Proposed plastics policy demonstrates a pragmatic, measured approach. Risk-based policy measures can deliver regulation that works in the real world, providing environmental protection without hindering industrial competitiveness.
The former vice president said the administration was โinsisting on trying to create their own preferred version of reality.โ
New regulations aim to make products last longer and easier to repair.
Is Europe really facing a scrap metal crisis, or itโs just a convenient policy narrative? With possible additional EU recycled metal export restrictions looming, the future of recycling is on the line. Will the EU sacrifice its own recycling industry t…
A super secret guide of all the top ways to muscle in on the U.K.’s broken election system.
Europeans do not export much aluminum to the United States. Yet, the 25% tariffs imposed by Donald Trump are disrupting the sector, particularly the recycling branch.
โWe will not tolerate cartels of any kind, and that includes those that suppress customer awareness and demand for more environmental-friendly productsโ said European Competition chief Teresa Ribera
Ten years after the Dieselgate scandal over cheating in exhaust emissions tests, European carmakers are in the frame again, this time for market skulduggery in the form of a clandestine agreement not to compete on grounds of environmental friendliness …
EU and UK watchdogs act after finding multiple manufacturers co-ordinated positions on vehicle recycling
Ionic Technologies says it is the only company outside China able to separate the four most valuable oxides
The EU plastic recycling capacity has increased more than 55% in the last five years, but much of it remains underused due to weak demand.
As the historic town of Leuven strives to become carbon neutral, it is transforming how its building are made โ and demolished. Are there lessons for the rest of the world?Kelly Sempelsโ dad was a builder, most of her five brothers are builders, and, u…
A โcritical chemicals actโ would keep production of key molecules on EU soil, countries argue.
The Polish capital struggled with new waste directive requirements for mandatory waste separation.
One German aluminum factory decided to go green and close its smelter. The EU faces a similar choice, with Europeโs future at stake.
Ecommerce groups will be forced to cover costs of collecting, sorting and recycling
Companies say recycling electric waste can provide a new independent source of the sought after elements
The executive order expected to come next week is an extension of a yearslong cultural war over paper and plastic straws.
The new EU recycling legislation, expected to be proposed next year, will try to close existing loopholes but not overburden businesses with new bureaucracy, says a Commission official.
The European Commission’s policy plans point to growth even as it tries to hold on to ambitious climate goals.
The contours of a mammoth industrial decarbonization strategy are taking shape ahead of its Feb. 26 unveiling.
Message came after northern city of Ghent posted tips for recycling the conifer as a dishAt a time when most people have probably polished off their holiday leftovers, Belgiumโs food agency has issued a surprising seasonal health warning: donโt eat you…
EU countries are behind on most, if not all, their sustainability commitments.
How chemical recycling could help address Europe’s plastic waste challenge.
Cobalt demand will triple by 2050 as the energy transition accelerates. Electric vehicles and consumer goods are driving the shift, and cobalt recycling demonstrates strong growth capacity.
Being sustainable is just one piece of the puzzle. Circular economy principles must be paired with strong waste management practices.
For all the talk of revitalizing and greening Europe, company owners in Italy are being allowed to relocate their businesses abroad rather than modernize and adjust at home.
Middle East conflict has been inescapable at the COP29 climate talks.
The country has difficulty meeting EU targets on non-recycled plastics and recycling in general.
When countries dispose of steel in landfills, it means they donโt have access to the proper infrastructure to recycle it, Steel for Packaging Europe President Luc Brantjes told Euractiv.
Since February, 630m empty cans and bottles have been deposited at reverse vending machinesAfter initial consumer confusion and irritation, Irelandโs first ever bottle deposit return scheme has finally been embraced by the public, with 111m containers …
Fibre-based packaging supports the EUโs sustainability goals with a high recycling rate and reduced CO2 emissions. It advances a circular economy, boosts competitiveness, and contributes to food security. Clear regulations and innovation incentives are…
Beer plays an important role in Europeโs economy, but excise burdens, production costs and the post-Covid environment are putting pressure on the sectorโs ability to act as a motor for the whole economy.
Europe needs to focus on the lifecycle of steel packaging, ideally leading to improved recycling rates. Steel for Packaging Europe wants to convince people not to throw their steel packaging away with their general waste, but to recycle it.
Steel for Packaging Europe has outlined its industry priorities for the 2024-2029 term. The industry association aims to put circularity at the heart of Europeโs economy while promoting recycling rates for steel.
The materials of beverage cartons are able to be separated and recycled at scale when collected properly
How are beverage cartons recycled and what happens to the fibres afterwards?
The filing caps a two-and-a-half-year investigation into the oil giant.
