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Text no.: 011 Issue RW04/2021 Publication date: 24.02.2021
New supply contract for clinical
waste plant opening soon
(UK) – A clinical waste treatment plant being built in Malvern, Worcestershire, is expected to be operational by the end of February after experiencing construction delays due to Covid-19 late last year, said the British waste logistics... more
Text no.: 012 Issue RW04/2021 Publication date: 24.02.2021
WasteCare starts up full-scale battery recycling plant in the UK
(UK) – WasteCare, the owner of the BatteryBack compliance scheme, has opened a full-scale battery recycling plant in Elland in West Yorkshire. With a capacity of 25,000 tonnes of household batteries per year, the £2m (€2.2m)... more
Text no.: 013 Issue RW04/2021 Publication date: 24.02.2021
Singapore commissions study
for chemical recycling plant
(SG) – As part of it long-term plans to develop large-scale, advanced plastic waste sorting and recycling capabilities, Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) has commissioned a feasibility study and design of a pilot... more
Text no.: 014 Issue RW04/2021 Publication date: 24.02.2021
European glass recycling rate stagnates at a high level
(EU – In 2018, the recycling rate for glass packaging remained stable at 76 per cent in the then 28 EU member states. In the reporting year, consumption increased to around 17 million tonnes, while around 13 million tonnes of glass... more
Text no.: 015 Issue RW04/2021 Publication date: 24.02.2021
"A supplement rather than
a replacement for PET"
(EU) – Coca-Cola plans to conduct its first tests of a paper bottle prototype in Europe. This trial is to be carried out in Hungary in the second quarter of this year. The AdeZ lifestyle drink will be offered in a paper bottle to 2,000... more
Text no.: 016 Issue RW04/2021 Publication date: 24.02.2021
Municipal Waste Europe
backs EPR for waste textiles
(EU) – "The upcoming EU Strategy on Textiles must include the development of an EPR scheme for textiles," public-sector waste management companies argue. In a position paper released earlier this month, the umbrella group... more
Text no.: 017 Issue RW04/2021 Publication date: 24.02.2021
EuRIC calls for EPR and recycled content quotas
(EU) – Extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems for textiles should be administered by actors along the whole textiles value chain and should further the development of textiles recycling, according to a new position statement from... more
Text no.: 018 Issue RW04/2021 Publication date: 24.02.2021
Brexit creating export headaches
for British textiles recyclers
(UK) – Brexit is creating substantial and sometimes unanticipated difficulties for British textile recyclers. The British newspaper "The Guardian" reported that ECS Textiles Ltd., one of northern England’s biggest textile... more
Text no.: 019 Issue RW04/2021 Publication date: 24.02.2021
China’s recovered paper imports
fall below 7 million tonnes in 2020
(PRC) – Chinese paper mills went on one last buying spree for recovered paper in Europe just before the country’s ban on importing "solid waste" took effect at the close of the year. Statistics from Chinese customs... more
Text no.: 020 Issue RW04/2021 Publication date: 24.02.2021
Good export demand lifts UK
prices for ordinary RCP grades
(UK) – Recovered paper (RCP) collection volumes in the UK declined in February compared with January and are still below the typical level for this time of year. "By the end of January, we had already processed the volumes arising... more