Recycling news: 2019

Global FEAD position ignores role of compostable plastics in achieving circular economy Berlin, 13 September 2019 – Regarding FEAD’s (European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services) latest position paper “Biodegradable and Bio-Based Plastics”, European Bioplastics (EUBP) believes that FEAD displays an incomplete perception on how a circular economy can be achieved. Unfortunately, the association exclusively focuses on mechanical recycling while at the same time… European Bioplastics News · 13 Sept 2019 Global Communities and Climate Change: how a zero waste approach can take us closer to zero emissions In this blog, our Cities Programme Coordinator Jack McQuibban showcases how commitments towards adopting a zero waste approach can play a central role in reducing greenhouse gases at the local level through the effective management of natural resources and the re-designing of products and the communities we live in to prevent waste being generated in […] Zero Waste Europe · 13 Sept 2019 Global CEPI promoting guidance on separate collection at RWM, UK CEPI partnered this year’s Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition & Conference taking place in Birmingham, UK on 11 and 12 September to promote the new guidance on separate collection. The new leaflet gives an overview how different paper and board products should be collected and if necessary, sorted in order to be recycled by the paper industry. […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 12 Sept 2019 Global Shifting the Narrative from Straws to Pipelines Since its launch in September 2016, nearly 1,500 organizations from across the world have joined the Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) movement to demand massive reductions in single-use plastics and to push for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis. These organizations share the common values of environmental protection and social justice, which guide their […] Break Free From Plastic · 12 Sept 2019 Global Burning waste turns the climate on fire! In the last few years, the trend of moving away from landfills, pushed many European member states to look for quick fixes, and foreseeing large investments, pushed them towards facilities to burn waste. Indeed, in 2017, over 70 millions tonnes of waste were burnt across Europe. In this context, Waste-to-Energy (WtE) incineration is often presented […] Zero Waste Europe · 11 Sept 2019 Global Paper Presents, an interactive paper & forest-fibre products exhibition On 4 September, we launched an interactive exhibition Paper Presents (see the video here) to introduce the paper industry to the new Members of the European Parliament. The event took place in the Radisson Red Hotel, Brussels, and gathered national pulp and paper industry associations, MEPs and industry representatives. Together with our partners, FEFCO, ACE […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 8 Sept 2019 Global Brazil - WEEE Forum WEEE Forum · 8 Sept 2019 Global “Recycling is not a religion” – a Conversation with Antonis Mavropoulos During his recent trip to Brazil, President of ISWA was interviewed by Mara Gama of Folha de São Paulo. View the English translation of the conversation below. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 5 Sept 2019 Global Looking for a summer read? Summer is the perfect time to relax and catch up on those important issues that you hadn’t been able to find the time for… yet! Thus, to help you get up to speed, we have summed up our main publications from the latest six months, providing you with a fresh recap of our most recent […] Zero Waste Europe · 5 Sept 2019 Global #BrandAudit2019: a call for corporate accountability “What’s all this about corporate accountability, anyway?” Plastic pollution is a crisis: it visibly pollutes our waterways, streets, and homes, harming wildlife and human health. Microplastics and toxins from production are often in the air we breathe and the water we drink. And yet the global plastic production and packaging industries are planning to expand […] Break Free From Plastic · 3 Sept 2019 Global ISWA Joins More Than 90 International NGO Supporting the 15th Edition of the Mobile Film Festival (MFF) #ActNow on Climate Change For its 15th edition, the Mobile Film Festival (MFF) announced its partnership with YouTube Creators for Change and United Nations Climate Change in a context of absolute climate urgency confirmed by numerous reports published each year by the IPCC and international conferences. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 3 Sept 2019 Global Vietnam-Strictly control the import of used goods, resolutely re-export consignments of imported scrap in violation of regulations On August 22, at a meeting with representatives of 11 ministries and branches to discuss measures to strictly control the import of used goods and re-export of imported scrap cargo violating regulations, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan suggested that ministries and agencies focus on reviewing regulations on used goods banned […] Break Free From Plastic · 3 Sept 2019 Global PRESS RELEASE: Registration for Paper & Beyond, 2019 now open! CEPI annual conference Paper & Beyond 2019 “Our climate, our solutions” Register now! Registration is now open for Paper & Beyond 2019, the annual conference of the European paper industry and its value chain, bringing together pulp and paper producers, cardboard product manufacturers, technology suppliers, EU policy makers, researchers, scientists and media. Early bird […] CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) · 2 Sept 2019 Global The Technical Department at the General Secretariat Welcomes Two New Team Members ISWA General Secretariat is pleased to announce the addition of two new team members, who will be joining the Technical Cooperation Department during one of the busiest periods for the Association. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 2 Sept 2019 Global Burning news: Waste-to-Energy is not sustainable as it harms the Circular Economy The European Union has recently excluded Waste-to-Energy incineration (WtE) from the new EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Report which includes a list of economic activities considered sustainable; those that can make a substantial contribution to climate change mitigation and which do no significant harm to other environmental objectives such as transition to a Circular Economy, waste […] The p… Zero Waste Europe · 2 Sept 2019 Global Meet our members – Retorna 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 Ana Gutiérrez Dewar from Retorna, Spain Hi Ana, can you give us a brief introduction to […] Zero Waste Europe · 2 Sept 2019 Global Sweden - WEEE Forum WEEE Forum · 1 Sept 2019 Global Broad International Opposition to Petrochemical Giant Ineos’ Expansion Plans For immediate release Brussels – A new expansion plan championed by petrochemical company Ineos, which would further deepen the environmentally disastrous connection between the plastics industry and the US fracking boom, is drawing international opposition. In 2016, Ineos, the largest ethylene producer in Europe, began importing fracked US ethane to Europe to turn it into […] Break Free From Plastic · 29 Aug 2019 Global Environmental activists: Call for the Indonesian government to tighten up plastic waste importation and its contaminants Jakarta, 27 August 2019 - In 2017-2018 imports of plastic waste by Indonesian plastic and paper recycling companies increased dramatically, more than 150% compared to previous years. Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia, has returned more than 80 containers of mixed plastic waste mainly from the United States, which entered their country. Indonesia must seriously stop importing […] Break Free From Plastic · 29 Aug 2019 Global ISWA Regional Development Network in Latin America Translates the 2015 “Circular Economy: Trends and Emerging Ideas” Report to Spanish As part of their regional activities, the RDN Latin America translated the first report of the Task Force on Resource Management, "Circular Economy: Trends and Emerging Ideas", to Spanish to disseminate the valuable circular economy handbook locally. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 28 Aug 2019 Global EucoLight is recruiting a Management Assistant Management Assistant Job category Administration Job experience 3 to 5 years EucoLight is the European Association of lighting WEEE... L'articolo EucoLight is recruiting a Management Assistant proviene da Eucolight . EucoLight · 28 Aug 2019 Global Incineration is getting in the way of recycling and zero waste Did you hear about incineration being popular in Nordic countries? Do not believe the hype! A recent study from Eunomia, commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers, highlights that the Nordic nations – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – are not on track to meet the recycling targets of the EU revised Waste Directive, […] Zero Waste Europe · 26 Aug 2019 Global Green groups push back on incineration plans in Australia MANILA, Philippines (August 15, 2019)—Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently announced that they will stop export of recyclable waste amid rising global plastic pollution concern and pushback from Asian countries who are at the receiving end of the waste trade. Green groups in and around the region are wary of the pronouncement that can be […] Break Free From Plastic · 17 Aug 2019 Global Australian waste export ban signals green light for dangerous waste incineration industry Media release 12th August 2019 The Prime Minister’s announcement and COAG support for a ban on waste exports should be cautiously welcomed and is long overdue following the embarrassing revelations of Australian illegal waste dumping in South East Asia. However, it seems certain that the announcement is designed to distract from a major government push […] Break Free From Plastic · 17 Aug 2019 Global Zero Waste Chennai: Planning for a garbage-free city The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and the Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to kickstart the Zero Waste Chennai project, which is to be implemented for the first time in the city. Speaking to Indianexpress.com about the MoU, Vamsi Shankar Kapilavai, a researcher at CAG says, “There is an emphasis […] Break Free From Plastic · 7 Aug 2019 Global Shift your perspective with “SILO” – A food system for the future Can you believe that approximately a third of all food produced for human consumption globally is lost or wasted, while more than 10% of the world’s population is suffering from undernourishment? With an average of 88 million tons of food wasted per year, Europe’s environmental policy needs to tackle this important issue. Food waste is […] Zero Waste Europe · 6 Aug 2019 Global TEJAS STATEMENT - August 2, 2019 Baytown Exxonmobil Olefins plant – Polypropylene fire and explosion Polypropylene is a plastic feedstock derived from the processing of natural