Revised Directives on Packaging and Waste 2019-05-31 12:36:19 FEAD Position Paper on Improving Packaging Recycling Rates FEAD has published a position paper on improving packaging design to increase recycling rates in the framework of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. read more ...
EPBA Raises Awareness on Portable Battery Collection 2019-04-23 14:32:57 Battery Association Goes to Strasbourg to Boost Battery Recycling Rates The EPBA has organised a campaign in the European Parliament in Strasbourg to raise awareness about portable battery collection and recycling. read more ...
3 Million Tonnes of Capacity Needed 2019-04-05 11:13:00 Growing Need to Recycle Increasing Volumes of Engineering Plastics By 2020 the EU will generate an additional 46% of plastic waste from the electrical & electronic (E&E) sector in comparison to the year 2000, according to a new report by Plastics Recyclers Europe. read more ...
Recycled, Recovered with Waste to Energy or landfilled? 2019-03-29 14:12:38 ESWET Responds to Eurostat Findings on Municipal Waste Treatment in EU ESWET has welomed the increasing share of recycling and waste to energy and lower share for landfilling, but said that there is still room for improvement. read more ...
“The Aim of Recycling is Changing” 2019-03-27 14:51:07 COMMENT: Keep It Simple When it Comes to Kerbside Recycling Collections Richard McKinlay, Axion’s Head of Circular Economy, has called for residential kerbside recycling collections tp focus on consistent quality if the UK is to boost plastics recycling rates and meet current targets. read more ...
Aim to Achieve 70% Recycling Rate for Plastic Packaging by 2025 2019-02-28 14:36:39 Strategic Partnership Between WRAP & OPRL to Meet Recycling Targets WRAP and OPRL have entered into a strategic partnership which sets out how the two organisations will work together towards meeting the UK’s recycling targets. read more ... Government Urged to Include Bottles of All Sizes 2019-02-18 15:11:33 CPRE Calls for Comprehensive Deposit Return Scheme as Defra Launches Consultation The Campaign for Rural England has urged the government to ensure that its proposed Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for bottles covers drinks bottles of all sizes. read more ... Less Than 5% NSW’s C&I Waste Sent for Recovery 2018-12-13 12:58:28 BLOG: The Status of Commercial & Industrial Waste Sorting and Recycling in Australia MRA Consulting’s Esther Hughes and Mike Ritchie explore the options for increasing the recycling rate for C&I waste in Australia… read more ... All Cartons Collected to be Recycled by 2025 2018-11-20 12:48:46 Tetra Pak & Veolia Team-Up to Recycle All Beverage Carton Components in EU Tetra Pak has joined forces with waste and resource Veolia in a bid to recycle all of the components of used beverage cartons collected within the European Union by 2025. read more ... Strong Domestic Recycled PET Demand Continues 2018-11-16 15:09:44 PET Recycling Rate Returns to Growth in US & Canada in 2017 In the US and Canada, the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) announced today the release of the Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity in 2017. read more ... Repak Figures Show Beverage Can Recycling Hits Record High in Ireland 2018-10-24 12:04:03 Ireland Recycling Over 70% of Aluminium Drink Cans Over 70% of aluminium drink cans sold and consumed in Ireland in 2017 were collected for recycling, according to Repak, Ireland’s only government-approved packaging recycling scheme. read more ... ABC-TV Looks at the Swedish Waste Management System 2018-09-10 16:48:29 VIDEO: Should Australia Adopt Sweden’s Waste to Energy Model There’s a new push in Australia to build waste to energy capacity. National broadcaster ABC-TV sent reporter Craig Reucassel to investigate whether the Swedish model could work down under. read more ...
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