March/April 2018
Introduction by the managing director
Introduction by the Managing Director
I do sincerely hope that you had some time to enjoy the Easter holidays, despite the busy period and the ongoing debates and discussions around the CEP, EU Plastics strategy and expected possible new legislation.
EXPRA news
EXPRA’S JOINT EVENT WITH THE BULGARIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU, APRIL 13, SOFIA
EXPRA General Assembly meeting in Sofia was, on this occasion, accompanied by an external event entitled “The Extended Producer Responsibility’s contribution to Circular Economy Implementation”. The latter took place in the National Archaeological Museum and was...
EXPRA SPRING GENERAL ASSEMBLY APRIL 13 2018, SOFIA
EXPRA held its festive spring General Assembly meeting on 13 April in Sofia, Bulgaria, where also the 5th Anniversary of our organization was celebrated. The meeting was organized outside Brussels due to the related event with the Bulgarian Presidency of the...
News updates
EP OPINION ON THE PLASTICS STRATEGY, APRIL 4, BRUSSELS
In a nutshell, the draft EP report on the Plastics Strategy authored by MEP Mark Demesmaeker (BE) highlights the following elements of relevance to EPR: 1. The Rapporteur stresses that there are various pathways to achieving high collection and recycling rates and...
FIRST CEFLEX STAKEHOLDER WEBINAR, APRIL 20
The first CEFLEX stakeholder webinar was organized on 20 April. The purpose of the webinars (the next one is planned for 22 May) is to present and discuss information on different topics relating to flexible packaging in the circular economy, to help increase...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION – PRESS RELEASE EU BUDGET, MAY 2, BRUSSELS
You can read the full PR here.
News from members
ÇEVKO FOUNDATION (TURKEY) RELEASES ITS 2017 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT REPORT
RECOVERY ACTIVITIES OF THE ÇEVKO FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTED TRY 2.6 BILLION TO THE ECONOMY IN 2017The first authorized organization for the recovery of packaging waste in Turkey, the ÇEVKO Foundation continues to contribute to environmental sustainability and the...
ECOPACK BULGARIA: BOOKS FOR TRASH
“Books for Trash” is back with a new edition on April 22nd 2018 and for the first time, the environmental campaign that promotes reading is to be held simultaneously in five cities. This year the initiative is to visit Sofia, Plovdiv, Bourgas, Veliko Turnovo, and...
TAMIR (ISRAEL) GOOGLE PLAY APP: DEDI THE CAT
The app won the first place at the App Store within 36 hours, 200,000+ downloadsWho said separate collection of used packages can not be fun? Welcome to Catomolo game developed by TAMIR based on the used packaging cycle. An innovative and entertaining way to learn...
ECOEMBES (SPAIN): 1M2 POR LA NATURALEZA
1m2 por la Naturaleza ' is once again the great civic collaborative collection at a national level promoted by LIBERA, a day that from the collaboration of all seeks to help clean and raise awareness of the problem of trash in the natural spaces of our country.On...
GREEN DOT CYPRUS: RECYCLING TARGETS ATTAINED ONE MORE YEAR!
Green Dot Cyprus, the Collective Scheme for the management of Packaging and Waste in Cyprus is pleased to announce that following overall collaboration the 2017 targets for the recycling of packaging have been attained! The year saw the recycling of 56,200 tonnes...
AFVALFONDS VERPAKKINGEN (THE NETHERLANDS) ICONIC GLASS BIN CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY
A symbol of sustainability, recycling and circular economy On the 17th of May 2018 the glass bin will be 40 years old. As part of the anniversary edition of the Glas in 't Bakkie campaign, Studio Lernert & Sander, in collaboration with creative agency Arttenders,...
CONAI (ITALY) ASSEMBLY 2018
The meeting of the CONAI Consortium, which was held on 4 May 2018, approved the CONAI Management Report and the Balance Sheet for the year 2017.According to preliminary data, more than 10 million packaging waste was recovered in 2017, amounting to 77.7% of the...