September 2016
Introduction by the managing director
Introduction by the Managing Director
Already September is over and the work has started with full speed again. During the summer we already began to study the proposed amendments by the ITRE Committee of the European Parliament which, together with the amendments tabled by the ENVI Committee now are over 2000.
EXPRA news
ISWA WORLD CONGRESS, 19-21 SEPTEMBER 2016, NOVI SAD, SERBIA
The ISWA World Congress, the leading event in the field of waste management, brought together over 1300 participants from 72 countries in Novi Sad. EXPRA played an important role during this year’s Congress as EXPRA MD - Joachim Quoden chaired 2 workshops on good...
EXPRA’S PROPOSALS FOR AN ENHANCED CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND WASTE TARGET REVIEW
With EU waste legislation currently under discussion in the Parliament and Council, EXPRA is calling on European policymakers to safeguard the primary role Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has to play in transitioning towards a circular economy.It should be...
OECD PUBLISHES UPDATE TO EPR GUIDANCE
This report updates the 2001 Guidance Manual for Governments on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which provided a broad overview of the key issues, general considerations, and the potential benefits and costs associated with producer responsibilityfor...
News updates
THE FINAL EC REPORT ON THE EFFICIENT FUNCTIONING OF WASTE MARKETS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION – LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY OPTIONS
The report, stemming from a public consultation on the functioning of waste markets in the EU, looks at the main obstacles and regulatory failures impacting waste markets in the EU, and provides recommendations on how to address them.The stakeholders in question...
NEW REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION AND EU ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES PUBLISHED BY THE EEA
Environmental taxes can contribute to a healthier planet and healthier people. They also spur jobs and growth, are easy to administer and difficult to evade. However, meeting EU climate and other environmental policy targets will erode the existing base for these...
NEWS FROM EP ENVI COMMITTEE: THE WASTE PACKAGE
The waste review package amends the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC, Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive 96/62/EC, Landfill Directive 1999/31/EC as well as Directives 2000/53/EC on Endof-life Vehicles, 2006/66/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic...
News from members
GREENPAK (MALTA) PILOT PROJECT AGAINST ILLEGAL DUMPING & LITTERING
The project is implemented by GreenPak Malta in cooperation with the local council and the Cleansing Department and aims to take effective action against inhabitants who dump illegally waste(bags full of rubbish, metal bed-frames, construction debris and even...
GREENPAK (MALTA): LOCAL COUNCIL AWARDS 2016
Over the past decades, the amount of solid waste in Malta has grown alongside the growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This linkage needs to be broken and the quantities of waste generated by increased commercial activity needs to be decoupled from the growth in...
ECOPACK BULGARIA : THE ECO LABYRINTH
The Eco Labyrinth is a unique innovative educational instrument with which in an entertaining and memorable way children acquire new knowledge about beverage cartons and their recyclability.The event is taking place at the central town square on Saturday or Sunday....
GREEN DOT (CYPRUS) “RECYCLING MANIA”: AN INTERACTIVE GAME ABOUT RECYCLING
Green Dot Cyprus has recently developed and launch the interactive game 'Recycling Mania'.The interactive game 'Recycling Mania'. The main purpose of the game is to educate the public and especially young people on the proper sorting of their packaging. The game...
CONAI (ITALY) RECOVERY AND RECYCLING OF PACKAGING WASTE – RESULTS
According to data published in the final balance and General Programme of prevention and management of packaging and packaging waste, in 2015 a total of more than 9.000.000 tons of packaging waste were recovered, constituting 78,6% of the total packaging placed for...
PAKOMAK (MACEDONIA): FIRST PRIZE ON TRADITIONAL URBAN COMPETITION „DAYS OF SPRING – DAYS OF ECOLOGY“
„Pakomak“ won a first prize on traditional urban competition „Days of Spring - Days of ecology“ as greenest company with the 3D interactive training project for students and teachers „3D Ekobus“. The project aimed at raising eco-awareness of students and promoting...