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Global Are we ready for reusable packaging? According to a recent Ellen MacArthur Foundation report, at least 20 percent of plastic packaging could be profitably reused. Given this vast potential, it makes sense that the EU is giving consideration to reuse in its new Circular Economy Package (CEP). Reloop Platform · 20 Jun 2017 Global Deposit Return: How it Works To help explain how deposit-systems actually work, Reloop has put together two short animation films. Reloop Platform · 19 Jun 2017 Global EXPRA member GreenPak wins Koperattivi Malta Special Award GreenPak Cooperative was recently presented with a Special Award by Koperattivi Malta, a non-political organisation promoting the co-operative business model and its social responsibility dimension. GreenPak was recognised for leading […] EXPRA · 13 Jun 2017 Global Dirty Fashion: How pollution in the global textiles supply chain is making viscose toxic The post Dirty Fashion: How pollution in the global textiles supply chain is making viscose toxic appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 13 Jun 2017 Global Moda Sucia: La contaminación en la cadena de suministros del textil está intoxicando a la viscosa The post Moda Sucia: La contaminación en la cadena de suministros del textil está intoxicando a la viscosa appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 13 Jun 2017 Global Mode yang Kotor: Bagaimana polusi dalam rantai pasokan tekstil global membuat rayon beracum The post Mode yang Kotor: Bagaimana polusi dalam rantai pasokan tekstil global membuat rayon beracum appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 13 Jun 2017 Global Dirty Fashion: How pollution in the global textiles supply chain is making viscose toxic The post Dirty Fashion: How pollution in the global textiles supply chain is making viscose toxic appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 13 Jun 2017 Global UKWIN officially ‘earthMovers’ On Saturday 3rd June 2017 Zero Waste Europe member UKWIN (UK Without Incineration Network) received an Earthmovers Award for Outstanding Community Campaign from Friends of the Earth (FoE) at Basecamp, which is FoE’s annual environmental festival . UKWIN coordinator with the Earthmovers award Accepting the award, the UKWIN National Coordinator Shlomo Dowen said: “Over the past […] Zero Waste Europe · 8 Jun 2017 Global Can Rome go zero waste? About Rome and Zero Waste – Rossano Ercolini and Zero Waste Italy meet the government of the municipality of Rome. On the 6th of June, a delegation from Zero Waste Italy and Zero Waste Europe president, and Goldman Prize winner Rossano Ercolini held a positive meeting with Pinuccia Montanari, the councillor for the environment of […] Zero Waste Europe · 7 Jun 2017 Global PRESS RELEASE: EXPRA Member Ecoembes launches first Circular Economy innovation, research and testing centre in Europe: TheCircularLab Brussels, June 2017. ECOEMBALAJES ESPAÑA, S.A. (Ecoembes), one of the two EXPRA Spanish members, a non-profit environmental organisation that promotes a circular economy through household packaging recycling, has recently launched […] EXPRA · 6 Jun 2017 Global European paper industry reaction to the US administration’s withdrawal from Paris Agreement on climate change “The US administration’s decision to step down from the Paris Agreement sadly puts at risk the global efforts needed to address climate change. It also regrettably reflects a view that climate action would undermine industry competitiveness. To make the case for action – and win back the US, Europe must decisively demonstrate that decarbonisation can […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 31 May 2017 Global Nepal: Waste and Transformation in the Himalayas It wasn’t too long ago that a popular movement ousted a 250 year old monarchy to establish the Democratic Republic of Nepal. For this Himalayan mountain nation, its been a difficult transition as they continue to struggle to find political consensus on a federal constitution. It is not easy being surrounded by geopolitical behemoths like […] Zero Waste Europe · 31 May 2017 Global EU Waste Legislative Package: EucoLight comments on minimum requirements for Extended Producer Respo Brussels, 31 March 2017 – On March 14 2017, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its position on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive and the Waste Batteries Directive based on the reports of its member, Ms Simona Bonafè. Notably the amendments to the Waste Framework Directive […] L'articolo EU Waste Legislative Package: E… EucoLight · 31 May 2017 Global Methodology for the development of a systematic approach to derive suitable BAT-AELs ranges The above signatories have signed a proposal for the development of a systematic approach for deriving suitable BAT1-AEL2s ranges, submitted to DG Environment of the European Commission. The legal obligation for permitting authorities to set the emission limit value for a given pollutant at a level that ensures