EXPRA Executive Director Joachim Quoden was one of dozens of speakers featured at the 7th Conference on Canadian Stewardship, held in Montreal at the end of...
September/October 2017
CONAI (ITALY) CONTRIBUTION DIVERSIFICATION DECIDED FOR PLASTIC PACKAGING
The Environmental Contribution for plastic packaging will no longer be unique but diversified based on three Guiding Criteria: sortability, recyclability and,...
AFVALFONDS VERPAKKINGEN (THE NETHERLANDS) ACTION PLAN GLASS ON STEAM: ON THE WAY TO 90% GLASS RECYCLING IN THE NETHERLANDS
Despite the fact that the bottle bank is historically well known in the Netherlands, we do not yet reach the legal goal of 90% in (83% in 2015). That is why...
FTI (SWEDEN) NEW BROCHURE ABOUT PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
In September, FTI launched a new brochure to provide producers with basic information about the producer responsibility and FTI’s offering. It is free to download from FTI’s website.Producer...
GREEN DOT CYPRUS PMD RECYCLING CATEGORY OF GREEN DOT CYPRUS IS ENRICHED
Green Dot Cyprus, the Collective Packaging and Packaging Waste Management System in Cyprus, as part of its efforts to continuously improve its services and to reduce the confusion among the public...
HE.R.R.CO (GREECE) ANNUAL REPORT 2016 PUBLISHED
Hellenic Recovery Recycling Corporation (HE.R.R.Co) also continued its dynamic performance in 2016, achieving in fact the highest quantitative results since the beginning of its operationHaving as...
ÇEVKO (TURKEY) CIRCULAR ECONOMY CONGRESS, 5-6TH OCTOBER 2017
During the International Congress held at the Cevahir Congress Centre on 5-6th October, the ÇEVKO Foundation focused on the “Circular Economy Package, expected to be adopted in 2018 which will put...
ECOEMBES (SPAIN) CHOSEN AS A MEMBER OF THE COORDINATION GROUP OF THE EUROPEAN CIRCULAR ECONOMY STAKEHOLDER PLATFORM
After EXPRA being appointed as member of the expert group on financing the Circular Economy, Ecoembes has been now appointed as member of the Coordination Group of the European Circular Economy...
EC CIRCULAR ECONOMY MISSION TO COLUMBIA, OCTOBER 16 – 20, MEDELLIN + BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
This Circular Economy Mission (CEM), organized by DG ENVI was the fourth one, after the missions in Chile, China, and South Africa, aiming to increase the cooperation between EU and Colombia on...
CANADIAN STEWARDSHIP CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 27 – 29, MONTREAL
EXPRA’s MD was invited to speak during a panel “Views from Europe towards the Circular Economy” during the 2017 edition of the Canadian Stewardship Conference, this time in Montreal, hosted by EEQ,...
ISWA WORLD CONGRESS 2017, SEPTEMBER 25 – 27, BALTIMORE, USA
The World Congress is the biggest annual event organized by the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). In 2017, WASTECON® co-locates with ISWA’s World Congress to offer two exciting...
RETHINKING PLASTICS – CLOSING THE CIRCLE STAKEHOLDER CONFERENCE, 26 SEPTEMBER 2017
The conference was hosted by the European Commission on 26 September 2017 and focused attention on the upcoming Plastics Strategy, currently being developed by the European Commission.It provided an...