year is ending, still full of many developments both externally and internally, not to mention the still ongoing Covid pandemic, impacting our lives and work and moving our communication to a virtual one already for a second year. EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global FOST PLUS: WHITE PAPER – BELGIUM AS EUROPEAN RECYCLING HUB FOUR STEPS TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR HOUSEHOLD PACKAGING EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global PAKOMAK (REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA) SMART PACKAGING WASTE MANAGEMENT EXPRA · 29 Dec 2021 Global NGOs’ green demands for new Council of EU FR-CZ-SE 2022-2023 Presidency Trio To tackle the arduous challenges our planet and societies face, the new EU Presidency Trio – inaugurated by France in 2022 – must accelerate policies, investments […] European Environmental Bureau · 23 Dec 2021 Global FEAD is very concerned about the CEEAG 2022 letsrecycle.com – 22 December 2021 The European Waste Management Association (FEAD) is “very concerned” that the European Commission has not listed the recycling sector among the activities eligible for reductions in electricity levies for energy-intensive users. FEAD (European Waste Management Association) · 23 Dec 2021