January/February 2018
Introduction by the managing director
Introduction by the Managing Director
This year, the work started as of day one and it seems that it will continue in this way and not only by the end of the year, but for few years more to come.
EXPRA news
CIRCULAR ECONOMY STAKEHOLDER CONFERENCE: DELIVERING ON THE CE – WHAT’S NEXT?, FEB 20 + 21, BRUSSELS
Two years after the adoption of EU Circular Economy Package in December 2015, more than half of the initiatives included in the Action Plan have been delivered by the European Commission.To discuss upcoming deliverables, explore new areas of action, and share the...
EXPRA WORKSHOP: ECO-DESIGN FOR PACKAGING WORKSHOP FOR OBLIGED COMPANIES
In the Workshop participated EXPRA’s Packaging and sustainability WG members from EXPRA, CONAI, Ecoembes, Fost Plus, GD Norway and via skype the colleagues from Éco Entreprises Québec - Marie-Julie Bégin and Mario Patenaude. Representatives of the paper and...
News updates
EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE CHINA BAN
Speaking at the Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform meeting in Brussels, Commission’s Vice-President Timmermans said that the Plastics Strategy could be undermined if China’s decision to ban waste imports leads to more incineration. The Commissioner called for...
EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH THE COMMISSIONER KATAINEN IN THE ENVI COMMITTEE, FEB 21, BRUSSELS
On Tuesday 21 February 2018, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee held an exchange of views with Commissioner for Growth and Investment Katainen on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan. The Commissioner presented the Plastics Strategy...
PLASTICS STRATEGY IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has decided to work on an own-initiative report on the Plastics Strategy.The leading role in drafting the report will be taken by the ECR Group. It can be expected that MEP Demesmaeker will be the rapporteur for the...
NEWS FROM THE EP ENVI COMMITTEE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 7TH ENVIRONMENT ACTION PROGRAMME (EAP)
Vote on draft report. The report assesses the implementation of the 7th EAP so far and the likelihood of achieving its objectives by 2020and offers recommendations for improved implementation and suggestions for any future EAP. In her draft report, the Rapporteur...
NEWS FROM THE EP ENVI COMMITTEE: WASTE PACKAGE
Waste Package Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations.Following the provisional agreement reached on the 4 parts of the so called “waste package” on 18 December 2017 the COREPER adopted on 23 February the agreed...
News from members
GREEN DOT NORWAY: NEWS
Producer responsibility for packaging has been a voluntary system in Norway since 1994. Despite this, approximately 85% of all packaging has been counted for through the Groent Punkt Norge (Green Dot Norway) system.Thus we used to view the voluntary system a...
ÇEVKO FOUNDATION (TURKEY) WILL CONTINUE WITH ITS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
As ÇEVKO Foundation, we will continue with our Trainer Training program, which has been going on since 2009, with the support of the Ministry of National Education in 2018. With the co-operation protocol signed between the Directorate General For Basic Education...
ECOPACK BULGARIA: RECYCLING SCHOOL “TEACHERS FOR CLEAN ENVIRONMENT“ IN VRATSA
ECOPACK Bulgaria’s educational program “Recycling School. Teachers for Clean Environment” kicked off on February 21st, in the conference room of Vratsa Municipality and in the attendance of the headmasters of all the schools in town. The aim of the program is to...
ÉEQ (CANADA) PROUD TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION: CHINESE BAN ON IMPORTS OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
In the wake of China’s decision to close its borders to the import of recyclable materials, Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) is working with all of the value chain partners, particularity sorting centres and recyclers, to turn this crisis into an opportunity for...
GREENPAK’S (MALTA) CRUSH AND WIN CAMPAIGN
At GreenPak, we are offering the public, the chance to win €100 DAILY, with our Crush & Win Campaign! The primary objective of the Crush and Win campaign is to target littering and reduce the amount of plastic irresponsibly discarded in our environment and oceans....
GREEN DOT CYPRUS NEW CAMPAIGN “RECYCLING AND QUALITY OF LIFE”
In 2017, Green Dot Cyprus, aiming at raising public awareness, approached the importance and necessity of recycling within the wider context of the “Quality of Life” concept."Quality of Life" is a way of living that improves the individual and the society in which...
CONAI (ITALY) THE NEW CONAI 2018 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION GUIDE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
The new version of the "Guide to the adhesion and application of the CONAI Environmental Contribution" 2018 is available.The CONAI 2018 Guide consists of two volumes: the first illustrates the obligations and the consortium procedures; the second contains all the...
PAKOMAK (MACEDONIA) ACHIEVED AGAIN THE NATIONAL R&R TRAGETS
In 2017, Pakomak fulfilled the national goals for the seventh consecutive year defined by the Ministry of Environment in accordance with the Law on Packaging Management and Packaging Waste. Pakomak is the only Packaging Recovery Orgnaizations in Macedonia that...
FTI (SWEDEN) PRESS RELEASE: SYSTEM SUPPLIER CONTRACTED FOR MOTALA FACILITY
Plastkretsen has signed a contract with the German sorting system supplier Sutco. The contract includes production and installation of a turnkey sorting system for plastic packaging in the Motala facility.The system has been designed, production has started and...
FOST PLUS (BELGIUM) THE AMBASSADORS OF CLEANLINESS, SUPPORTING MUNICIPAL SERVICES
At street or district level, the “Ambassadeurs de la Propreté/Ambassadors of Cleanliness” will regularly and voluntarily collect litter. Thousand of citizens, associations and enterprises go into action across Wallonia. The craze is unprecedented. Close on 1.400...