Enhancing the Quality of Mechanically Recycled Plastics

Dow has developed a washing technology called EVOWASH. According to the company, it supports “high-quality mechanical recycling for the production of exceptional post-consumer-recycled (PCR) plastic resins that meet the expectations of customers – mainly those in the packaging industry – while minimizing the commercial risk and investment of resources to develop a robust mechanical recycling […]

Circular Plastics Fund Welcomes New Investors

In April this year, Infinity Recycling announced the successful closing of a new round of commitments to their Circular Plastics Fund. The Luxembourg-registered Circular Plastics Fund (CPF) has an initial target size of 150 million Euros, which is an Article 9 “dark green” impact fund, under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. Its investments aim […]

EuRIC Strongly Supports the Czech Proposal to Lower VAT for Products Made of Recycled Materials

EuRIC reiterates its strong support for economic incentives as a powerful tool for the transition to a circular and climate-neutral economy. Fiscal instruments are no exception. Thus, EuRIC warmly welcomes the proposal made by the Czech Republic to the Council to explore lower VAT rates for products made of recycled materials and recyclates. Replacing extracted […]

Certain Pre-Requisites Needed to Ensure the PPWR Delivers

Following first compromise proposals on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) by the European co-legislators, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) is making an urgent plea to EU decision makers for ensuring that the PPWR delivers on closing the loop. While EuRIC strongly supports amendments for mandatory collection targets and recycled content third party […]

Study: Investment Gap to Meet EU’s Plastics Recycling Targets

In March, the European Investment Bank (EIB) published a new study titled “Cutting plastics pollution – Financial measures for a more circular value chain”. The authors have analyzed the inefficiencies of the plastics value chain and their solutions in the European Union. Furthermore, they examined ten root causes of the plastic waste problem and identified […]

North Macedonia: Investment Grant to Build a Wastewater Treatment Plant

EIB Global, the arm of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for activities outside the European Union, has signed a 70 million Euro EU investment grant with the government of the Republic of North Macedonia to build a wastewater treatment plant in Skopje. Signed on World Water Day in March, this is the largest EU investment […]

USA: AllianceBernstein Launches Three New Active Equity ETFs

In March this year, AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (AB) and AllianceBernstein L.P., a leading global investment management and research firm, announced the launch of three new active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Global liquidity provider Citadel Securities would be the Lead Market Maker on these products, “bringing extensive industry experience and […]

EuRIC strongly supports the Czech proposal to lower VAT for products made of recycled materials

EuRIC reiterates its strong support for economic incentives as a powerful tool for the transition to a circular and climate-neutral economy. Fiscal instruments are no exception. Thus, EuRIC warmly welcomes the proposal made by the Czech Republic to the Council to explore lower VAT rates for products made of recycled materials and recyclates. Replacing extracted […]

AMCS unveils the AMCS Platform Summer ‘23 edition

AMCS unveils the AMCS Platform Summer ‘23 edition, the second release this year, delivering exciting new productivity features and a dynamic customer experience for environmental, transportation, waste, recycling and resource operators. Continued Digital Transformation provides greater productivity, efficiency, and insights. The release offers important new benefits and features, including: Order-to-Cash Automation to simplify and accelerate […]

FEAD Pledges Commitment of the Waste Management Industry

FEAD pledges commitment of the waste management industry, as Member States struggle to meet recycling targets. FEAD pledges the commitment of the waste management industry to enhancing recycling targets, after a Commission report showed that a significant number of EU Member States fall behind in achieving them. The Early Warning Report (EWR) published on 8 […]