Recycling news: 2016

Global Building a culture of zero waste in Brussels image: Zorro2212 (CC BY-SA 4.0) On the 22nd June, 2016, Zero Waste Europe held the closing conference of the project “Town to town, people to people – Building a European Culture of Zero Waste” in Brussels. The project aimed at bringing together European municipalities and environmental organisations in the construction of a new zero waste […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Jun 2016 Global On World Environment Day, Majorca presents its plans to start moving away from incineration Ferran Rosa, Waste Policy Campaigner speaking at the conference Waste management in Majorca has been for long associated with the incineration of waste. With the biggest waste-to-energy incineration plant in Southern Europe, the system has been shaped and impacted by this mega-infrastructure: with average separate collection at 15% and having reached the point of importing […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Jun 2016 Global Hitachi Zosen Inova Following on from the successful completion of the first energy-from-waste plant (EfW) in Ferrybridge (UK), the Swiss clean-tech company Hitachi... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 30 Jun 2016 Global Key Statistics 2015 Welcome to the latest issue of CEPI’s Key Statistics, giving a clear picture of the European pulp and paper industry’s performance in 2015. The statistics included in this booklet are a compilation of data received from the National Associations which are CEPI’s members, under the auspices of CEPI’s Statistics Network. Some additional sources, such as […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 29 Jun 2016 Global Urban biowaste, a sustainable source of bioenergy? This article was originally written by Mariel Vilella, Zero Waste Europe Associate Director & Climate, Energy & Air Pollution Campaigner for the EU BIoenergy Blog Although most bioenergy is produced by burning agricultural and forestry biomass, it is also generated by burning the organic parts of municipal solid waste, biowaste or urban biomass. This includes food […] Zero Waste Europe · 29 Jun 2016 Global MARTIN GmbH MARTIN’s licensee, Chongqing Sanfeng Covanta Environmental Industry Co., Ltd., has been awarded a new contract to supply grate systems. One... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 15 Jun 2016 Global MARTIN GmbH MARTIN’s licensee, Chongqing Sanfeng Covanta Environmental Industry Co., Ltd., has been awarded a new contract to supply grate systems. Two... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 15 Jun 2016 Global MARTIN GmbH MARTIN’s licensee, Chongqing Sanfeng Covanta Environmental Industry Co., Ltd., has been awarded a new contract to supply grate systems. Three... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 15 Jun 2016 Global MARTIN GmbH MARTIN’s licensee, Chongqing Sanfeng Covanta Environmental Industry Co., Ltd., has been awarded a new contract to supply grate systems. One... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 15 Jun 2016 Global MARTIN GmbH MARTIN’s licensee, Chongqing Sanfeng Covanta Environmental Industry Co., Ltd., has been awarded a new contract to supply a total plant.... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 15 Jun 2016 Global MARTIN GmbH MARTIN’s licensee, Chongqing Sanfeng Covanta Environmental Industry Co., Ltd., has been awarded a new contract to supply a total plant.... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 15 Jun 2016 Global Waste Framework Directive: European material industries renew call for measurement of real recycling rates Europe‘s metals, steel and paper industries renew their call for a harmonised method to measure Member State recycling rates at input into the ‘final recycling process’. The full document can be consulted via the link below. CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 13 Jun 2016 Global Post 2020 ETS reform Statement in view of the Environment Council on 20 June 2016 As a market-based system, emissions trading has the best potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the lowest-cost way, and to create a market signal to drive low-carbon investment. The undersigned associations support the principles of the EU ETS as the cornerstone mechanism to […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 12 Jun 2016 Global Policy Briefing: the Waste Sector under the Effort Sharing Decision Today, Zero Waste Europe released a new policy briefing on the waste sector under the Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) with key recommendations to ensure real GHG emission reductions in the waste sector. Read the full Policy Briefing The Effort Sharing Decision, which will set targets for GHG emission reduction in the waste sector for 2030, […] Zero Waste Europe · 31 May 2016 Global Network of Zero Waste Towns meeting in Capannori On May 20th, 21st and 22nd the first Zero Waste European city, Capannori (Italy) hosted a meeting of the Network of Zero Waste Cities. The event intended to bring together local authorities and civil society organisations so as to exchange good practices on waste management. The meeting started on Friday the 20th with the welcoming […] Zero Waste Europe · 31 May 2016 Global 20,000 people oppose incineration in Florence Tens of thousands of people marched in Florence, Italy on