Driving circularity of ELVs is key to give cars a second life! Non-ferrous metals are critical to a green transition. WEEE is one of the fastest growing waste streams.
Boosting plastics recycling is key to keep reducing plastic pollution and to combat global warming. Mechanical tyre recycling is both resource efficient and environmentally respectful.
The recovery of valuable materials from ELT contributes to reduce the dependency on natural resources incl. Our objective: Advocating recycling in Europe The role of recycling is of paramount importance for the European economy, the environment and society. While countries in Northern Europe have tended to make producers responsible for collection, countries in Southern Europe have tended to keep operations entirely in the hands of municipalities and have producers pay them a fee.
And that fee can vary enormously. But on the operations, that will continue to strongly depend on the power and engagement of local authorities. One possible change in the directive that would further incentivise producers to make their products easier to recycle is to have their EPR contributions vary based on their product design.
Right now, everyone pay the same regardless of how hard their products are to recycle. It will be much more differentiated than today. And some member states may differentiate between the best performers and the worst. He adds that he expects to see a target that says from companies can only out packaging on the market that is truly recyclable.
The European Commission has started gathering views from EU member states, the packaging industry and online retailers ahead of a comprehensive review of EU rules on packaging waste, part of efforts to boost reuse and recycling rates by Half of the plastic collected for recycling is exported to be treated in countries outside the EU.
Reasons for export include the lack of capacity, technology or financial resources to treat the waste locally. Previously, a significant share of the exported plastic waste was shipped to China, but recent restrictions on imports of plastic waste in China is likely to further decrease EU exports. This poses the risk of increased incineration and landfilling of plastic waste in Europe.
Meanwhile, the EU is trying to find circular and climate-friendly ways of managing its plastic waste. The low share of plastic recycling in the EU means significant losses for the economy as well as for the environment. Globally, researchers estimate that the production and incineration of plastic pumped more than million tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere in By , those emissions could rise to 2.
Read more about waste management in the EU. The main issues complicating plastic recycling are the quality and price of the recycled product, compared with their unrecycled counterpart. Plastic processors require large quantities of recycled plastic, manufactured to strictly controlled specifications and at a competitive price. However, since plastics are easily customised to the needs - functional or esthetic - of each manufacturer, the diversity of the raw material complicates the recycling process, making it costly and affecting the quality of the end product.
Find out more about EU plans to reach a circular economy by , including plastic reduction. In May , the European Commission put forward a proposal to address the issue of plastic marine litter.
It includes an EU ban on the production of the top 10 single-use plastics that are found on European beaches from 3 July
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