EUWID Recycling and Waste Management
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Nov 4, 2024 · The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has updated its targets for plastic reuse and recycling. The first edition of the Recycling Roadmap, which was published in 2021, envisaged that a 69 per cent recycling rate would be achieved by 2030.
BIR underlines significance of free trade in recycled materials for ...
1 hour ago · 22 August 2024. The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) issued a new position paper highlighting the harm caused by trade barriers to the global flow of recycled materials and urging governments to avoid policy interventions that disrupt market access for recycled materials. The industry association warns that such actions could undermine ...
EU Parliament has approved new Waste Shipments Regulation
Feb 28, 2024 · The new EU Regulation on Shipments of Waste (WSR) is on the home straight. At its plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, the European Parliament approved the text negotiated at the end of last year. It prohibits the export of plastic waste from the EU to non-OECD states and tightens the rules for other waste shipments to …
European WEEE collection rates plunge as collection volumes …
2 days ago · The amount of electrical and electronic waste collected separately in Europe for recycling stagnates. Recent data from the statistical authority Eurostat indicates that almost 5 million tonnes of e-scrap were collected in the 27 EU member states in 2022. This marked the first time since 2014 that collection volumes had decreased slightly even as the steep rise in the number of new electrical ...
PPWR adoption in the European Parliament postponed again
5 hours ago · After passing Parliament, the new EU Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste will also have to be officially endorsed by the Council. The future EU Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) will not be announced in the European Parliament for final adoption under the corrigendum procedure this week as previously planned....
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Nov 4, 2024 · Stable copper LME price boosts scrap metal prices in Germany. After rallying in the second half of September, the LME copper price maintained its high level at the beginning of October, even though it failed to break the $10,000-mark last week. On the German non-ferrous scrap metal market, prices for copper scrap rose significantly again in the ...
Recycling industry groups call for preservation of plastic waste ...
Nov 16, 2023 · With representatives of the European Parliament and the Commission looking to wrap up their trilogue negotiations on the revised Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) this week, associations representing the recycling and PVC manufacturing industries are calling on Brussels policy makers to reject proposed changes to the EU green list for intra-EU waste shipments. The amendments, which form part of ...
EU's recovered paper exports to third countries up 70 per cent in …
Sep 29, 2023 · EU foreign trade in recovered paper was extremely volatile over the past 18 months. The 27 European Union member states shipped a record-low amount of paper and board for recycling to destinations outside the EU ("third countries") in the first six months of 2022. Exports to third countries then soared to levels not seen in a quite some time in the second half of 2022 and at the beginning of 2023.