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Global RINKI’S 2021 CONSUMER CAMPAIGN WAS VISIBLE ACROSS FINLAND “LET’S MAKE SURE THAT PACKAGING IS RECYCLED” EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global CONAI (ITALY) BIOREPACK IS BORN, THE SEVENTH CONSORTIUM OF THE CONAI SYSTEM EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global NEWS FROM FOST PLUS / BELGIUM: RECYCLING APP FOR ANTWERP EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION CALL FOR EPR AS PART OF THE BUSINESS CONCEPT SUPPORTED BY OVER 150 COMPANIES EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global COMMISSION PUBLISHES DRAFT ACT ON THE SEPARATE COLLECTION TARGETS FOR SINGLE-USE BEVERAGE BOTTLES EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global EU GUIDELINES ON SUP PRODUCTS PUBLISHED EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global PACKAGING AND PACKAGING WASTE DIRECTIVE (PPWD) REVIEW EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global UPCOMING EVENTS WITH EXPRA PARTICIPATION EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global FIRST UNEP REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING ONLINE WORKSHOP ON EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY, JUNE 4 EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global EXPRA/PSI/ISWA WEBINAR | EPR MASTERCLASS 2021 – THE ROLE OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SECTOR IN EPR SYSTEMS, JUNE23 EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global EXPRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING EXPRA · 30 Jul 2021 Global Introduction by the Managing Director Welcome to the spring & summer edition of the EXPRA e-newsletter! The period witnessed 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 · 30 Jul 2021 Global D-NOSES and The European Bureau for Conservation and Development in Joint Event ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 29 Jul 2021 Global ISWA Welcomes Max Narinx ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 28 Jul 2021 Global Water managers are set to fail our rivers, lakes and groundwater Water authorities across the EU must take the last chance to fix Europe’s unsustainable water management, writes Sergiy Moroz. 2021 is an important year for our rivers, lakes and groundwater, as water authorities across the EU are currently updating the plans on how they will bring life back into our freshwater ecosystems during the next six years. This means taking measures to reduce water pol… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 28 Jul 2021 Global Welcome to our new Gold Member – Alfred H Knight, United Kingdom. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 27 Jul 2021 Global Anke Bockreis to become Waste Management & Research Senior Editor-in-Chief ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 27 Jul 2021 Global PCEP, SCS and EUMEPS join cross-polymer initiative POLYREC® to monitor, verify and report on Europe’s recycled plastic flows The non-profit association PolyREC announced today that the value chain initiatives Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP), Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS)… Plastics Europe · 27 Jul 2021 Global Investing in troubled waters: the material risks of fish mortality and the use of wild-caught fish in feed for the aquaculture sector The post Investing in troubled waters: the material risks of fish mortality and the use of wild-caught fish in feed for the aquaculture sector appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 26 Jul 2021 Global Waste-to-Hydrogen solutions for sustainable mobility On July 2021, ESWET released the following reports on Waste-to-Hydrogen: “Waste-to-Hydrogen: A Circular Approach to Waste Management and Transport“ “Waste-to-Hydrogen:... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 23 Jul 2021 Global Spreading the Message: International Compost Awareness Week (2 – 8 May 2021) ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 23 Jul 2021 Global Interview with EXPRA’s Joachim Quoden ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 22 Jul 2021 Global RECOUP win innovate UK funding for plastics recycling communications research Charity, and leading plastics recycling organisation, RECOUP, have secured a grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to co-fund… Plastics Europe · 20 Jul 2021 Global Environmental charities and industry join forces for plastic free Mersey Two major rivers trusts are joining forces to work with communities, researchers, and businesses in the plastics supply and waste… Plastics Europe · 20 Jul 2021 Global ISWA Welcomes Mirjam Brands ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 20 Jul 2021 Global Zero Waste Camps in Belgium: How to support and train youth movements to go zero waste Since 2018, Zero Waste Belgium has been supporting youth movement groups in the country to help reduce their waste as part of the ‘Camp Zero Dechet’ (Zero Waste Camp) project. The project has been organised together with local partners including: Fristouille (supporting on sustainable food) Empreintes (specialised in environment awareness towards young audiences); As well […] Zero Waste Europe · 20 Jul 2021 Global New ESWET Member: Steinmüller Engineering! With its important role in the European Waste-to-Energy sector, Steinmüller Engineering will provide expertise and involvement to further strengthen ESWET’s... