Entries by msv2016

Batteries Regulation: ENVI Committee Confirms Mandatory Recycled Contents and Increases Collection Targets for Waste Batteries

After weeks of negotiation, the European Parliament ENVI Committee voted today on a series of compromise amendments regarding the new Regulation on batteries. FEAD welcomes that mandatory recycled contents, as initially proposed by the European Commission, has remain unchanged. FEAD highlighted in its position paper that mandatory recycled content is a crucial market signal to create a […]

ALPLA Group Continues International Growth Trajectory

The ALPLA Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, increased its turnover in the 2021 financial year by 8.4 per cent to four billion euros. The number of employees worldwide increased to 22,100. In addition to investments in recycling and in the development of bio-based and biodegradable plastics, the company expanded through acquisitions and […]

Clean Sweep: UBU Environmental Targets 100% Landfill Diversion with CDE Plant

PAS 115 sets out case for recovering growing media from sweepings and gully waste.  Manchester-based UBU Environmental has outlined its plans to achieve 100% landfill diversion from its incoming road sweepings and inert gully waste with the support of CDE technology. It recently sponsored PAS 115, a BSI specification which seeks to utilise non-hazardous material […]

ETW Presents New Range of Standardized ETW SmartCycle® Biomethane Plants

The optimized portfolio enables more effective biogas upgrading. The specialist for combined heat and power plants and biomethane plants, ETW Energietechnik from Moers, has optimized the delivery program of its proven biogas upgrading system, ETW SmartCycle® PSA, for worldwide use on biogas and waste fermentation plants. The aim of the development was a significant reduction […]

eREC 2022: The 4th Virtual Recycling Expo from October 10 to 15, 2022

This fall, eREC (the digital expo for the recycling industry) takes place for the 4th time. The previous three eREC events have proven that this virtual format is crisis-proof. Both time and costs are saved (no venue booking, no travel management, no accommodation, and catering). Elaborate constructions and intensive organizing belong to the past. Moreover, […]

Greek Poultry Farmers Invest in Biogas Plants from WELTEC BIOPOWER

Efficient operation through a variety of raw materials and proven technologies. The German biogas plant specialist WELTEC BIOPOWER registers keen interest in its plant technology in Greece. In the past year, WELTEC expanded its market leadership in the southern European country by building four further projects and expanding three existing plants. Due to the great […]

ESWET’s Reaction to the Proposed Inclusion of Waste-to-Energy in the EU ETS

As the report proposes the inclusion of Waste-to-Energy in the EU ETS in 2028, ESWET assesses positively the measures introduced to support it. ESWET welcomes the ENVI Committee draft report on the revision of the EU ETS provided that any inclusion of the Waste-to-Energy sector in the ETS is supported by concrete measures to avoid […]

Film and Flexible Packaging Recycling: Closing the Circular Economy Loop

Film and flexible packaging are excellent products from a performance point of view, which accounts for their stubbornly extensive use, but they present a difficult end-of-life issue. The solution lies in the creation of a circular economy where these materials are returned to the production cycle. However, recycling these materials requires a specific approach because […]

CO2 Emissions in Waste-to-Energy Plants: The Way Forward

FEAD, the EU association representing private waste management companies, expresses full and unwavering support to all the objectives set out in Europe’s New Green Deal. In their day-to-day activities and investments, private waste management companies support the entire waste management chain in reducing CO2 emissions for the whole economy. In doing so, they are a […]

Safe and Efficient Waste Shipments Require Strengthened Recycling and Recovery Markets in the EU

FEAD has submitted its feedback to the much-awaited Commission proposal for a revised Waste Shipment Regulation. Many of FEAD’s suggestions aimed at improving shipment procedures were integrated in the proposal. Nevertheless, the association pointed out some necessary adjustments to resolve bottlenecks and to set up appropriate long-term policies, particularly for the export and shipment provisions, the revised notification procedure, […]