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Eco Baltia Attracted Interest from Investors

AS Eco Baltia, the largest environmental and waste management group in the Baltics, issued eight million Euro of its inaugural 3-year bonds. “Issue was oversubscribed more than 3.5 times with orders from over 250 qualified and retail investors from Latvia and Lithuania,” the company reported on February 13 this year. The proceeds raised from bond […]

Green Bonds: S&P Global has Bought Shades of Green Business

USA-based financial information and analytics company S&P Global Inc. has acquired the business Shades of Green, one of the world’s largest providers of second party opinions on green bonds, from CICERO (Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research), a Norwegian climate research center. According to S&P Global, the acquisition will be integrated into S&P Global […]

Japan to Strengthen Plastic Recycling

In April last year, the Act on Promotion of Resource Circulation for Plastics came into effect. According to a survey conducted in April 2022 in Japan, the majority of respondents did not know anything about the Plastic Resource Circulation Act, the website statista.com reported five months later. “Only 25.3 percent had a grasp of the […]

Unlocking New Value through Transformation of Industries

In January this year, the World Economic Forum published a new White Paper: “Circular Transformation of Industries: Unlocking New Value in a Resource-Constrained World”. The Circular Transformation of Industries is a new multi-stakeholder initiative at the World Economic Forum that aims to enable a growing, resilient and sustainable economy through adopting circularity at scale. According […]

New Sales Partner in India

Danish company M&J Recycling – the former Metso Waste Recycling – has a new sales partner in India: Maan Enviro Technologies. The Indian firm, which belongs to Maan Enviro Group, is an engineering company specializing in providing end-to-end solutions for municipal solid waste management. “With a vision to be a leader in the field of […]

Mission: Waste to Wealth

India is heading towards a zero-waste nation. The Indian population of more than 1.3 billion currently generates about 62 million tons of municipal solid waste annually. About 377 million Indian citizens residing in urban areas contribute an estimated amount of 55 million tons. Approximately 80 percent of the waste ends up in landfill, about 20 […]

Global Recycling Foundation Announces Recycling Heroes & Creative Innovation Awards of Global Recycling Day 2023

The Global Recycling Foundation today announces the winners of their Recycling Heroes 2023 award marking Global Recycling Day 18 March. Ten winners for the Recycling Heroes award of $1000 each and ten winners for Creative Innovation awards of $ 250.00 each were selected from nominations received from individuals and business leaders, sole traders, corporates and […]

Global Recycling Foundation Launches Mission for Africa – 2030 Green Vision for Africa

The Global Recycling Foundation (GRF) has launched its 2030 Vision for a Green Africa at a reception in the Churchill Room, House of Commons, London. The reception, hosted by Lord Dholakia and attended by RT Hon. Dame Eleanor Laing, Gagan Mohindra MP – Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, The Viscount Waverley and the […]

Green Deal on Coffee Pads and Tea Bags Wins Global Recycling Heroes Award

The Green Deal between the industry association Koffie & Thee Nederland, the Dutch government and the Dutch Waste Management Association (DWMA) was named winner of the Recycling Heroes 2023 award at the Global Recycling Day on Saturday 18 March. The separate collection of coffee pads and tea bags in food and garden waste in the […]

Picvisa Strengthens its Position in the Iberian Peninsula and Expands its Global Reach to Latin America and Eastern Europe

Picvisa, a leader in glass waste separation solutions, has strengthened its position in the Iberian Peninsula with the sale of a glass treatment plant for REVIMON in Portugal, and it’s also in charge of the expansion of the T.M. Reciclatges in Mallorca for the separation of transparent glass. The company has also expanded its presence […]

The Dutch Waste Management Association Supports the Global Recycling Foundation

Global Recycling Day is on Saturday 18 March: Nomination for the Recycling Heroes 2023 award The Dutch Waste Management Association (DWMA) supports the Global Recycling Foundation (GRF) in its mission to combat climate change and expedite the transition to the circular economy. The 6th Global Recycling Day will be held on Saturday 18 March. The […]

European Recyclers Support new Recycling Targets in Critical Raw Materials Act but Hurdles Remain

The European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) is a step in the right direction towards reducing reliance on CRMs from outside the EU and enhancing EU supply chain resiliency and security. “European recyclers strongly support the 15% target of strategic raw materials coming from EU recycling,” noted Emmanuel Katrakis, Secretary […]

Cleaning Oceans from Plastic

There are many groups and projects to fight the surface plastic or collect material at the beach. But what is ocean cleaning really standing for? Without urgent action, the estimated 11 million metric tons of plastic currently entering the ocean annually will triple in the next twenty years. This would mean between 23 and 37 […]

Recycling Sector Urges Action from EU Member States as Economic Pressures Mount under Waste Shipment Proposals

Despite some notably positive adjustments to the European Commission’s Waste Shipment proposal, this far-reaching legislation continues to pose fundamental threats to European recyclers and Europe’s burgeoning circular economy. Regrettably, EU lawmakers continue to push forward legislation that will incentivise the extraction of primary raw materials by adding more regulatory burdens on recyclers. “There is already […]

Four Leading Associations Team Up to Tackle the EU’s Waste Implementation Gap

FEAD, EURIC, MWE, and CEWEP, four of the most prominent associations in the waste management and recycling sector, joined forces and held a dinner debate with policymakers to address the gap in the implementation of the EU’s waste legislation. The event brought together waste management and recycling experts, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), Environment […]