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January 8, 2018

EU legislation on waste

Council of the European Union and EU Parliament provisionally agree on EU Commission’s proposals for revision of EU waste legislation; introduce new binding targets for packaging waste recycling, define requirements for extended producer responsibility

Topics: circular economy, European Commission, European Parliament, recycling

Reading time: 4 minutes

December 21, 2017

EFSA working group on recycling plastics: 20^th meeting

Updated meeting minutes of EFSA’s CEF Panel working group on recycling plastics now available online

Topics: EFSA, PET, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

December 19, 2017

PET collection and recycling growing in Europe

Nearly 60% of PET bottles on European market collected for recycling in 2016, according to Petcore Europe report; detailed survey results to be discussed at 2018 Petcore Europe conference

Topics: circular economy, PET, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

December 12, 2017

Non-harmonized FCMs and plastic recycling

Smithers Pira 2017 conference on plastic and paper in contact with food covers initiatives by industry associations and recycling of plastic FCMs

Topics: events, PET, printing inks, recycling

Reading time: 2 minutes

December 11, 2017

Paper and board in contact with food

Experts from paper and board manufacturers and chemical industry discuss legal requirements, challenges in the supply chain and during recycling

Topics: adhesives, events, paper & board, recycling

Reading time: 2 minutes

December 11, 2017

Discussing FCM regulation in the EU

Speakers at 2017 Smithers Pira “Plastics & Paper” conference summarize recent developments in EU FCM regulation landscape, discuss EU Commission’s proposal for printed FCMs

Topics: active packaging, European Commission, European Parliament, events, plastics, printing inks, recycling, regulation

Reading time: 4 minutes

December 1, 2017

Plastics recyclers call for separate collection

Plastics Recyclers Europe issue bales characterization guidelines aiming to promote separate collection of different types of plastics for recycling

Topics: recycling

Reading time: 2 minutes

November 27, 2017

EU plastics industry commits to circular economy

European plastic industry associations support re-use and recycling goals of EU Commission’s Circular Economy Package, call for separate collection of packaging waste

Topics: circular economy, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

November 22, 2017

U.S. plastic bottle recycling again decreases

According to annual report by the Association of Plastic Recyclers and the American Chemistry Council, PET and HDPE bottle recycling on decline, while PP bottle recycling increased by 15% in 2016

Topics: PET, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

November 21, 2017

New technology for chemical recycling of PET

EU-funded project DEMETO develops industrial-scale process to chemically break down PET to its building blocks and reintroduce them at the virgin-grade production stage

Topics: circular economy, PET, plastics, recycling

Reading time: 1 minute

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