March 2015
Introduction by the managing director
Introduction by the Managing Director
Welcome to the spring edition of the EXPRA e-newsletter.
EXPRA news
FORMAL WITHDRAWAL OF THE CEP: EXPRA REACTION
EXPRA calls for sound waste legislation to be re-tabled in 2015 Acknowledging the Commission’s formal decision to withdraw the waste target proposal under the Circular Economy Package (published in the EU Official Journal, 7 March 2015), the Extended Producer...
22ND PACKAGING WASTE & SUSTAINABILITY FORUM 2015
The 22nd edition of the Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum gathered a wide range of speakers and participants from the EU institutions, industry and NGOs. EXPRA supported the organisation of the event for the second year in a row, and various representatives...
EPR TOOLKIT SEMINAR: CREATING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR EPR ACROSS EUROPE
Joachim Quoden, Managing Director of EXPRA moderated the EPR Toolkit Seminar - Creating a Level Playing Field for EPR Across Europe, that took place in Brussels on 24 February 2015 and preceded the Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum 2015.The seminar started...
News updates
WASTE-TO-ENERGY COMMUNICATION AS PART OF ENERGY UNION
The European Commission recently published its Communication for a Strategic Framework for an Energy Union, which is structured around five main dimensions of energy and climate policies (security of supply, the internal energy market, energy efficiency,...
TRIMAN LOGO COMES INTO FORCE IN FRANCE
Since the beginning of 2015, the ‘Triman’ logo officially entered into force after some years of debates in France. The purpose of this new black stickman figure is to inform consumers whether or not a product is recyclable, and should apply to certain recyclable...
THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY HAS PUBLISHED ITS FIVE-YEARLY ASSESSMENT ‘THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT – STATE AND OUTLOOK 2015’ (SOER 2015)
The report states that “waste management had improved, but Europe remains far from a circular economy”. The positive developments include decrease of generation of municipal waste per capita by 4% between 2004 and 2012, falling to 481 kg. Looking beyond waste...
News from members
FTI (SWEDEN) WEBCAST AND TEXT MESSAGING WERE APPRECIATED AT CUSTOMER DAYS IN SWEDEN
In the beginning of February we held our yearly seminars for customers in Sweden. This year, we also offered them to participate online by live webcasting our seminar in Stockholm. Both the webcast and the opportunity to submit questions to the speakers via text...
GREEN DOT (CYPRUS) HOT NEWS FROM GREEN DOT CYPRUS
Green Dot Cyprus is engaged as a major partner in a European Project entitled "Rethink (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Awareness Raising Campaign for the promotion of waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling in Cyprus". The project’s total budget is €2,181,960, its duration...
HERRCO (GREECE) PAN-HELLENIC SURVEY REGARDING PACKAGING RECYCLING
HERRCO commissioned one of the most reliable research companies for public opinion, to undergo a Pan-Hellenic survey regarding Packaging Recycling.The survey’s findings were very encouraging for the future of packaging recycling and the operation of the System of...
PYR (FINLAND) TAKE-BACK NETWORK FOR CONSUMER PACKAGING IN FINLAND STARTING UP
The producer run take-back scheme for consumer packaging should be in place on 1 January 2016. Careful planning and the acquisition of the right partners through an invitation to tender for the various operations are essential to attaining an efficient end result....
VALORLUX (LUXEMBOURG) 10 YEARS ECO-BAG: A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE
At the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the eco-bag Madam the Minister Carole Dieschbourg, explained that Luxembourg with 18 plastic bags per habitant per year, is already well under the number desired by the EC. The reusable “eco-bags” has a lot to do with...
TAMIR (ISRAEL) TAMIR’S EXTREME SHOTS VIDEO
On November 23rd, 2014, we uploaded an edited video to our facebook and YouTube page. Our main goal was to show other perspectives of recycling, a fun perspective. The video presented its viewers with young acrobats, riders, and gymnasts with exceptional throwing...
CONAI (ITALY) ANCI-CONAI AGREEMENT: HIGHER FEES FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES AND A NEW PLAN FOR THE TERRITORY
CONAI has signed a new agreement with ANCI (National Associaton of Italian Municipalities), lasting five years, from April 2014 to March 2019, establishing the amount of fees to be paid to the municipalities covering a part of the costs of packaging waste separate...
ECOEMBES (SPAIN) PREVENTION WORKING GROUP WITH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS
Ecoembes set up in 2014 a working group on Prevention with the 17 Autonomous Communities and the Ministry of Environment. It has been created as a tool to share knowledge, experience and opinions to build a communication and working space to improve collaboration...
GREENPAK (MALTA) RECORD COLLECTION OF PLASTIC CAPS BY GREENPAK GENERATES €15,000 FOR CHARITY
A record number of 7,274,833 plastic caps were gathered in less than two months from over 90 organisations across Malta and Gozo and deposited at GreenPak for recycling. A Centre catering for individuals with special needs, The Helen Keller Resource Centre claimed...
FOSTPLUS (BELGIUM) 10 YEARS OF AWARENESS RAISING ACTIVITY IN WASTE MANAGEMENT IN BELGIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
The Recycling Initiation Module (RIM) teaches children about better waste management. Ten years ago Fost Plus decided to join forces with GoodPlanet Belgium and inter-municipal waste management associations with the idea to raise children's awareness of sorting,...