EXPRA has been invited again to be part of the EU delegation for another Circular Economy Mission, this time to India following missions to Chile, Colombia,...
Autumn/Winter 2018
EC ‘VIRTUOUS CIRCLES’ MISSIONS TO MALTA, ROMANIA AND BULGARIA 30 NOVEMBER – 7 DECEMBER 2018
The missions followed the EC early warning report for 14 Member States identified as being at risk of missing the 2020 preparation for re-use/recycling target...
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS: PRESIDENCY REACHES PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT WITH PARLIAMENT
On 19 December at 6.30 am a provisional political agreement on the SUP Directive was reached. It took 12,5 hours to get there and, against the odds, both the...
EXPRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING, DECEMBER 5, BRUSSELS
On 5 December, EXPRA held its autumn General Assembly in Brussels, Belgium. During the meeting, EXPRA’s Managing Director Joachim Quoden summarised the organisation’s key achievements in 2018,...
FEVE, FERVER, EXPRA AND EURIC JOIN FORCES FOR AN AMBITIOUS AND COMPARABLE MEASUREMENT POINT FOR GLASS RECYCLING
FEVE, FERVER, EXPRA and EuRIC are committed to increasing the quality and efficiency of the glass recycling value chain through separate collection, quality recycling and closed loop manufacturing...
EXPRA, PROSPA & EPRO WORKSHOP ON ECO MODULATION OF EPR FEES, OCTOBER 9, BRUSSELS
On 9 October, PROsPA (Producer Responsibility Organisations Packaging Alliance), EXPRA (Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance) and EPRO (European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery...
Introduction by the Managing Director
DEAR READER, After the adoption of the new Waste Legislation, in Europe, but not only, especially during the second half of this year, the key word was PLASTIC. Do we need plastic packaging? Should...
GREEN DOT CYPRUS LIMASSOL ENVIRONMENT AND RECYCLING FESTIVAL
The Limassol Environment and Recycling Festival, which took place on Saturday 6 October in Molos, Limassol, by Green Dot Cyprus in cooperation with the Municipalities of Larissa, was a great...
VALIPAC (BELGIUM) NEW STYLE, NEW AMBITIONS
On October 25, Valipac celebrated its 20th anniversary. On this occasion, the management organization of industrial packaging has unveiled its new mission statement, ambitions and values for the...
ÇEVKO (TURKEY) ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANING WITH FOX TV
Media employees working for the Fox Group Networks carried out an environmental cleaning in collaboration with Kartal Municipality and ÇEVKO Foundation on 27th September at the Aydos Woods.Within...
ECOPACK BULGARIA INVESTED BGN 1.45 MILLION IN A NEW TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR PACKAGING WASTE PROCESSING
Ecopack Bulgaria invested BGN 1.45 million (742 000 Euro) in the construction of a new technology center. Part of it is a new installation for sorting of waste from plastic, metal and paper...
GREENPAK (MALTA) NEW BINS WITH SMART TECHNOLOGY ‘WILL MAKE OVERFLOWING SITES HISTORY’
Recycling cooperative GreenPak has announced plans to roll out bins equipped with smart technology that, it hopes, will make overflowing sites a thing of the past.iBiNs have the capability to...