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 19 Jul 2021 Global EU wastewater laws need a brush-up The 30 year-old Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive needs to be updated to tackle pressures of a changing climate, substances of concern and remaining discharges of untreated sewage, writes Sara Johansson. As the European Commission runs a public consultation to collect civil society’s view, the European Environmental Bureau shares green groups’ priorities and invites citizens and organisatio… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 19 Jul 2021 Global European Green Deal disadvantages women and weakens environmental protection, new report reveals Despite the EU’s declared commitment to gender equality, women are all but invisible in the EU’s flagship European Green Deal, a major new report reveals. This risks turning the gender gap into a chasm and delaying the transition to sustainability. The environment and gender have topped the European Union’s political agenda since Ursula von der Leyen became president of the European Commission.… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 19 Jul 2021 Global Are Bioplastics the Solution? Check out the Latest Issue of Waste Management World ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 16 Jul 2021 Global Press release: New forest strategy misses the opportunity to maximise climate mitigation effect of the forest-based sector The new Forest Strategy is an important piece of the European Commission architecture to deliver on the European Green Deal. There is a consensus on the need for the new forest strategy to foster a European circular bioeconomy and the sustainability of Europe’s forests to achieve the 2050 climate neutrality target. However, Cepi does not […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 16 Jul 2021 Global The Journey of Our Waste – The Beauty in the Beast #4 Click here to discover “The Beauty in the Beast” campaign! What if I told you that Belgian and Danish streets are... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 15 Jul 2021 Global Walking the Walk – Supporting Real World Innovations ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 15 Jul 2021 Global The US moves fast on right to repair and Europe needs to catch up Last week, we received big news for the Right to Repair movement from the United States as President Joe Biden plans to tackle anti-competitive behaviour including repair restrictions. But where does Europe stand on this? Right to Repair Europe · 15 Jul 2021 Global Taxpayer’s money keeps flowing into dirty heating – New analysis Despite calls to phase out gas boilers by 2025 to achieve EU climate neutrality goals, EU governments continue to pour public money into fossil fuel heating. A new analysis shows that 16 out of 27 member states are still subsidizing different types of dirty heating, which is hampering the deployment of clean heating technologies. Time is running out for the European Union to decarbonise the hea… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 15 Jul 2021 Global Why EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ is unfit and unfair The European Commission’s ‘Fit for 55’ package is high on planet-saving rhetoric but low on ambition. It leaves the door open for fossil fuels to stay in the EU energy system for at least another two decades and lands EU citizens, instead of polluting industries, with the bill for the green transition. Alberto Vela and Khaled Diab report. Yesterday, the European Commission released the latest i… META (European Environmental Bureau) · 15 Jul 2021 Global EREMA GROUP Joins Chemical Recycling Europe Advocating for advanced technology to make plastics more circular ANSFELDEN, AUSTRIA and BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, July 15, 2021 — Chemical Recycling Europe is pleased to welcome EREMA Group, a plastics recycling machine manufacturer and provider of services related to the recycling process, as a new member of the association. The EREMA Group’s pioneering work started in […] Chemical Recycling Europe · 15 Jul 2021 Global Press release: “Fit for 55” package is an incomplete toolbox for the industrial energy transition, cautions the paper industry The European pulp and paper industry fully supports the EU objective to reach climate neutrality by 2050. But the presented today “Fit for 55” legislative package is an incomplete toolbox. Cepi calls on co-legislators to give strong political support to measures that enable our sector to contribute – with decarbonised production, product substitution and sustainable […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 14 Jul 2021 Global “Fit for 55” – The waste management sector works together to reduce emissions On the day of the publication of the “Fit for 55” climate package, ESWET aims to reaffirm Waste-to-Energy’s essential contribution... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 14 Jul 2021 Global Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism – The European Container Glass Industry position In the absence of equivalent measures taken by other regions of the world regarding carbon pricing, CBAM is one of the possible options to protect EU industries against the risk of carbon leakage. In this respect, CBAM deserves to be carefully examined. However, FEVE is of the opinion that, at this stage, it is extremely […] FEVE (European Container Glass Federation) · 14 Jul 2021