All Sails Set – The Netherlands are Heading Towards a Circular Economy

Thirty years ago, the Netherlands suffered from a lack of landfill capacity and insufficient thermal treatment capacity. This urged a change in waste management policy: The amount of landfilled waste decreased from 35 percent in 1985 to 2.3 percent in 2010. The rate of recovery including waste-to-energy rose from 50 percent to 88 percent. Currently […]

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BIR Delegation Met with World Bank’s Trade Advisors

The five countries of the East African Community (EAC) – Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi – intend to phase out imports of used textiles and footwear by 2019. On that account, representatives of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) – BIR President Ranjit Baxi and Textiles Division President Mehdi Zerroug – took the initiative […]

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Aim: A Market-Driven Circular Economy in Europe

The European recycling industries have evolved by modernizing and constantly innovating to turn more waste streams into new resources. By doing so, the sector has contributed to the development of new technologies and automated equipment made in Europe and exported around the globe. “The European regulatory framework has accompanied these changes thanks to ambitious targets […]

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New Research Report on Waste Recycling Services Market

The market research company Future Market Insights has announced the addition to the report “Waste Recycling Services Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2014 – 2020“ to their offering. Recycling is the next trend, the provider of the report acknowledges. “The growth of the waste recycling services is driven by the technology development for […]

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European Union: On the Road to the Circular Economy

On 24 January this year, the European Parliament’s environment committee voted on the pending legislative proposals on the 2015 Waste Package put forward by the European Commission. According to the opinion of the committee members, the share of municipal waste to be recycled should be raised to 70 percent by 2030 or prepared for reuse. […]

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Europe‘s Waste Management Quantitative: Eurostat and EU Commis­sion Delivered Key Figures

In November 2013, European Parliament and Council launched an Environment Action Programme themed “Living well, within the limits of our planet“. It focused on improving waste prevention and management in the Union to make better use of resources, open up new markets, create new jobs and reduce dependence on imports of raw materials. Currently,  Eurostat […]

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