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Global Italy Inhabitants: 59,1 mio Area: 301.3382 NATIONAL WASTE SYSTEM – GENERAL LEGISLATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Authorities for waste management and organic waste management (if different), and key contacts: Responsibility for waste management in Italy lies with the municipalities and/or consortia of municipalities. The national association that deals with the processing of organic waste is the [...] European Bioplastics News · 7 Mar 2019 Global A New Paradigm for Plastics BERLIN – We have long known that the accumulation of plastic in the world’s landfills and oceans represents a growing environmental risk. More recently, we have come to understand that plastic poses an urgent – even deadly – threat to public health, too. And yet, global efforts to address the plastic crisis remain consistently focused […] Break Free From Plastic · 7 Mar 2019 Global Year’s worth of sachet use in the Philippines can cover entire Metro Manila 1 foot deep in plastic waste FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Manila, Philippines (March 7, 2019) ---Filipinos use more than 163 million plastic sachet packets, 48 million sando bags and 45 million labo bags daily. These numbers were revealed in a new report released today by environmental organization Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA). The group contends that single-use disposable plastic is the […] Break Free From Plastic · 7 Mar 2019 Global Trader Joe’s Phasing Out Single-Use Plastics Nationwide Following Customer Petition As the world suffocates from its plastic addiction, a growing number of businesses are stepping up to the plate to reduce their plastic waste. Most recently, Trader Joe's announced that it will be taking steps to cut back on plastic and other packaging waste after a petition launched by Greenpeace harnessed nearly 100,000 signatures. At the end of last year, the […] Break Free From Plastic · 7 Mar 2019 Global The European forest-based value chain issues position on forest management and sustainable investments In the context of the European Commission’s work on developing a classification system for sustainable investments, CEPI and the European organisations representing the European forest-based bioeconomy value chain have issued a joint statement on the role of forest management in the proposed taxonomy regulation. The statement notably addresses the value of sustainable and active forest […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 6 Mar 2019 Global Coming full circle to combat climate change “People don’t often link plastic pollution right to climate change,” said Lauren Moore of UPSTREAM, an organization that advocates for a circular economy. But she emphasized that plastic products do not materialize effortlessly, just as they do not disappear when thrown away. “Plastic creates pollution right from when it’s made, and then continues to create pollution,” Moore said. […] Break Free From Plastic · 6 Mar 2019 Global B&W Announces Turnover of U.K. Renewable Project to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners K/S Babcock [&] Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B[&]W) announced today that its Denmark-based subsidiary, Babcock [&] Wilcox Vølund A/S (B[&]W Vølund) has... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 5 Mar 2019 Global Meet our members – Ecologists without Borders Zero Waste Europe is happy to introduce the blog series “Meet our members”. Through this series of monthly interviews we want to give you a chance to get to know our members and the work they are doing. Meet Jaka Kranjc from Ecologists without Borders Hi Jaka, can you give us a brief introduction to […] Zero Waste Europe · 5 Mar 2019 Global Spain Inhabitants: 47,4 mio Area: 505.990 km2 NATIONAL WASTE SYSTEM – GENERAL LEGISLATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Authorities for waste management and organic waste management (if different), and key contacts: At the national level, the Ministry of ecological transition and demographic challenge (MITERD). Key contact person: Margarita Ruiz (Deputy Director of the Circular Economy sub-directorate) buzon-sg… European Bioplastics News · 4 Mar 2019 Global Guest Blog | ISWA-SWIS Winter School 2019 Impressions Aditi Ramola, Technical Director at ISWA, attended the ISWA-SWIS Winter School 2019 at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Texas, USA, in January 2019. In this guest post, she shares her experiences from the course. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 4 Mar 2019 Global Identify the Problem to Find the Solution: UNEA 4 and Re-Framing the Plastic Issue UNEA, the official governing body of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the highest-level governing body on international environmental matters, meets every two years. This year’s theme, “Innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production,” is particularly salient in the fight against plastic pollution. Already, UNEA has taken a significant step in… Break Free From Plastic · 4 Mar 2019 Global Sweden Inhabitants: 10,4 mio Area: 450.295 km2 NATIONAL WASTE SYSTEM – GENERAL LEGISLATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Authorities for waste management and organic waste management (if different), and key contacts: Naturvårdsverket Avfall Sverige is gathering all communities: www.avfallsverige.se office@avfallsverige.se Jessica Christiansen Utbildnings- och utvecklingschef Telefon: 040-35 66 18 Mobil: 0706-69 … European Bioplastics News · 3 Mar 2019 Global Why I’m joining the Greenpeace ships to fight plastic pollution Guimaras, the name of the island where I grew up, is located in Central Philippines. It is