Recycling news: 2019

Global EXPRA ACCEPTED AS LIAISON ORGANIZATION IN CEN/TC 261 EXPRA · 5 Jun 2019 Global PACKAGING RECYCLABILITY ROADMAP PROJECT ONLINE EXPRA · 5 Jun 2019 Global Introduction by the Managing Director While the number of meetings, events and conferences in Brussels is decreasing and the (too) hot summer is coming in, the preparatory work for the busy autumn is not ceasing at all. With the election of the new European Parliament with many new parties and faces that are coming to the European level for the first time and the negotiations regarding the structuring of the new European Commission… EXPRA · 5 Jun 2019 Global EKOPAK (BIH) ECO-SCHOOLS: EKOPAKET CREATIVE COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED – EKOPAK AWARDED THE MOST CREATIVE STUDENTS EXPRA · 5 Jun 2019 Global ECOPACK (BULGARIA): THE SEA SIDE CITY OF BOURGAS COLLECTS PLASTIC PACKAGING IN “SEA SHELL” ART INSTALLATIONS EXPRA · 5 Jun 2019 Global GREENPAK (MALTA): REGISTERS HUGE INCREASE IN PLASTICS RECOVERY EXPRA · 5 Jun 2019 Global EKO-KOM (THE CZECH REUBLIC) WASTE AND MUNICIPALITIES CONFERENCE 2019: LONG-TERM TRENDS FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC EXPRA · 5 Jun 2019 Global ECOEMBES (SPAIN) INITIATIVES EXPRA · 5 Jun 2019 Global Guest Blog | Waste Management Challenges in Uruguay CEGRU: Cámara de Empresas Gestoras de Residuos del Uruguay (The Association of Waste Management Companies of Uruguay) joined ISWA in January 2019 as its latest National Member and fifth National Member in Latin America. Established in 2014, CEGRU is a civil association composed of more than thirty waste management companies that operate in all stages of the waste management system in Uruguay. O… ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 5 Jun 2019 Global Global E-waste Statistics Partnership Launches globalewaste.org to Help Address Global E-waste Challenge Comparable national data on e-waste is to help track progress towards global e-waste legislation and recycling goals. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 4 Jun 2019 Global Meet our members – Polish Zero Waste Association 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 Virginie Little from Polish Zero Waste Association Hi Virginie, can you give us a brief introduction […] Zero Waste Europe · 4 Jun 2019 Global “A Fistful of Rubbish”: a new Western documentary set in the Tabernas A Fistful of Rubbish is a short documentary about a clean-up campaign happening in the Tabernas Desert in the South of Spain. The Tabernas is Europe’s only desert; its landscape is unique and when it isn’t blisteringly hot, it is easy to see how the magic of its rocky twists, raggedy outcrops, and dusty nooks […] Zero Waste Europe · 3 Jun 2019 Global The Deadliest Fraud of Our Time-Plastic Cigarette Filters Most people, even regular smokers, think cigarette filters are made from cotton. That’s perhaps the reason why most smokers throw away cigarette butts on the street, or even in the sewers. In fact, most modern cigarette filters are made from “Cellulose Acetate”, a form of plastic that takes 12 years to fully degrade in nature. […] Break Free From Plastic · 3 Jun 2019 Global News in brief: May 2019 Shoes by Timberland Timberland increases the use of renewable materials in its shoes In 2018, a total of 69% of all Timberland footwear shipped in 2018 contained major components (e.g., uppers, linings, and outsoles) with at least 10% recycled, organic or renewable (ROR) content, up slightly from 67% the previous year. Renewable materials [...] European Bioplastics News · 31 May 2019 Global The new RoadToBio Roadmap shows how to increase the share of bio-based row materials to 25% in the EU chemical industry by 2030 RoadToBio started in May 2017 to develop a roadmap outlining a path for achieving a 25 % share of bio-based products in the EU organic chemical industry in 2030 (as compared to 10 % share in 2016). The roadmap is intended to provide an evidence-based foundation for the EU chemical industry upon which future [...] European Bioplastics News · 31 May 2019 Global Member portrait: FKuR Mr Patrick Zimmermann, Director Marketing & Sales of FKuR In each issue of the Bioplastics Bulletin, we present five facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Mr Patrick Zimmermann, Director Marketing & Sales of FKuR, shares some information on one of the leading suppliers of bioplastics granulates for flexible packaging [...] European Bioplastics News · 31 May 2019 Global nova-Institute explores ways to achieve a renewable carbon chemical industry in the European Union The European chemical industry faces enormous challenges to meet the climate goals set by the European Commission in the framework of the