Business

• Draft circular economy action plan calls for EU to halve residual municipal waste
• Recycling firm PET to PET very satisfied with 2019
• Steinbeis acquires PET recycler B+T Plastics
• Dutch incineration tax pushes Renewi contract into the red
• Portugal: EPS producer Bewisynbra creates recycling arm
• EEW begins construction on new sewage sludge incinerator
• Sulo acquires Swedish company San Sac
• Resource consumption continues to grow faster than recycling
• Planning permission granted for 15MW Efw plant in Scotland
• City of Amsterdam prepares to fully divest wte plant operator AEB
• Dutch waste firm Twence aims for further growth
• Euric advocates Europe-wide standards for WEEE treatment
• UK achieves 7 per cent cut in household food waste

Markets

• Waste wood in Germany
• Recovered paper in France
• Recovered paper in Italy
• Recovered paper in Poland
• Waste plastics in Germany
• EUWID Index: Material Value of Fridges and Freezers for Recycling
• Used PET bottles in Germany
• Primary plastics in Germany
• NF scrap metals in Germany

Policy

• Many EU countries still fall short of ELV Directive’s targets
• New joint taskforce established to fight waste crime in the UK
• China sets its own strategy to reduce plastic pollution
• EP Committee rejects exemption for recycled PVC
• Czech parliament takes up waste legislation package

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