blessed with turquoise water, white sandy beaches, sweet mangoes, and some of the warmest people on the planet. When I left the island 18 years ago for university in the Philippine capital of Manila, I was shocked to […] Break Free From Plastic · 2 Mar 2019 Global Greenpeace ship campaigns vs plastics Angelica Carballo Pago, Greenpeace Southeast Asia-Philippines media campaigner, said the Rainbow Warrior would put a spotlight on how the inaction and irresponsibility of fast-moving consumer goods companies quash the prospects of a healthful and plastic pollution-free future for Filipinos. “It is coming back to the Philippines for the Ship the Plastic Back tour to campaign […] Break Free From Plastic · 2 Mar 2019 Global Switzerland Inhabitants: 8,7 mio Area: 30,528 km2 NATIONAL WASTE SYSTEM – GENERAL LEGISLATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Authorities for waste management and organic waste management (if different), and key contacts: Swiss Recycling is the umbrella organisation of Swiss recycling organisations, displaying information on the process of organic recycling in CH, including recent political decisions and statistics. [...] European Bioplastics News · 2 Mar 2019 Global Steinmüller Babcock receives order for Waste-to-Energy plant Salo in Finland © Picture: Lounavoima Oy Steinmüller Babcock Environment GmbH, based in Gummersbach/Germany, has been awarded the contract for the extended boiler... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 1 Mar 2019 Global United Kingdom Inhabitants: 67,3 mio Area: 243.610 km2 NATIONAL WASTE SYSTEM – GENERAL LEGISLATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Authorities for waste management and organic waste management (if different), and key contacts: DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) for England and Northern Ireland: Chris Preston Zero Waste Scotland: Ray Georgeson Welsh Government: Andy Rees Environment Agency: [...] European Bioplastics News · 1 Mar 2019 Global ISWA Joins the Consortium in a new H2020 Project Addressing the Recycling of Coated and Painted Textile and Plastic Materials The EU-funded Project, in which Partner name is a key partner, held a kick off meeting on 20-21 February 2019 at the EU Commission in Brussels, Belgium. The project consortium, led by Belgian R&D centre CENTEXBEL, consists of 17 partners from across Europe from across the value chain including design, manufacturing, NGOs, and research and innovation. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 1 Mar 2019 Global News in brief: February 2019 Global Plastic Leak Project kicks off to tackle plastic and microplastic leakage Key stakeholders from the private and public sector have become members of the Plastic Leak Project (PLP), which intends to develop robust metrics to locate, measure and map plastic and microplastic pollution across the value chain and define effective actions to fix the problem [...] European Bioplastics News · 28 Feb 2019 Global Member portrait: Mosca GmbH Mr Axel Beyer, Plastic Engineer at the strap production of Mosca GmbH In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present five facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Mr Axel Beyer, Plastic Engineer at the strap production of Mosca GmbH, shares some information on one of the leading machine [...] European Bioplastics News · 28 Feb 2019 Global NatureWorks announces 100 percent third-party certified sustainable feedstock by 2020 NatureWorks Ingeo plant (c) NatureWorks A new initiative at NatureWorks will ensure that, by 2020, 100 percent of the agricultural feedstock for Ingeo™ PLA and Vercet™ performance chemicals (lactides) will be certified by the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification System (ISCC) according to the ISCC PLUS system of best practices in agricultural production. NatureWorks was the [...] European Bioplastics News · 28 Feb 2019 Global Biome Bioplastics and Futamura partner to demonstrate compostable multilayer packaging Biome Bioplastics and Futamura have partnered to demonstrate a range of bio-based and compostable multilayer films. The materials offer competitive performance, while tackling the negative environmental impact of traditional oil-based, non-recyclable multilayer packaging. Sustainable alternatives to challenging packaging formats such as multilayer pouches will be key to meeting the UK Plastics … European Bioplastics News · 28 Feb 2019 Global Call for papers – 14th European Bioplastics Conference European Bioplastics (EUBP) invites proposals for the 14th European Bioplastics Conference taking place on 3/4 December 2019 at the Titanic Chaussee Hotel in Berlin, Germany. This year’s conference will focus on advanced innovations in bioplastics as well as on environmental aspects and opportunities for growth. Experts are invited to submit proposals for a presentation on the following [...] European Bioplastics News · 28 Feb 2019 Global Challenges in Asian nations' plastics fight Late last year, the carcass of a sperm whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia was found to contain a huge lump of plastic waste --including bags and cups. The discovery came six months after an autopsy of a pilot whale was spotted in a southern Thai province canal, with plastic bags and other trash […] Break Free From Plastic · 28 Feb 2019 Global Cereal Offender: is Kellogg’s breaking its breakfast promise? The post Cereal Offender: is Kellogg’s breaking its breakfast promise? appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 27 Feb 2019 Global Compromisos nutricionales de Kellogg’s: ¿promesas en el aire? The post Compromisos nutricionales de Kellogg’s: ¿promesas en el aire? appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 27 Feb 2019 