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Eco Expo Asia 2023 Concludes Successfully with High Degree of International Participation
Eco Expo Asia 2023 was held in Hong Kong from 26 – 29 October, with some 12,000 visitors from 112 countries and regions as well as over 300 exhibitors from 13 countries and regions making their way to the AsiaWorld-Expo to explore the latest technologies in tackling the ongoing climate crisis. International participation was also […]
Paper Division: Paper Recyclers Should Embrace AI and Consider Carbon Credits
The importance of artificial intelligence (AI) and carbon credits in the future of the paper recycling sector were highlighted to the Paper Division session at the BIR World Recycling Convention in Abu Dhabi on 24 October. Ranjit Baxi, Managing Director of J&H Sales International in the UK and founding President of the Global Recycling Foundation, […]
International Environment Council: BIR Develops EPR Position and Reinforces its Case for the Environmental Benefits of Recycling
The Bureau of International Recycling is formulating a new policy position on extended producer responsibility (EPR) and started the process of issuing a new report on the environmental benefits of recycling, the organisation’s World Recycling Convention in Abu Dhabi has been told. Speaking to the International Environment Council on 23 October, the Trade & Environment […]
Japan: PET Bottles Produced with Bio-Based Materials
Finland-based company Neste has entered a cooperation with Suntory, ENEOS and Mitsubishi Corporation to enable the production of PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) resin made with renewable “Neste RE” on a commercial scale. This material is Neste’s feedstock for polymers production, made entirely from bio-based raw materials such as waste and residues (for example, used cooking oil) […]
Chemical Recycling “must complement and not compete” with Mechanical Recycling
A robust defence of chemical recycling and its compatibility with mechanical recycling was set out during the Bureau of International Recycling’s World Recycling Convention in Abu Dhabi. Speaking during the Plastics session on 24 October, Carlos Monreal, Founder and Chief Executive of Plastic Energy in Spain, insisted that “chemical recycling is not in competition with […]
FEAD Warns Against Changes
FEAD warns against any changes in the Waste Framework Directive that go beyond the targeted revision proposed by the European CommissionThe European Parliament’s environment committee. The European Parliament’s environment committee published at the end of September its draft report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive […]
Horizon Offers Brighter Prospects for Non-Ferrous Metals Recyclers
Despite a year of recycled non-ferrous metal producer price indices in the US turning negative, the medium to longer term is much brighter, delegates at the BIR convention in Abu Dhabi were told on 24 October. The optimism came from Joe Pickard, chief economist and director of commodities at ISRI, the US recyclers’ organisation who […]
EP ITRE Vote on NZIA Recognises the Full Potential of Net-Zero Technologies and Unlocks the Contributions of the Waste-to-Energy Sector
Today, the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) adopted its position on the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) proposal. ESWET greatly welcomes ITRE’s approach to propose a stand-alone list of net-zero technologies eligible for EU funding and regulatory perks. Fast-tracking permitting procedures will be one of the key enablers in ensuring that the […]
Scrap Sector Looks for Growth as Mills Drive to Green Steel
The consequences for recyclers as the steelmaking industry looks to decarbonise in the coming decades was the major theme during BIR’s Ferrous Division session at the Abu Dhabi convention on 23 October. Guest speaker Kedar Joshi, markets manager (Asia) for Davis Index, asserted “the revolution is here and we are all part of it”. Mr […]
How the Myth of PET Bottles Downcycling Could Ruin European Efforts toward Packaging Circularity
EU value chain organisations warn against “right of first refusal”. Recent calls for the introduction of a priority access to recycled plastics, known as “right of first refusal”, have been increasingly taking space in the public debate on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation proposal (PPWR). EuRIC, PRE and FEAD alert that this provision, if […]