December 2016

EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUBLISHES COMMUNICATION ON AN ECO-DESIGN WORKING PLAN 2016-2019

The Communication mentions that the Commission will improve the methodological basis for a more systematic adoption of requirements related to material efficiency in product Regulations, both new and due for review.To this end a standardisation request to the European...

ECOPACK BULGARIA INVESTED BGN 2.5 MILLION IN FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND FACILITY SORTING GLASS PACKAGING WASTE BY COLOR

The first-of-its-kind facility in Bulgaria, sorting glass waste by color, upgraded thanks to a BGN 2.5 million investment by ECOPACK Bulgaria, has the capacity to process 100 tons of glass packaging per day.The Ravno Pole facility was officially opened on 11 November...

ÉCO ENTREPRISES QUÉBEC (ÉEQ) CANADA THE INNOVATIVE GLASS WORKS PLAN

Québec is tackling the challenges of glass recycling with major investments and a plan driven by green economy principlesA true first in North America, the Innovative Glass Works Plan set out by Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) puts forward a practical solution for 100%...

FOST PLUS (BELGIUM) NEWS FROM FOST PLUS

New President of Fost Plus & The sustainable management of household packaging in Belgium in numbers Baudouin Van Eeckhout is the new president of Fost Plus Baudouin Van Eeckhout is a civil engineer in construction and a graduate in economics from UCL. He has more...