Paris Agreement. This agreement aims at keeping a global temperature rise below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5°C. In this context, the position paper [...] European Bioplastics News · 31 May 2019 Global California Assembly Approves Ambitious Measure to Cut Packaging and Plastic Waste by 75% by 2030 SACRAMENTO--Acknowledging the worldwide environmental devastation and health problems wrought by plastic and non-recycled trash, both houses of the California State Legislature have now approved identical first-of-their-kind measures to dramatically reduce plastic and packaging waste and jumpstart the in-state clean recycling economy. Senate Bill 54 (Allen) and Assembly Bill 1080 (Gonzalez), to… Break Free From Plastic · 31 May 2019 Global Groups say goodbye to Canada waste, urge PH government to ban all waste imports immediately 30 May 2019, the Philippines - As the Philippines bid goodbye to the Canadian waste, six years after it was discovered in Philippine ports, environmental groups are calling on the Philippine government to ban all waste imports in the Philippines and ratify the Basel Ban Amendment. This follows the discovery of several other waste shipments […] Break Free From Plastic · 30 May 2019 Global California Senate Approves Ambitious Measure to Cut Packaging and Plastic Waste by 75% by 2030 SACRAMENTO--Amidst growing awareness of worldwide environmental devastation and health problems wrought by plastic and non-recycled trash, the California State Senate has approved first-of-its-kind legislation to dramatically reduce plastic and packaging waste and jumpstart the in-state clean recycling economy. Senate Bill 54 (Allen), known as the California Circular Economy and Plastic Polluti… Break Free From Plastic · 30 May 2019 Global Artificial Intelligence - The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum — Circular Economy · 29 May 2019 Global Daily Bread: Are tortillas and breads in Mexico adequately fortified? The post Daily Bread: Are tortillas and breads in Mexico adequately fortified? appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 28 May 2019 Global Dándole la vuelta a la tortilla: ¿Las tortillas y el pan en México están fortificados de manera adecuada? The post Dándole la vuelta a la tortilla: ¿Las tortillas y el pan en México están fortificados de manera adecuada? appeared first on Changing Markets . Changing Markets Foundation · 28 May 2019 Global Spring School 2019 – How to Design Solutions for Solid Waste Management Recap This article was written by Dr. Simonetta Tunesi. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 27 May 2019 Global GUEST BLOG | Hazardous Waste Management in the context of Circular Economy – An Holistic Approach On May 21 in Osaka, Japan, a workshop organized by UNEP IETC focused on Hazardous Waste Management in the context of Circular Economy. At this workshop ISWA was represented by Nicolas Humez, Chair of ISWA???s Working Group on Hazardous Waste and Directeur des Relations Institutionnelles of SARP Industries. Below is Nicolas' contribution to the fruitful discussion which involved different public… ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 27 May 2019 Global UNEP-IETC and ISWA Join Forces for the Global Waste Management Outlook 2 ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 27 May 2019 Global Green groups call on Southeast Asian governments to resist waste imports MANILA, Philippines (May 24, 2019) — “The recent news about waste shipments being discovered at the shores of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia is alarming. When the wealthy nations clean up, it should not have to be at the expense of the developing world. Governments in Asia, which has become the world's new dumpsite, must strictly […] Break Free From Plastic · 24 May 2019 Global The debate: biodegradable and compostable plastic bags Hofer’s certified compostable shopping bag with the seedling logo (c) VictorGroup In April, the University of Plymouth published the study "Environmental deterioration of biodegradable, oxo-biodegradable, compostable, and conventional plastic carrier bags in the sea, soil, and open-air over a 3-year period". Days after the publication, European Bioplastics released a press release stating [...] European Bioplastics News · 23 May 2019 Global Recap of the First International Conference on Medical Waste Management in Russia (Moscow,19 March 2019) On 19 March 2019, Moscow hosted its first international event on medical waste management. The speakers and attendees included representatives of authorities responsible for medical waste treatment, heads of state programs and leading experts, including ISWA Working Group on Healthcare Waste