Saturday May 14th, in opposition to the incineration project in the city. With over 200 groups supporting the action over 20,000 people turned out to express their opposition to the incinerator. Around the world campaigning groups and activists demonstrated their support for the people of […] Zero Waste Europe · 31 May 2016 Global Joint CEPI – IndustriAll position “Free trade and fair competition for growth and jobs in Europe” In spite of the difficult economic context and an increased competition in the global markets, the European pulp, paper and board industry remains a world leader and a net exporter as well as the provider of 1.5 million direct and indirect jobs in Europe. EU markets have been fully open since January 2004, unlike some […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 30 May 2016 Global The day Aristotle said: “The Tiered Approach doesn’t work” This article appeared in the Parliament Magazine issue no 435, 30 May 2016 Aristotle often used the reduction ad absurdum to show the untenable consequences one would ensue from accepting the item at issue. If he was alive and would hear about the Tiered Approach in the ETS review, we would probably have engaged in […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 30 May 2016 Global What next for our industry? A recarbonisation revolution This article was written by Petri Vasara from Pöyry Management Consulting. Pöyry is one of our Partners. Read more about them here. Our industry faces exciting times ahead. The world needs a ‘recarbonisation revolution’ of global material flows as we must increase biomass and decrease non-renewable materials such as metals and minerals in the movement of […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 30 May 2016 Global Human chain to stop incinerator in Gipuzkoa On Sunday May 29 2016 citizens in Gipuzkoa have come together to hold hands in a human chain uniting thousands of citizens against the proposal to build an incinerator in Zubieta. 5000 people were needed to create this human chain from the Oncologic Hospital and the Regional government but the support for the action has […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 May 2016 Global Strong industry concerns on the ITRE Draft Opinion on the EU-ETS Reform post-2020 and other thought experiments putting industries at risk of carbon leakage Tiering is not the solution The undersigned energy-intensive industries express their strong concerns regarding the proposal to introduce “tiered approaches” to carbon leakage protection, as introduced in the ITRE Draft Opinion. According to all forecasts, “tiering” is not needed. All forecasts, including the Commission’s Impact Assessment, predict that a shortage of free allowances is highly […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 22 May 2016 Global Why revamping recycling measurement is no simple task Since the European Commission unveiled its Circular Economy (CE) package last December, there has been significant discussion around the proposed legislation. And perhaps the most vexed topic to date has been how best to calculate recycling rates in the EU and whether to include reuse activities in that determination. Reloop Platform · 17 May 2016 Global EU Bioenergy: Time to follow the Waste Hierarchy Zero Waste Europe’s response to the public consultation on the EU’s post-2020 sustainable bioenergy policy. Today, the Zero Waste Europe network and many other organisations around the world have called on the European Commission to use the Waste Hierarchy to guide the EU’s post-2020 sustainable bioenergy policy and phase out harmful subsidies that support energy […] Zero Waste Europe · 10 May 2016 Global ETS Review: Five comments and proposals on the ITRE draft opinion On 26 April the ITRE rapporteur published the draft opinion on the Commission proposal to review the Emission Trading System. While the report includes some positive proposals, other aspects still need to be improved. In some cases, some proposed solutions would need to be thoroughly thought through, as they would have the unintended consequence of […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 3 May 2016 Global Zero Waste Europe AGM 2016 Poster of Zero Waste Croatia, new member of Zero Waste Europe On the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of April, Zero Waste Europe held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) with the participation of most of the members of the ZWE network. Held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the first ‘Zero Waste European Capital’ and the European […] Zero Waste Europe · 29 Apr 2016 Global Network of Zero Waste Towns Meeting in Ljubljana Erick Oblak opening the Network of Zero Waste Towns Meeting Foto: Maša Kores On Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd Ljubljana, the 2016 European Green Capital, and first Zero Waste European Capital, played host to municipal representatives, entrepreneurs, zero waste campaigners and experts as part of the Network of Zero Waste Towns Meeting. The conference was […] Zero Waste Europe · 29 Apr 2016 Global Reaction to the tiered approach to carbon leakage protection The signatories (see below), energy-intensive industries express concerns regarding the so called “tiered approach” to carbon leakage protection under the EU ETS The tiered approach1 would reserve free allowances for some