that, under normal operating conditions, emissions do not […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 23 May 2017 Global CEOs of the Global Paper and Forest Industry discuss future direction of industry SÃO PAULO – The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) eighth biennial International CEO Roundtable today took place in Berlin, Germany. More than 20 forest based industry CEOs and association leaders from around the world met to discuss industry innovation, sustainability aspects, current political aspects and future trends that may impact the industry […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 18 May 2017 Global PAMSA´s Jane Molony Named President of the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations SÃO PAULO – The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) announced Jane Molony as its new president. Molony, Executive Director of the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA), will serve in this capacity for the next two years. “Across the world, wood, paper and tissue products touch lives every day in ways […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 18 May 2017 Global Statement from the alliance of energy intensive industries on the clean energy for all Europeans package We, the Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries representing more than 30,000 companies that are Europe’s largest energy consumers and together, directly employ more than 2.8 Million people, want to make a success of the Energy Union. We see it as a potential enabler of European industry’s competitiveness and a unique opportunity to deliver on Europe’s […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 18 May 2017 Global Circular Economy: three leading industries renew call for a single measure of ‘real’ recycling rates Member States today agreed their negotiating mandate on Circular Economy waste proposals, paving the way for trialogues with the European Commission and Parliament. EUROFER, CEPI and Eurometaux now appeal for all EU institutions to prove their Circular Economy ambition, by working constructively towards a single measure of real recycling. Axel Eggert, EUROFER’s Director General: “Every […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 18 May 2017 Global Framework for Carbon Footprints for paper and board products In 2007, CEPI was one of the first to propose a common framework enabling companies to undertake carbon footprints for paper and board products, as there was no standardised approach for their development at that time. Since then, three major internationally-recognised product-related carbon footprint protocols and frameworks have been published, namely: − The “Greenhouse gases […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 17 May 2017 Global European paper industry reaction to Fertilizers Europe “alternative facts” in “Allowances balance calculation in the EU ETS” Ecofys report On 15 May 2017 Ecofys published the report “Allowances balance calculation in the EU ETS”, commissioned by Fertilizers Europe. The document is full of omissions in data collection and analysis. Although the authors acknowledge such shortcomings throughout the whole report, they still conclude that, even with improved accuracy “by performing an extensive data collection […] […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 16 May 2017 Global European Declaration on Paper Recycling 2016-2020 The European paper recycling value chain has already made significant strides on the paper recycling rate in the EU having reached a near theoretical maximum of 71.5% in 2015. The industry is now seeking to make another move forward with an enhanced rate of 74% by 2020 building on the progress achieved since 2000 by […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 11 May 2017 Global EucoLight conference highlights challenges faced for WEEE lighting Delegates from 18 lighting WEEE compliance schemes and their lighting producer board members met at the second EucoLight Conference in Bratislava to discuss and share insight into challenges faced with the WEEE lighting. Mr. Marián Stryček, WEEE expert at the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic and counsellor to the EU Presidency, shared […] L'articolo EucoLight conference highli… EucoLight · 11 May 2017 Global New 74% paper recycling target set for 2020 The European paper recycling value chain has already made significant strides on the paper recycling rate in the EU, having reached a near theoretical maximum of 71.5% in 2015. The industry is now seeking to make another move forward with an enhanced rate of 74% by 2020 building on the progress achieved since 2000 by […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 10 May 2017 Global Steinmüller Babcock Environment Steinmüller Babcock Environment GmbH, located in Gummersbach/Germany, has won the contract for the construction of a waste treatment centre in... