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Position Paper on Circular Economy Package 2016
Metal Packaging Europe welcomes the revised Circular Economy Package. The Commission’s proposal amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (WFD) and Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (PPWD) are an important step towards an improved European policy framework to encourage the transition towards a circular economy and to ensure sustainable growth. With regard to metal ...
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How good an alternative are biodegradable plastics?
A recent study discusses biodegradable plastics (BDPs) as an alternative to conventional plastic packaging. It investigates their advantages and the possibilities for waste management. Over 67 million tonnes of packaging waste is generated annually in the EU. The EU directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste1 requires Member States to reduce waste and develop recycling systems. Although the ...
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Plastics recycling: overcoming barriers and creating new opportunities
The production of plastics is increasing, but our use of the material is not sustainable. A recent study provides an overview of challenges and opportunities for recycling plastics and suggests that it could be possible to stop the majority of plastic waste reaching landfill over the next few decades. Around 4 per cent of petroleum is used directly in the manufacture of plastics each year. A ...
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Packaging waste targets
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has set ambitious targets to recycle more than 70% of packaging waste by 2020 and to make the packaging recovery note system more transparent. The consultation is spilt into three main parts which include: New recovery and recycling targets for packaging waste for 2011-20 for obligated businesses; Strengthened reporting provisions for ...
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LGA: battery producers should take responsibility for battery collections
Local authorities will be willing to help retailers increase battery recycling but the onus to provide collection facilities should be put on the producer not the councils, according to the Local Government Association. From February 1, UK retailers which sell more than 32kg of portable batteries per year (equivalent of one four-pack of AA batteries a day) in an individual store, over the ...
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UK meets packaging recycling and recovery targets
The UK has met its packaging recycling and recovery targets, new figures show. The Environment Agency has published the targets on the National Packaging Waste Database for quarter four of 2009. More than 1.86 million tonnes of packaging was recovered and recycled in Q4, meaning that the UK has met its targets. Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) trading platform Environment Exchange managing ...
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Veolia Environnement acquires SULO group in Germany
Paris -- Veolia Environnement today announced the signature of an agreement with The Blackstone Group and Apax Partners with a view to acquiring Sulo, the German number 2 in waste management. The acquisition, for an enterprise value of €1,450 million (including financial debt), will be carried out by Veolia Environnement. The operation will confirm the leadership position of Veolia ...
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Glass remelters importing cullet due to declining UK quality, say some in the industry
Glass reprocessors struggling to find enough high quality cullet for remelting are having to import cullet, according to some in the industry. Due to the declining quality of cullet being produced in the UK many firms are either importing cullet to top up glass levels or are using plate glass. In 2008 the UK recycled 1.6 million tonnes of cullet but only 662,000 tonnes of this is going back ...
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Reform of the UK`s Packaging Producer Responsibility System
The Scottish, Welsh and UK governments' consultation on reform of the UK-wide and more than 20 year old Packaging Producer Responsibility System ended on 13th May. Leading up to this, stakeholders expressed concerns over the system's transparency including how income from the sale of evidence has supported packaging waste recycling, that local authorities receive limited direct financial support ...
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Italian Exhibition Group: Ecomondo and Key Energy are international green economy´large business platforms
The expos dedicated to circular economy and renewable energies are a European reference point for enterprises and institutions in the transition to the only economy offering prospects of development. View the video: https://bit.ly/2QvNTKh Rimini, 12th November 2018 . On the European platform organized by Italian Exhibition Group dedicated to the green economy and renewable energies, for four ...
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Labour support for landfill ban on food waste confirmed by Mary Creagh
Speaking at the Labour Party Annual Conference 2013 in Brighton earlier this week, Mary Creagh MP confirmed Labour’s intention to introduce a ban on food to landfill should they be successful at the 2015 general election. Creagh said: “A one nation Labour government will ban food from landfill so that less food gets wasted in the supermarket supply chain and more food gets eaten by ...
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Hunting for Hidden Treasure - The International Trade Fair for Waste Management and Environmental Technology shows how waste can be turned into valuable resources
Urban mining — the recovery of raw materials from waste — is the vision of the future for the global waste-management industry. This aims to conserve natural resources and protect the environment, but that's not all. For today, there are also increasingly good business reasons to recycle and reuse materials from the waste generated in advanced economies. This is because of a growing demand — and ...
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Waste management in Denmark - Renè Møller Rosendal
Renè Møller Rosenda, RenoSam - Danish association of intermunicipal waste management companies; Denmark Mr Rosendal is a speaker at the Waste Management Conference, 28/30 March 2012, http://www.eco.viaexpo.com What is the way of determining the garbage (municipality waste) fees and the way of payment. In Denmark the municipality decides the price, but it ...
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