May/June 2018
Introduction by the managing director
Introduction by the Managing Director
We look again at a quite busy summer – the legislative proposals on waste were finally adopted, respectively published in the EU Official Journal, but now the actual work of their transposition and relevant implementation will start. EXPRA is already working to support and prepare its members for the new challenges abut also opportunities.
EXPRA news
EXPRA COMMUNICATION NETWORK MEETING
The annual Workshop for Communication Directors and Managers from EXPRA members in May this year focused especially on anti-littering campaigns. This year representatives of EEQ Canada, Ecoembes Spain, Valorlux Luxemburg, GD Cyprus, TAMIR Israel, CEVKO Turkey, Fost...
MEMBERS’ COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS AVAILABLE ON EXPRA HOMEPAGE
We in EXPRA strongly believe that EPR organizations should support an environmentally and economically sustainable recycling society, which benefits the inhabitants of the country.For that purpose the communication with consumers is a key prerequisite for a...
EPR CLUB LUNCH DEBATE HOSTED BY EUCOLIGHT, EXPRA AND WEEE FORUM ON EPR, ONLINE SALES AND FREE-RIDERS
When EPR was introduced nearly 30 years ago, practically all of the products under EPR were sold by retail stores with a small part of specialised catalogue distance sellers existing. Already in these days in the 1990s, this sector had a lower compliance than other...
EPR TOOLKIT WORKSHOP, WITHIN THE 24TH PACKAGING & SUSTAINABILITY FORUM
After a one-year pause, the 24th edition of the Packaging Waste & Sustainability Forum took place in Brussels in the period 5-7 June 2018. As already an established tradition, EXPRA supported the organization of EPR Toolkit seminar on 5 June with content and...
News updates
DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING VOLUNTARY PLEDGES ON RECYCLED PLASTICS EXTENDED TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2018
As announced in Annex III to the 'Plastics Strategy', an EU-wide pledging campaign for the uptake of recycled plastics is taking place. As part of this campaign, the European Commission calls on stakeholders to come forward with voluntary pledges to boost the...
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 25, BRUSSELS
The Environment Council at its meeting adopted conclusions on the EU action plan for the circular economy. You can find the conclusions in full here and a summary of key points below. Summary of Council conclusions On the European Plastics Strategy, the Council...
EU COMMISSION PROPOSES A DIRECTIVE TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF CERTAIN PLASTIC PRODUCTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
On 28 May 2018, as part of the EU Plastics Strategy, the European Commission proposed a Directive to reduce the impact of certain plastic products in the environment. It puts forward some radical reduction measures.It is already highly controversial and strongly...
NEW WASTE LEGISLATION OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED
On 14 June the waste Directives were published in the Official Journal of the EU. Please note that their transposition within 2 years has not started.You can find the Directives on the links below: Waste Framework Directive (Directive (EU) 2018/851) Directive on...
News from members
ECOEMBES (SPAIN) EDUCAENECO EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT AND RECYCLING: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 15 PROVINCIAL CAPITALS
Talher was awarded the contract for the environmental education programme that Ecoembes, the packaging waste management company, runs in primary and secondary schools. The project helps pupils to learn about the different types of waste and the right way to process...
ECOPACK BULGARIA ONCE AGAIN PARTNERS WITH “LET’S CLEAN UP BULGARIA TOGETHER”
The Executive Director of ECOPACK Bulgaria, Todor Bourgoudjiev, took part in a national meeting of the partners to the bTV Media Group campaign “Let’s Clean Up Bulgaria Together”. During the event, the organization received two awards – for active support to the...
HERRCO (GREECE) “ZERO WASTE AT SEASIDES”
HERRCO in cooperation with the ECOLOGICAL RECYCLING COMPANY and funding from the COCA-COLA FOUNDATION are starting a program regarding integrated actions having as their goal to achieve Zero Waste at the seasides so that we can contribute towards cleaner beaches as...
ÉEQ (CANADA) CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN QUÉBEC: ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPACTS
The very first study on circular economy in Québec was launched on March 16. It explores the potential and prospects of circular economy for the province’s economy. The project was led by ÉEQ as part of the Prospérité-Québec campaign, in collaboration with the...
GREEN DOT NORWAY COMEDY CAMPAIGN FOR NO-LITTERING
With two comedians and a comical commercial plot, Groent Punkt Norge (Green Dot Norway) is spreading their summer message: If you recycle it at home, it won’t end up in nature. Groent Punkt Norge has for several years had great success by using humour as an...
ÇEVKO (TURKEY) NIŞANTAŞI IS TAKING ON A CHEERFUL LOOK WITH RECYCLING BOXES THAT MAKE YOU SMILE
Şişli Municipality and ÇEVKO are in a ‘Fun’ collaboration to instill the habit of separating waste at its source for recycling. The recycling bins in 24 different locations in Nişantaşı have been ‘dressed up’ by artist Serkan Altuniğne’s custom made...
CONAI (ITALY) SCHOOL PROJECT – 2 CLASSES FROM SCHOOLS IN SAN SEBASTIANO VESUVIO (NAPLES) AND TERRACINA WIN THE 2ND EDITION OF THE NATIONAL RECYCLING PRIZE
The project “Riciclo di Classe” promoted by CONAI and in partnership with Corriere della Sera, focused on environmental education in primary schools to promote the importance of separate collection and recycling of packaging waste.The project involved 18.900...
GREENPAK (MALTA) NEW BINS WITH SMART TECHNOLOGY ‘WILL MAKE OVERFLOWING SITES HISTORY’
Recycling cooperative GreenPak has announced plans to roll out bins equipped with smart technology that, it hopes, will make overflowing sites a thing of the past. iBiNs have the capability to monitor waste levels and feed information back to a central system which...