Global Paradise lost? EU funds to polluters will trash some of the world’s most beautiful islands As Europe phases out subsidies to burn waste, its most heavenly islands still risk seeing the dream go up in smoke 2019 may be the year Europe stops financing the incineration of precious resources: the European Parliament’s proposal to cut EU subsidies to waste disposal and incineration facilities within the scope of the Cohesion Fund […] Zero Waste Europe · 27 Feb 2019 Global Solving the plastic pollution crisis requires focus on another ‘R’ — responsibility The problem with plastic is not new. For decades the plastics and packaging industry has combined with food and beverages companies to frame it as a "litter" problem. Individuals littering are the problem, and it’s the responsibility of individuals to fix it. Public concern is effectively funneled to "clean-up" events, while industry lobbyists successfully weaken […] Break Free From Plastic · 27 Feb 2019 Global Barcelona’s Metropolitan Area commits to a zero waste plan Spain’s second largest area just released its zero waste strategy plan with clear objectives for 2025. With 4.5 million inhabitants and a current 30% separate collection rate, it seems that Barcelona is very unlikely to meet the 50% recycling target for 2020. However, rather than being passive, the metropolitan area, composed of 36 municipalities including Barcelona, decided […] Zero Waste Europe · 26 Feb 2019 Global Guest Blog | Saving Kerbside Recycling Mike Ritchie, Managing Director of the MRA Consulting Group, Australia, has over 20 years of experience in the waste management industry working with clients as diverse as ASX200 listed companies right through to local small businesses and most state and local governments in Australia. In this guest blog he discusses kerbside recycling in Australia in wake of China ban on waste imports. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 25 Feb 2019 Global Fixing the EU WEEE legislation: why and how the EU should say “no” to export? [vc_custom_heading text=”Fixing the EU WEEE legislation: why and how the EU should say “no” to export?” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:60|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1551083545114{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”]During our recent ZWE Live! webinar one concept emerged clearly: eWaste prevention and management are a high priority. Electronic Waste illegal export to… Zero Waste Europe · 25 Feb 2019 Global Berkeley on the Path to Zero Waste Dining! The ordinance, the first of its kind in the U.S. to comprehensively address single-use plastics, has been met with an outpouring of support from the community including students, youth, business owners, and local citizens. Berkeley City Council’s adoption of this ordinance not only reinforces the city’s reputation as a leader in the movement towards Zero […] Break Free From Plastic · 24 Feb 2019 Global DAC Recommendation on the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus 8 - OECD Legal Instruments OECD — Environment · 22 Feb 2019 Global European Responses to the Plastic Pact In France, Zero Waste France & Surfrider Europe issued their response calling for binding political measures. Whilst in the Netherlands, the Recycling Netwerk published their response, again demanding firm legislation to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. You can find both of these statements below as well as on the respective websites. Recycling Netwerk's response […] Break Free From Plastic · 21 Feb 2019 Global REINVEST 2050 in the European Parliament, Strasbourg Previously known as “To our roots and beyond”, the second edition of our project REINVEST 2050 was launched with an event (see the video here) in the European Parliament on 12 February in Strasbourg. The exhibition was hosted by Members of the European Parliament Elsi Katainen (ALDE, Finland) and Ludek Niedermayer (EPP, Czech Republic). […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 19 Feb 2019 Global The grain of truth: industry compliance on flour fortification in Mexico The post The grain of truth: industry compliance on flour fortification in Mexico appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 19 Feb 2019 Global ¡Al grano!: ¿qué marcas de harinas incumplen con la normativa de fortificación mexicana? The post ¡Al grano!: ¿qué marcas de harinas incumplen con la normativa de fortificación mexicana? appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 19 Feb 2019 Global The Balearic Islands pave the way for a waste prevention policy in the EU As the Circular Economy is too often narrowed to recycling, it is now time to take a leap forward and start focusing on prevention. By voting an ambitious framework on waste prevention and plastics reduction, the Balearic government paves the way for what should become the norm all across the EU. With the Waste and Polluted […] Zero Waste Europe · 19 Feb 2019 Global Guest Blog | How our Eating-Out Culture is Fueling the Global Food Waste Crisis Dr Ramy Salemdeeb is Environmental Analyst at Zero Waste Scotland, an organization that is leading the way on making Scotland a circular economy nation, and a Member of the ISWA Young Professional Group's Leadership Team. In today's guest post, he discusses how eating out contributes to the global issue of food waste. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 18 Feb 2019 Global Joint Statement of EXPRA, PROsPA and EPRO on the Measurement of Recycling of Packaging Waste EXPRA and PROsPA, alliances representing EPR Schemes for packaging and packaging waste recovery and recycling, and EPRO, the European Association of Plastics Recycling, are committed to continuing to increase the […] EXPRA · 15 Feb 2019