recycling
MEPs have adopted a new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) described as one of the most lobbied files to pass through the assembly in recent years. It has also been among the most contentious, and was nearly scotched during inter-governmental negotiations last month. The new law – backed by 476 lawmakers drawn from across the mainstream parties, with 129 voting against and 24 abstaining – stipulates that the annual average of nearly 190kg of wrappers, boxes, bottles, cartons and cans discarded generated annually by every EU citizen should be cut by 5% to 2030. This target rises to...
Euronews (English)
Every year, more than 2 billion tons of waste are produced in the European Union - equivalent to 4.8 tons per person. In 2021, most of that waste went to landfill and incineration, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EU wants to double the proportion of materials used in the economy that come from recycling by 2030, relative to the 2020 rate. This proportion is known as the circular material use rate (CMUR). “We are still far from the ambition to double the [European] Union’s circularity rate by 2030,” the EEA said, adding that there was a “low or moderate likelihood” that ...
DPA International
Every year, more than 2 billion tons of waste are produced in the European Union - equivalent to 4.8 tons per person. In 2021, most of that waste went to landfill and incineration, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EU wants to double the proportion of materials used in the economy that come from recycling by 2030, relative to the 2020 rate. This proportion is known as the circular material use rate (CMUR). “We are still far from the ambition to double the [European] Union’s circularity rate by 2030,” the EEA said, adding that there was a “low or moderate likelihood” that ...
DPA Breaking News
Every year, more than 2 billion tons of waste are produced in the European Union - equivalent to 4.8 tons per person. In 2021, most of that waste went to landfill and incineration, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EU wants to double the proportion of materials used in the economy that come from recycling by 2030, relative to the 2020 rate. This proportion is known as the circular material use rate (CMUR). “We are still far from the ambition to double the [European] Union’s circularity rate by 2030,” the EEA said, adding that there was a “low or moderate likelihood” that ...
DPA
Behältergläser sammeln und in den Altglas-Container werfen, ist den Fußweg dahin durchaus wert. Denn Altglas kann immer wieder eingeschmolzen und zur Herstellung neuer Glasverpackungen genutzt werden. Das spart Rohstoffe, so die Verbraucherzentrale NRW. Und viel Energie: Altglasscherben schmelzen bei niedrigeren Temperaturen als der Quarzsand, aus dem neues Glas hauptsächlich besteht. Damit das Recycling gut funktioniert, sollte man beim Einwerfen von Konservengläsern und anderen Behältergläsern allerdings darauf achten, dass deren Farbe auch zum jeweiligen Container passt. Denn je sortenreine...
DPA (German)
Weltweit wird einem neuen UN-Bericht zufolge immer mehr Elektroschrott produziert - und das Recycling kommt nicht hinterher. Allein im Jahr 2022 fielen 62 Millionen Tonnen an elektronischem Abfall an, wie aus dem am Mittwoch veröffentlichten «Global E-Waste Monitor» hervorgeht. Das sei ein Rekord - und ein Anstieg um 82 Prozent im Vergleich zum Jahr 2010. Gehe es so weiter, sei 2030 mit 82 Millionen Tonnen zu rechnen. Unter E-Waste fällt dabei alles, was einen Stecker oder eine Batterie hat. Die Autoren des Berichts wählen eindrückliche Vergleiche, um das Ausmaß des globalen Schrottproblems zu...
DPA (German)
National diplomats have endorsed a new European law on packaging waste, including provisions that would hold overseas producers to EU environmental standards on plastic recycling at the risk of losing market access. European Commission trade officials had taken the unusual step of lobbying governments directly to reject a so-called mirror clause in the draft law, warning of a serious potential impact on international commerce and diplomatic complications. To do so would have meant the EU Council reneging on the political agreement struck earlier this month with the European Parliament, possibl...
Euronews (English)
There is a strong chance a new law designed to reduce the huge volumes of packaging that end up in landfill or incinerators could be blocked on Friday, according to several well-placed sources, despite a political agreement between the European Parliament and EU governments earlier this month. The EU’s legislative bodies agreed this month the text of a new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) in back-room talks mediated by the European Commission, a forum known in Brussels as a trilogue. Official adoption should now be a formality, but the European Commission has refused to sign off...
Euronews (English)
“I no longer recognize my city,” complains Genevieve. The Marseille native is sorry to see how dirty France’s second city has become. “People litter everywhere, on the roads, the pavement… It has never been a clean city but now we’re breaking records,” she says. The French Mediterranean port took the bronze medal of the dirtiest city in Europe, according to a report from the European Commission published early 2024. Palermo reached the top spot and Rome earned the silver medal among 83 cities surveyed. In Marseille, only 22 per cent of people are happy about the cleanliness of their city. Euro...
Euronews (English)
Im Kampf gegen den Verpackungsmüll sollen in der EU künftig deutlich mehr Verpackungen recycelbar sein. Darauf verständigten sich Unterhändler des Europaparlaments und der EU-Länder in Brüssel, wie sie mitteilten. Ziel der Reform einer bestehenden Richtlinie sei es, weniger Müll zu produzieren, Verpackungen sicherer und nachhaltiger zu machen und die Kreislaufwirtschaft zu fördern. Grundlage der Verhandlungen war ein Gesetzesvorschlag der EU-Kommission aus dem Jahr 2022. Was bedeuten die neuen Regeln für Verbraucher und Hersteller? Fragen und Antworten. Warum soll es neue Regeln geben?Verpacku...
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