July/August 2018
Introduction by the managing director
Introduction by the Managing Director
I hope that you had a relaxing and interesting summer! Still for many of us it was quite busy time - the topic which kept the European Parliament, the National Ministries but also EXPRA and other stakeholders busy during this summer was, as expected, the proposed by the EC Directive to reduce the impact of certain plastic products in the environment.
EXPRA news
EXPRA JOINS THE EU CIRCULAR ECONOMY MISSION TO INDIA, SEPTEMBER 3 – 7, NEW DELHI, INDIA
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, China and South Africa. The Circular Economy Missions are a series of high-level political and business...
EXPRA JOINS TAIEX HIGH LEVEL REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY, JULY 19, TIRANA, ALBANIA
The aim of this Circular Economy Workshop, organized by the TAIEX Office and the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission, was to provide updates on the developments of the circular economy in the EU and in the enlargement countries.The...
News updates
EU PUBLISHES NEW ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR WASTE TREATMENT
Updated EU environmental specifications have come into force for new large waste treatment installations, the European Commission announced. Following a review of the reference document setting out the best available techniques (BATs) for the waste treatment...
JOINT DECLARATION OF PACKAGING CHAIN FORUM MEMBERS
Following the July Packaging Chain Forum (PCF) meeting, you can find enclosed to this report the final cross-industry statement on the Single Use Plastics legislative proposal (SUP), co-signed by 68 European and national industry associations. All but one have...
EP RESOLUTION ON THE PLASTICS STRATEGY ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 13, BRUSSELS
On 13 September, the European Parliament adopted in Plenary MEP Mark Demesmaeker’s (ECR, BE) Resolution on the EU Plastic Strategy. The resolution is not binding but they set a precedent for Parliament’s future work on these issues. Of relevance, MEP Demesmaeker’s...
News from members
ÇEVKO FOUNDATION (TURKEY) RECYCLING AWARENESS AT THE TEKIRDAĞ MUSIC FESTIVAL
At the Tekirdağ Music Festival on 3-4-5 August in Erikli, ÇEVKO Foundation and Keşan Municipality collaborated to create and increase environmental awareness, and to inform the public on the topic. The festival attracted attention with participants from all over...
ECOPACK BULGARIA CAMPAIGN – “FEED ME SEPARATELY!”
The ECOPACK Bulgaria campaign - "Feed me separately!"is aiming at the youngest. The campaign includes an educational puppet show on wheels that tours the country with the program developed by ECOPACK and Theater of Tales - Sofia. A fabulous story about three...
ECOEMBES (SPAIN) HORECA FOOTBALL CAMPAIGN
Football is a big thing in Spain, Real Madrid, Barça… Hold on, football is a big thing all over the world! Although the football league is massively followed by men and women, major fans are still men. In addition, according to our research men keep being the most...
GREENPAK (MALTA) OVER 21,000 PLASTIC BOTTLES COLLECTED BY PLASTIKAXXA AT FARSONS BEER FESTIVAL
Over 21,000 plastic bottles and 2,000 caps were collected through an initiative by recycling cooperative GreenPak and environmental NGO Zibel at the Farsons Beer Festival. With the support of the Farsons Foundation, GreenPak and Zibel came up with PlastiKAXXA –...
PAKOMAK (MACEDONIA) IS AWARDING THE MOST ECO-ORIENTED MAYOR IN MACEDONIA
Pakomak announced a competition for the selection of the most environmentally friendly mayor and municipality for 2018. The selection will be made in January 2019, and all municipalities in the country, urban and rural, have the right to participate. The goal of...
CONAI (ITALY) RESTRUCTURES THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION TO GIVE WAY TO THE RECYCLING OF PACKAGING
Having listened to the opinion of the Ricrea, Cial, Comieco, Corepla, Rilegno and Coreve Consortia for Packaging Materials, the CONAI Board of Directors approved the restructuring of the Environmental Contribution for steel, aluminium, paper, plastic, wood and...
GREEN DOT NORWAY: ADDED VALUE TO OUR MEMBERSHIP
These days Groent Punkt Norge is launching "Plastloeftet" (translated The Plastic Promise/Pledge). This is a promise/pledge extended from the EU pledge aiming to contribute to a more circular plastic economy. Plastloeftet will help Norwegian companies reach EU's...