On February 11 the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation comes into force. It regulates recyclability, recycled content, ecolabelling and recycling rates, meaning new requirements for industry, trade and policymakers.
In just over a year waste sorting expert Sutco built Europe's most modern and Austria's largest sorting plant. It handles plastic and metal...
Plastics have been more and more replaced by alternative materials believed to be more sustainable. A new study looks at the life cycle...
2023 shows a serious destabilisation of the European plastics sector. Imports of recycled plastics into the EU are increasing. This is...
Circular economy expert Eva Müller-Axmann talks with Waste Management World about the key elements of the Packaging and Packaging Waste...
The trialogue negotiations between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission about the PPWR...
With the proposed Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) the EU aims to reduce packaging waste. But now a legal assessment...
Pentawards chief Adam Ryan explains how sustainability is growing in sophistication and how brands are expanding their mission to be more...
The European Parliament’s latest round of voting on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) reflects a stance that is behind...
A new report shines a light on single-use paper packaging revealing that it is not a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics, it...
The majority of products purchased in e-commerce are packaged in disposable packaging. The praxPACK project aims to contribute to the...
Even though the paper industry has made significant strides in increasing the sustainability of its production by increasing the recycled...
The EU Commission gives Austria a good report card. The country is "well on the way to achieving the 2025 targets". In some areas, the...
The EU Commission published an early warning report. Only 9 countries are on track to reach EU waste targets.
According to scientists, a clear definition and purpose of promoting circularity is essential in advancing sustainability in value chains,...
Packaging is a constantly growing source of waste. It is also is one of the main users of virgin materials. With its proposal for a...
New PE technology developed by US company Dow for received recyclability approval by RecyClass.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has presented a study on the analysis of inefficiencies in the plastics value chain and their solutions.
Nine simple tricks to tackle your waste production beyond your purchases.
A new report shows that aluminium beverage can recycling in 2020 remained high at 73% despite the impact of the new EU recycling reporting...
In Italy and France, new regulations require recycling information to be made accessible on all product packaging from 1 January 2023....
Plastic waste generation is growing rapidly while recycling rates are dropping. In the US only 6 percent of waste plastic gets recycled....
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