A more circular, resource-efficient economy is a top EU policy priority.
Explore the EU Vision Paper for the European steel packaging industry, learn how we are turning this vision into reality, and discover our key priorities for the 2024-2029 term.
We arenโt reducing global emissions, just depriving ourselves of jobs, profits, raw material sovereignty and, therefore, security.
Across the continent, ingenious small businesses are saving products from landfills and giving them a new lease on life.
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about French President Emmanuel Macron hoping to sell Rafales to Serbia, businesses urging Slovakia not to destroy what businesses say is a successful recycling system, and so much more.
Slovakia’s Environment Ministry should abandon legislative plans that could jeopardise the country’s highly successful Deposit Return System (DRS), which serves as a model for other EU countries, nine beverage packaging companies, including EUROPEN, th…
Toymaker hopes to bring down oil-based plastic it uses by paying up to 70% more for certified renewable resin to encourage productionLego plans to make half the plastic in its bricks from renewable or recycled material rather than fossil fuels by 2026,…
From energy to reused infrastructure to vegetable-friendly menus, the 2024 Paris Olympics organising committee orchestrated this year’s event with their own flavour.
With over 400 million tons of plastic produced annually worldwide, half of which is designed for single use, and less than 10% recycled, the need to improve circularity is imperative. The upcoming delegated act from the Single-Use Plastics Directive (S…
A triple win for sustainability, circularity and business
Biden is right to heed working class voters in Pennsylvania. The Continent, which has even more to lose from a second China shock, better start listening to its workers too.
As electric vehicle continue their rollout, Euractiv spoke with several French industry players looking at battery recycling to capture and re-use critical raw materials.
As Europe gears up to vote in the EU election, we look at what the last crop of MEPs did for you.
FTSE 100 firm DS Smith, which works with firms over alternatives, urges next government to match global standardsWhoever wins the UK general election must tighten regulations to slash the use of plastic packaging, match global standards and drive โgree…
The European Union is a pioneer of the environmental law known as Extended Producer Responsibility, which lengthens a producerโs accountability for products from creation to end of life. But compliance therewith is overwhelming smaller businesses.
As the EU prepares for a new mandate, Citeo advocates 11 measures aimed at developing an environmental and sovereign economic model for Europe.
Paris, May 6, 2024 (AFP) – The EU’s Green Deal has been the target of virulent online disinformation ahead of European parliament elections in June, such as fabricated claims that Brussels plans to introduce a “carbon passport” or ban repairs of cars o…
The construction sector accounts for 62% of waste: that could be drastically cut if we chose refurbishment over demolitionMy first phone was a Nokia 3210, a cute grey brick with just enough computing power to run Snake. Compared with todayโs sleek 5G t…
The European Parliament has adopted by a large majority a new directive on packaging and packaging waste. The text includes measures to prevent the production of waste, but also to promote the reuse and recycling of certain types of packaging.
As elections near, industry bosses argue the EU needs to create the right conditions to build a competitive green economy.
Nickel is an important part of EV battery manufacturing because of its energy density and capacity retention. Demand for nickel is on an upward trajectory as EV sales surge, but despite extensive recycling efforts, nickel demand continues to outpace su…
On Monday, the Council of the EU unanimously voted to adopt the revised Waste Shipment Regulation. This text, which now becomes EU law, aims to encourage more local waste management and greater recycling of raw materials, while exports of waste to non-…
Loopholes in international regulations on ship recycling are resulting in major human and environmental damage.
Brussels is going after excessive packaging in a bid to slash waste.
Step change in EU plastic recycling rates is possible โ but only if the European Commissionโs Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation prevents waste from third-party countries from counting against EU recycling targets.
The EU is considering defining post-consumer plastic waste as “plastic waste placed on the market of a Member State or a third country” – a definition which could threaten the entire recycling industry in Europe, write Lauriane Veillard and Joan Marc S…
The EU executive suggests laxer rules for calculating recycled content in products, siding with the chemical industry.
The industry sells itself on producing clothes from ‘recycled materials’, but these are mostly made from recycled plastics that cannot be recycled a second time. NGOs explain that the only solution is to buy less clothing.
In a rare show of unity, business and environmental groups have published a joint letter calling on EU policymakers to back mandatory sorting of mixed household waste, saying this is the only way to meet EU recycling goals and prevent the incineration …
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Exclusive: Britain is falling behind the bloc on almost every area of green regulation, analysis revealsNorthern Ireland โdirty corner of Europe due to lack of governanceโExplainer: UK environmental protections dropped since BrexitVital legal protectio…
The blocโs recovery fund is a #NextGenDisaster wrapped in an EU flag.