member, Sandra Eglite who spoke about introduction of system of collection, treatment and disposal of me… ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 23 May 2019 Global OECD Legal Instruments - OECD Legal Instruments OECD — Environment · 23 May 2019 Global College of the Atlantic Commits to Campus Wide Plastic Elimination Goal Bar Harbor, ME. The College of the Atlantic is the first college campus in the country to sign onto the “Break Free From Plastic Campus Pledge” - a campus-wide commitment to eliminate all single-use disposable plastics. With COA’s President signing the pledge last week, COA has committed to “Break Free From Plastic” by 2025. This […] Break Free From Plastic · 23 May 2019 Global Asia Will No Longer Tolerate Being a Plastic Waste Dump Over the last three decades, the top plastic waste exporters, including the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom, sent abroad plastic waste weighting about 168 million tonnes, most of it to China. In 2018, China said “enough is enough,” and announced a ban on imports of plastic waste, setting off a crisis in the global […] Break Free From Plastic · 22 May 2019 Global How America Is Sabotaging The Global War On Plastic Waste When President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Save Our Seas Act into law last October, he painted a grim picture of just how dire marine plastic pollution had become. “Every year, over 8 million tons of garbage is dumped into our oceans,” he declared. “This waste, trash and debris harms not only marine life, but […] Break Free From Plastic · 22 May 2019 Global MARTIN – Orders for delivery of total plants and grate systems Luoqi, China[nbsp] Order for delivery of total plant Our licensee, Chongqing Sanfeng Covanta Environmental Industry Co., Ltd., has been awarded... ESWET (European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology) · 21 May 2019 Global A zero waste hierarchy for Europe When the current waste hierarchy was conceived (1), waste management was about disposing of our waste with the minimum damage to health and the environment. Despite its non-binding nature, it has proven to be a good tool to provide guidance in the transition to modern waste management. Source: Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (Waste Framework Directive) […] Zero Waste Europe · 20 May 2019 Global Does Plastic Make Us Sick? “Overall, the lifecycle impacts of plastic paint an unequivocally toxic picture: plastic threatens human health on a global scale.” Plastic is a pollutant of unique concern: long lasting and persistent, as every single piece of plastic ever produced is still on the planet, polluting our soils, water, and air while carrying toxic impacts throughout its […] Zero Waste Europe · 20 May 2019 Global Over 46 Million single-use plastics are disposed in Hong Kong every week Greeners Action has been focusing on waste reduction in Hong Kong for over 25 years. Single-use plastics and overpackaged products are the two areas that we aim to eliminate. To better understand the current situation, we conducted a survey in March and April this year and interviewed 861 people on single-use plastics distributed by restaurants. […] Break Free From Plastic · 17 May 2019 Global Open letter to the lead candidates for the role of European Commission President [vc_custom_heading text=”Open letter to the lead candidates for the role of European Commission President ” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:60|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1558084863256{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”]Zero Waste Europe has joined with thirty-two other leading campaign groups, farming organisations, and think tanks to call on the next European Commi… Zero Waste Europe · 17 May 2019 Global Ecomondo 2019 Puts the Circular Economy at its Core The leading European event for the new green economy, Ecomondo, once again will open its doors at Rimini Fiera, Italy, from the 5th to 8th November. Italy???s leadership on the bioplastic front, innovation in integrated waste management, integrated wastewater cycle and hydrogeological instability are some of the key themes running through the exhibition. ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) · 17 May 2019 Global Mismanaged waste 'kills up to a million people a year globally' Mismanaged waste is causing hundreds of thousands of people to die each year in the developing world from easily preventable causes, and plastic waste is adding a new and dangerous dimension to the problem, a report has found. Municipal waste frequently goes uncollected in poorer countries and its buildup fuels the spread of disease. Between […] Break Free From Plastic · 17 May 2019