17.11.2021 − The European Commission wants to make waste shipments for recovery easier within the EU, but make exports to non-OECD countries conditional upon an official request. » more

26.10.2021 − Updates to an EU Regulation that will result in a ban on recovered paper exports to India are indeed what they initially appeared to be – an unfortunate accident. However, the correction is expected to take at least...» more

25.10.2021 − The release last week of updated rules for exporting green-listed wastes from the EU to non-OECD countries has "caused quite a stir" in recovered paper circles, according to Andreas Otto. Speaking with EUWID, the...» more

06.10.2021 − EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius promised "the most ambitious" rules on waste exports but revealed few details in recent comments on the upcoming revision of the EU Waste Shipment Regulation. The...» more

01.09.2021 − It is estimated that waste arisings from end of life renewable energy facilities and equipment will reach 30 times current levels in just ten years.» more

31.08.2021 − Policymakers are considering banning more single-use plastic products in England. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) will seek public opinion on "a raft of items" including single-use plastic...» more

17.08.2021 − The European Commission has cleared the take-over of Spanish environmental services provider Urbaser by a US private equity group.» more

09.08.2021 − The European Commission aims update the rules governing exports of green-list wastes for recovery to non-OECD countries "before the end of 2021". » more

10.06.2021 − Almost a year after the transposition deadline, many EU member states have yet to fully incorporate the provisions of the EU's waste package legislation into national law. » more

20.05.2021 − The Turkish government has announced a ban on the import of plastic waste consisting of LDPE and HDPE. The country's plastics industry has sharply criticised the move.» more

14.05.2021 − The European Commission wants to "significantly reduce" waste generation under its action plan "Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil" published on 12 May.» more

23.02.2021 − Residents of the European Union continue to generate more waste. According to the most recently released figures from European statistics authority Eurostat, on average Europeans gener-ated 502 kilograms of municipal...» more

11.02.2021 − The European Parliament has adopted its report in response to the EU Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan. With a vote of 574 votes in favour, 22 against and 95 abstentions, the Parliament laid out its own...» more

28.01.2021 − The European Parliament's Environment Committee has called on the Commission to establish binding recycled content targets that are product and/or sector specific.» more

18.01.2021 − The European Commission intends to present its strategy for a sustainable textiles sector in the third quarter of 2021 and recently published its roadmap for the project. Companies, industry associations and individual...» more

23.12.2020 − The EU is tightening regulation on exports of plastic waste to non-OECD countries. New rules adopted by the European Commission on 22 December ban the export of plastic waste from the EU to non-OECD countries, except...» more

14.12.2020 − All in all, the European Union’s 27 member states recycled less packaging waste in 2018 than they did in 2017. Recently released Eurostat data show that the overall recycling rate for packaging declined from 67.5 to...» more