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We need to change how the EU packages food and beverages to transition to a low-carbon circular economy.
Author: Maryna Manteghi,
PhD researcher, University of Turku, Finland.
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via Wikimedia
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Introduction
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The two circular livestream video portals visually connect New York and Dublin in real-time.
The two circular livestream video portals visually connect New York and Dublin in real-time.
Professor Steve Peers,
Royal Holloway, University of London
Photo credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia Commons(last updated 10 June 2024: changed text marked by an asterisk)Just before Christmas, the
European Parliament and the Council (the EU body consi…
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The EUโs new requirements for circularity, renewables and the bioeconomy will require verification if they are to work, after EU legislators came to a hard-fought agreement on revising the unionโs legislation covering packaging and packaging waste.
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Food waste remains one of the main obstacles towards achieving a circular economy. Find out more about the Parliament’s proposed solutions. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
On Tuesday, MEPs adopted new EU consumer-protection rules to better respond to increased online shopping, emerging technologies and the transition to a circular economy.Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionCommittee on Legal Affairs …
On Monday, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on revamped rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging, increase safety and boost the circular economy.Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Source : ยฉ European U…
The Environment Committee adopted its proposals to better prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU.Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
It is hoped that the โFuture Circular Colliderโ will be able to discover what makes up dark matter.
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Van Ho, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Essex
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The European Unionโs Council and
Parliament have agreed to a provisional text for a new directive that …
In the face of an escalating packaging waste crisis, European citizens and circular businesses are still eagerly waiting for the EU institutions to finally deliver credible rules to stop the growth of throwaway packing, writes Marco Musso.
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Ahead of the Environment Council seeking a General Approach on Packaging and Packaging Waste, The Brewers of Europe call on decision makers to level the playing field and ensure all alcoholic beverage sectors play by the same rules.
