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EuRIC: WSR deadlines must be extended "to avert recycling market collapse"

EU notification deadline for non-OECD countries on 21 February

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EuRIC warns that many non-OECD states may miss a key deadline and face a blanket ban on imports of secondary raw materials from the EU as of 2027.

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) called on the European Commission today to allow EU recyclers and their customers around the globe sufficient time to adjust to the new rules under the revised EU Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR). With many non-OECD states apparently unprepared to meet a critical notification deadline later this month, the European recycling organisation said that an immediate extension would be needed to "avert a recycling market collapse". ...

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