sectors at the expense of others. It goes against the principle set in the October European Council Conclusions that best performing companies in ETS […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 18 Apr 2016 Global Global Forest Products Industry is Part of the Solution to Climate Change São Paulo – The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) and its members welcome the signing of the landmark United Nations agreement to tackle climate change, set to take place on April 22. The agreement urges countries to implement policies that would allow them to keep a global temperature rise below 2 degrees […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 17 Apr 2016 Global Zero Waste Europe sign international declaration on ‘waste containing nanomaterials’ Zero Waste Europe have joined over 80 international signatories in calling for waste containing nanomaterials to be classified as ‘hazardous waste’. Read the press release and full declaration here. Declaration: Precautionary Approach Critical on Waste Containing Nanomaterials (Geneva) – In today’s Declaration on Waste Containing Nanomaterials, the Center for International Environmental Law (CI… Zero Waste Europe · 14 Apr 2016 Global Our leadership and governance - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 13 Apr 2016 Global Accenture - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 13 Apr 2016 Global Professor Klaus Schwab - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 13 Apr 2016 Global Bioeconomy 2.0 will help lead the EU’s renewable revolution – with the right support On the occasion of ‘BioEconomyUtrecht2016’, the fourth Bioeconomy Stakeholders’ Conference, the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) calls on the EU to lead a worldwide transition towards a renewable, low-carbon economy. Europe has all of the means necessary to become a global leader in the bioeconomy, if its potential is realised and embraced by European policy makers. […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 11 Apr 2016 Global Running on empty: What business, government and citizens must do to confront South Africa’s water crisis The post Running on empty: What business, government and citizens must do to confront South Africa’s water crisis appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 7 Apr 2016 Global The EUBA warns against a tiered approach to the carbon leakage list A number of the sectors which are fundamental to the implementation of the EU Bioeconomy strategy, represented by the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), are identified as being subject to the risk of carbon leakage under the Commission’s proposal for the ETS post 2020. These are: starch, oilseeds and protein meals, pulp and paper and sugar. […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 4 Apr 2016 Global Joint declaration by a group of industry associations “2016, time to deliver… an ambitious power market reform” The signatories of this declaration gather leading associations and industry groups with a clear stake in Europe’s energy policy. We share the conviction that only a flexible and dynamic energy system, making the best use of innovative and distributed supply and demand options, can ensure a cost-efficient and sustainable transition towards a decarbonised energy system. […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 3 Apr 2016 Global European paper industry launches revised Paper for Recycling Quality Control guidelines The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) has revised its guidelines on Paper for Recycling quality control, with recommendations for Paper for Recycling suppliers and paper mills. The objective of the guidelines publication is to achieve greater harmonisation, to improve the implementation of the EN 643 Standard and to facilitate commercial relationships between paper mills […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 3 Apr 2016 Global European Paper Industry continues to reduce its carbon emissions Preliminary estimates based on today’s publication of the Verified Emissions and Compliance Data for the year 2015 show that carbon emissions in the pulp and paper industry in 2015 fell by at least 1% compared to 2014. Compared to 2005, the year the EU Emission Trading Scheme came into force, absolute emissions fell by 27%. […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 31 Mar 2016 Global EU ETS: Three reasons why the Tiered Approach is bad for the EU economy The non-paper jointly drafted by the French and British government on tiered free allocation arbitrarily determines which sector has a future in Europe and which sector has a future outside Europe. Specifically, the proposal has three major critical points: 1. It is unjustified from both an economic and a fairness perspective The proposal pretends to […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 30 Mar 2016 Global European Investment Bank faces criticism over financing Cardiff incinerator The European Investment Bank (EIB) has been heavily criticised for its role in the funding of an incinerator owned by Viridor in Cardiff. The bank is expected to finance the incinerator to the cost of £110 million in what the local group Cardiff Against the Incinerator (CATI) have called a ‘corrupt decision’ and a ‘disgrace’. 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