In June 2024, European citizens will go to the polls to elect new Members of the European Parliament. This event is the first of a series of institutional changes which will mark the start of a new five-year mandate for…
Households will be able to drop off cables and other electrical waste in-store or have home collections, says DefraBritish households will benefit from improved routes for recycling electronic goods from 2026, under government plans to have producers a…
The EUโs Critical Raw Materials Act, adopted on Thursday (7 December), aims to reduce permitting times for domestic mining and recycling projects, but fails to create the broader conditions necessary for companies to make those investments, the industr…
A pioneering city scheme is putting Franceโs ambitious waste-reduction policies into practice When Alexandre Garcin dreamed up Zero-Waste Roubaix, it wasnโt sustainability he wanted to tackle, but the litter problem that plagued his city. In the middle…
On 22 November, the European Parliament sent strong positive signals to EU citizens and businesses when it voted on its amendments to the proposal for an EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Encouragingly, Members of the European Parliam…
On Wednesday, Parliament adopted its position on new EU-wide rules on packaging, to tackle constantly growing waste and boost reuse and recycling.Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Source : ยฉ European Union, 2023 – EP
France has already banned it โย now industry is lobbying hard to ensure the EU doesn’t do the same.
Crucial EU vote on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation could result in a rule intended to prevent waste including a loophole that causes a mountain of it.
As the world races to electrify and reduce carbon emissions, demand for the silvery-white alkali metal is skyrocketing.
Rules, still subject to formal approval, stop exports to non-OECD countries and limit them elsewhereThe EU has struck a deal to stop ships of waste plastic landing in ports of poor countries.European lawmakers and member states agreed on Friday to ban …
Cheese makers in France are lobbying against the new rules, which could spell the end of traditional wooden packaging.
Next weekโs vote on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is a risky moment for Europeโs green future and circular economy.
Ahead of the plenary vote on the proposed Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), a large group of European and national associations across various sectors are expressing serious concerns regarding the approach to reuse adopted by the Europea…
Brussels risks another ‘bendy banana’ PR disaster over single-use packaging.
Science, not ideology, should be at the forefront of our policies. This is especially true if we aspire to fortify Europe’s strategic autonomy and realise a truly circular economy. Yet, when it comes to the EUโs โGreen New Dealโ, science too often take…
MEPs should recognize reuse and recycling as complementary solutions in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
Governments count on metals recycling boom for energy security
Only complementary recycling and reuse systems will allow us to achieve the PPWRโs objectives. To accelerate progress on packaging circularity in Europe, we need a strong, consistent and evidence-based regulation, built to shape the transition in an ec…
In the pursuit of a more sustainable future, we, the European natural mineral waters and soft drinks industries are enhancing our packaging material efficiency, investing in lightweighting solutions and recyclability, and setting up efficient collectio…
Industry identifies โPlastics Transitionโ roadmap milestone: a dynamic cultural shift toward making plastics circular; driving lifecycle emissions to net zero; and fostering the sustainable use of plastics.
The EU is moving forward with new legislation to boost the recycling of rare earths contained in permanent magnets, used in everything from wind turbines to electric vehicles as well as home appliances like washing machines and microwave ovens.
Consumer groups issue formal notice to European Commission over โgreenwashingโ claims that bottles are โ100% recyclableโ or โ100% recycledโBig drinks companies are misleading customers with claims that their plastic water bottles are fully recycled or …
EPR has been widely recognized and celebrated as being an effective way of making producers responsible for products (and their subsequent waste) they produce. On the one hand, based on a partnership between companies, municipalities and waste managers…
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Legal loopholes and a lack of transparency facilitate the flow of illegal exports to countries like Myanmar.
Millions of tonnes of T-shirts and dresses are dumped or burned every year. Turning old clothes into new ones is possible โ the question is whether it is a realistic solutionThe sun is always shining in the Swedish seaside town of Sundsvall, according …
When it comes to recycling, Kiel has pulled ahead of the crowd, with its ban on single-use items, plans for leftover meals and innovative ideas for discarded human hairThe hair that drops in clumps on the floors of some salons in Kiel, a port city in n…
Without a packaging legislation that is supportive of reuse, refill and recycling as complementary solutions, industry faces major difficulties in meeting its circularity obligations, and the future of currently-effective recycling systems could be seriously compromised.
Food giant: Blanket approach to Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation reform is at odds with EUโs green ambition for carbon emissions reduction, consumer safety and food waste goals, and innovation.
A blanket โbring or buyโ reusable scheme has been introduced in the town, which was getting through 23,000 cups a weekKillarney used to accept it as a price of being a tourist town: ubiquitous disposable coffee cups spilling from bins, littering roads …