gas. Natural gas goes through “gas separation” to create feedstocks (ethane, propane, butanes, field condensates). From here the feedstocks are sent to a steam cracker unit and processed into polypropylene and other petrochemicals. - American Chemistry Council According to EPA polypropylene is commonly used […] Break Free From Plastic · 5 Aug 2019 Global International Solid Waste Association Names the Next Managing Director The new Managing Director will lead the Association starting January 2020 in the new location of the ISWA General Secretariat in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 2 Aug 2019 Global Our journey towards Plastic Free July The zero waste movement goes on every day, but if there was any time to get more involved, that was definitely July. Indeed, for the entire month, nearly 1,500 organizations and more than 6,000 individuals from all over the world have taken part in Plastic Free July, because trying to live without plastic is possible! […] Zero Waste Europe · 1 Aug 2019 Global The Zero Waste Study Tour Experience 2019: Slovenia An international delegation from all over Europe, led by the Zero Waste Cities Team, visited Ljubljana, Vrhnika and Bled to learn how Slovenia is leading the way towards zero waste. Slovenia is well known for being a green country as it has been awarded the Greenest destination price in 2016. Obviously, waste management plays an […] Zero Waste Europe · 1 Aug 2019 Global ISWA Contributes to the New Edition of Biowaste to Biogas Report Published by the German Biogas Association (GBA) ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 31 Jul 2019 Global DECOAT, Meet the Partners: CENTEXBEL In February 2019, ISWA and a Consortium of partners launched a new H2020 project addressing the recycling of coated and painted textile plastic materials ??? DeCOAT. Over the course of the next few newsletters, we will be showcasing the different project partners within the consortium. First up, it???s the project lead, CENTEXBEL. Guy Buyle, who leads the EU research at CENTEXBEL introduces the… ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 30 Jul 2019 Global ISWA Awards 2019 Announces the Winners in Three Individual Categories: Communication, Video and Publication ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 30 Jul 2019 Global The Collectors’s project: how European waste collection systems can benefit from the multitude of practices available in Europe The EU’s H2020 Collectors project is already halfway through, after organising an international conference in Warsaw last June and releasing its database web platform for 242 waste collection systems. Pierre Condamine, Waste Policy Officer at Zero Waste Europe describes the work he has been leading on as part of the project, bringing together the good […] Zero Waste Europe · 30 Jul 2019 Global ISWA at IFAT Africa 2019 ISWA once again proudly participated in IFAT Africa, this year taking place between 9th and 11th July in Johannesburg, South Africa. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 29 Jul 2019 Global News in brief: July 2019 The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and fifteen industries unite to to set out their joint Vision for Europe’s bioeconomy future – a circular bio-society This Vision "The circular-bio society in 2050" will establish a sustainable and competitive bio-based industry in the EU enabling a circular bio-society by 2050. In this circular bio-society, informed citizens choose a sustainable way of… European Bioplastics News · 29 Jul 2019 Global 14th European Bioplastics Conference: Last chance to participate in the Call for Papers The planning of the 14th European Bioplastics Conference is in full swing. The Call for Papers to become a speaker has generated a huge amount of interest and many organisations have already submitted their proposals. For those interested in contributing to the conference programme, there is still a chance to participate. The deadline to [...] European Bioplastics News · 29 Jul 2019 Global EUBP’s policy recommendations to use sound LCAs as a basis for policy formulation In recent years, policy makers have become increasingly reliant on the use of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) to establish a proper basis for more transparent and evidence-based decision-making on policies and regulations. However, succesful LCAs must take into account a number of considerations in terms of how they influence the final result and policy [...] European Bioplastics News · 29 Jul 2019 Global World Economic Forum chooses bioplastics as one of the top 10 emerging technologies for 2019 The new report “Top 10 emerging technologies 2019” compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF) reveals some of the innovations that are expected to impact the global social and economic order. According to WEF, bioplastics made out of cellulose or lignin from plant waste lead the ranking of these breakthrough technologies. “From income inequality to [...] European Bioplastics News · 29 Jul 2019 Global PolyBioSkin: Latest research milestones on bio-based diapers, beauty masks and wound dressings The project PolyBioSkin, which was set out in 2017, aims to develop and validate pilot processes for producing prototypes of three globally significant, high performance, skin-contact products: diapers, beauty masks and wound dressings. These prototypes have to be predominantly bio-based and also biodegradable according to EN 13432. Two years on, the project is well [...] European Bioplastics News · 29 Jul 2019