• circular economy
The Waste Management Community Will Not Stay Neutral on Climate Change The day before yesterday, 14:25 ISWA: In Defense of Science – Global Warming is Not an Opinion ISWA President Antonis Mavropoulos explains why ISWA and the waste management community will not stay neutral towards the efforts to deny or downplay climate change. read more …
World Resources Forum 2019 Approaches 25.01.2019 11:57 Antwerp Ready for Comprehensive Circular Economy Conference Taking place in Antwerp, Belgium from 24 - 27 February, this year’s 2019 World Resources Forum will focus on closing resource loops and achieving the circular economy. read more …
17,000 TPA Plastic Recycling Facility to Use Magnetic Density Separation 09.01.2019 12:52 Ikea Investment in New Plastic Recycling Technology at Port of Amsterdam Plastic Recycling Amsterdam, a collaboration between Umincorp and Milieu Service Nederland, is constructing a new plastics recycling plant is to be built at the Port of Amsterdam. read more …
Partners Publish Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for Plastics 07.12.2018 11:58 EuPC & Partners Publish Strategic Research Plastics in a Circular Economy Plastics can accelerate their contribution to the European Circular Economy objectives of reduced greenhouse gas emissions, higher resource efficiency and job creation, according to a new report from EuPC and 4 other partners. read more …
Virtuous Circle Event Attended by Steel Packaging Trade Association 07.12.2018 11:16 APEAL Shares Best Practice for Recycling Steel Packaging at Commission Workshop in Romania The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging joined the European Commission’s Virtuous Circle workshop in Romania, 6 December. read more …
Research Paper on Why It’s Sometimes Better to Recover Energy 03.12.2018 15:56 IN DEPTH: Why Switzerland Does Not Enforce Plastics Recycling In a recent research paper Prof. Dr. Rainer Bunge argues that efforts to improve the recycling of plastics are not always the most environmentally beneficial. Often energy recovery is preferable. read more … Italian Firms to Make Refuse Collection More Circular 23.11.2018 13:06 Hera and Eni Team Up to Recycle Used Cooking Oil into Fuel for Waste Collection Italian oil and gas giant, Eni and multi-utility firm Hera, have signed a partnership agreement with the aim of converting used vegetable oil into biofuel for Hera’s waste collection vehicles. read more … Zero Waste Scotland Launches Initiative and Circular Economy Hotspot Event 02.11.2018 11:55 Scotland Launches £1m Grants to Businesses with ‘Big Ideas’ to Cut Food Waste In Scotland grants of up to £1 million are being made available to businesses with ‘big ideas’ about how to cut food waste and help them bring concepts to market. read more … Circular Charlotte to Implement Zero Waste Strategy 30.10.2018 15:46 $2.3bn Potential for Circular Economy in Charlotte, North Carolina In North Carolina the City of Charlotte is taking the first steps towards implementing a circular economy that could lead to zero waste while generating thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in revenue. read more … Italian Green Economy Expo to Highlight COSME, LIFE, Horizon 2020 and EMFF Initiatives 24.10.2018 11:43 EU Funded Circular Economy Projects to be Showcased at Ecomondo in Rimini This year’s Ecomondo exhibition in Rimini from 6-9 November will showcase European projects financed via four different programs by means of the European Union’s agency Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises. read more … Initiative to Close the Loop on Skeletal Waste for Plastics Manufacturers 24.10.2018 10:37 New Scheme to Help Plastic Sheet Producers Use Recycled Content from Vanden A new scheme launched by plastic waste specialist Vanden aims to help sheet manufacturers find new and reliable sources of high-quality recovered polymers. read more … World Circular Economy Meeting Held in Yokohama 24.10.2018 10:19 Circular Economy Pledges from Japanese & Finnish Ministers Japan’s State Minister of the Environment, Tsukasa Akimoto, has pledged that Japan will advance the circular economy when the world’s third biggest economy takes up the presidency of the G20 in 2019. read more …
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