Autumn/Winter 2021
Introduction by the managing director
Introduction by the Managing Director
Another incredible year is ending, still full of many developments both externally and internally, not to mention the still ongoing Covid pandemic, impacting our lives and work and moving our communication to a virtual one already for a second year.
EXPRA news
EXPRA ELECTED VICE CHAIR OF THE ISWA WG GOV & LEGAL ISSUES
EXPRA`s MD Joachim Quoden, having been the chair of ISWA`s WG Governance & Legal Issues for 8 years, was not allowed to apply for another 4 years term following the ISWA governance rules. Nevertheless, he was elected as vice chair for the next 4 years,...
EXPRA HAS A NEW TEAM MEMBER!
After a thorough selection process, during which over 30 applications were received, and after a second round including written exercise for shortlisted candidates, Ms Valeria Branca was approved as the new Project Manager at EXPRA. She is an Italian national,...
EXPRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
On 2 December, the General Assembly was held online due to the latest COVID-19 explosion in Belgium. EXPRA President Oscar Martin Riva, CEO of Ecoembes, warmly welcomed EXPRA members and called for active participation, contribution and support and to join the...
Upcoming events
UPCOMING EVENTS WITH EXPRA PARTICIPATION
Upcoming events, where EXPRA Management and representatives are participating / presenting. 19 January, 2022 Dusseldorf, Germany AMI Future of Polyolefins conference 1 February, 2022 Brussels, Belgium APEAL conference 2022 3-5 May 2022, Brussels, Belgium...
News updates
EU COUNCIL OF THE EU PUBLISHED ITS 18-MONTH WORK PROGRAM
On Friday, 10th December, the Council of the EU published its 18-month work program from January 2022 to 30th June 2023. The three Presidencies - France, the Czech Republic and Sweden - will strive to find common solutions to challenges and tasks ahead.The crisis...
COMMISSION WORK PROGRAM PUBLISHED
The Commission’s Work Program for 2022 has been published on Tuesday 19th October. The Program provides indications on the expected publications of key initiatives. Among other things it lists the following: On products, the initiative for the right to repair is...
COMMISSION PROVIDES FURTHER DETAILS ON ITS PLANS TO BRING CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN E-COMMERCE
On 17 November, during a Politico event “Bringing circularity in e-commerce”, industry demanded circularity in the e-commerce sector. In her response, Rozalina Petrova, a member of Sinkevičius’ cabinet responsible for implementing the Circular Economy Action Plan,...
COMMISSION ADOPTS PROPOSAL TO REVIEW WASTE SHIPMENT REGULATION
On 17 November, the European Commission adopted the proposal for review of the Waste Shipment Regulation. Under the proposed revision, companies would only be able to export “green-listed,” non-hazardous waste — which includes scrap metal, waste paper and certain...
News from members
RINKI (FINLAND) NEWS
“A step towards fairer treatment” – Rinki’s campaign focuses on overseas distance sellers and ‘Recycling heroes’ - a website in Finnish especially designed for schoolchildren“A step towards fairer treatment” – Rinki’s campaign focuses on overseas distance sellers...
NEWS FROM EKOPAK BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Ekopak Bosnia and Herzegovina various initiatives: Ekopak delivered 90 special containers for collecting glass packagingEkopak participated in successfully implemented project of Coca-Cola and SFF “Recycle me. Give me a new life”Management of glass packaging in the...
CONAI (ITALY) – THE NEW GREEN ECONOMY REPORT QUANTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF RECYCLING ACTIVITY
CONAI published the Sustainability and Green Economy Report recounting the 2020 events.The new Report quantifies the environmental and social effects of recycling activity, with a scientific tool - the Life Cycle Costing Tool - in order to calculate the direct and...
FOST PLUS: WHITE PAPER – BELGIUM AS EUROPEAN RECYCLING HUB FOUR STEPS TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR HOUSEHOLD PACKAGING
Fost Plus wants to make the circular economy for household packaging a reality in Belgium by offering a recycling solution for every packaging on the market.Our country will thus become a real European recycling hub. In our white paper we take a closer look at the...
PAKOMAK (REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA) SMART PACKAGING WASTE MANAGEMENT
The problems that Pakomak is facing every day, by collection of packaging waste from Igloo containers, is due to non-precise information that we have in real time about their fullness with packaging waste on the one hand and on the other hand their positioning...