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 10 May 2017 Global Recycling the ‘R’ in ERPC, the European Recovered Paper Council becomes the European Paper Recycling Council (EPRC) To align with its new “Declaration on Paper Recycling” the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) has been renamed the European Paper Recycling Council (EPRC). The name change also takes into consideration the use of the term of paper for recycling rather than recovered paper in the updated European Standard List of Grades of Paper and […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 8 May 2017 Global Martin GmbH Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. has awarded our French partner CNIM the contract to build the turnkey Deeside plant, which will have... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 5 May 2017 Global “No trade-off on Fairness”: Recommendations from the Alliance for a fair ETS The Parliament, the Council and the Commission enter now the trilogue negotiations that will shape the ETS directive after 2020. We, the 17 signatories of this paper, energy-intensive sectors representing about 2 million jobs in the EU and comprising many SME’s, are fully committed in taking our share of responsibilities and reducing our emissions. However, […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 1 May 2017 Global Recycling the European Paper Recycling Awards, entries now being accepted for the 6th edition! The 6th edition of the European Paper Recycling Awards will take place the 18th October in the European Parliament hosted by europarliamentarian Ms. Simona Bonafè, rapporteur of the Circular Economy package and champion of the importance of recycling. The Awards provide an occasion to shed the spotlight on the innovative projects changing the way we […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 1 May 2017 Global PRESS RELEASE: EXPRA’s President and Board re-elected Madrid, 28 April 2017. The Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA), the umbrella organization for packaging and packaging waste recovery and recycling systems which are owned by the obliged industry and […] EXPRA · 28 Apr 2017 Global 3 Positions the EU Must Take To Stay Clean on the Circular Economy “To achieve a circular economy, we need to close the loop of materials by building trust in a toxic-free secondary material market so that both producers and consumers are willing to use them.” Live from the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) to the Stockholm, Basel and Rotterdam conventions – Geneva There is a group […] Zero Waste Europe · 27 Apr 2017 Global PRESS RELEASE: EXPRA Member CONAI receives Circular Economy Award Brussels, 24 April 2017. Consorzio Nazionale Imballaggi (CONAI), the Italian consortium in charge of implementing the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), and EXPRA member, was recognised today among ‘100 Italian Circular […] EXPRA · 24 Apr 2017 Global European paper industry lodges complaint against unfair Turkish import licensing on EU exports of office paper CEPI (the Confederation of European Paper Industries) has presented a Trade Barrier Regulation (“TBR”) complaint to the European Commission against the unfair non-automatic import licensing system established by Turkey concerning, inter alia, EU exports of uncoated wood free (“UWF”) paper, which includes office paper, books, envelopes and paper used for direct mail marketing. Following an […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 23 Apr 2017 Global The CAREless Carpet Industry: A critique of the California carpet stewardship program’s reliance on incineration The post The CAREless Carpet Industry: A critique of the California carpet stewardship program’s reliance on incineration appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 18 Apr 2017 Global The Solution: Zero Waste Conference, Madrid Save Joan Marc Simon at The Solution: Zero Waste Friday 31st of April saw the 150 people gather in the Medialab Prado in Madrid for the Solution: Zero Waste conference. The conference brought together Zero Waste Europe network members, university academics, zero waste activists and municipal representatives to discuss a wide range of zero waste […] Zero Waste Europe · 13 Apr 2017 Global Schluss mit dem Müll: Ressourcenschutz in Supermärkten und Drogerien The post Schluss mit dem Müll: Ressourcenschutz in Supermärkten und Drogerien appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 13 Apr 2017 Global What do German consumers think about packaging and the responsibility of retailers? The post What do German consumers think about packaging and the responsibility of retailers? appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 13 Apr 2017 Global The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 12 Apr 2017 Global FOST PLUS (BEGIUM) MAJOR JOINT INITIATIVE FOR CLEAN ENVIRONMENT IN WALLONIA EXPRA · 10 Apr 2017 Global ECOPACK BULGARIA AND FM + RADIO ANNOUNCE A NEW RADIO SHOW – “GREEN LINE” EXPRA · 10 Apr 2017 Global ÇEVKO (TURKEY) PERCEPTION SURVEY RESULTS PUBLISHED:ONLY ONE OUT OF THREE PEOPLE COLLECTS PACKAGING WASTE SEPARATELY! EXPRA · 10 Apr 2017