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- Waste and recycling - Environment - European Commission
Learn about EU waste policy and laws, and how EU waste management can contribute to the circular economy
- New rules to boost recycling efficiency from waste batteries
The Commission published new rules on Friday for calculating and verifying recycling efficiency and the recovery of materials from waste batteries Batteries play a crucial role in advancing the green transition, supporting sustainable mobility, and contributing to climate neutrality by 2050
- EU Ship Recycling Regulation: Evaluation and list update
The Commission assessment finds that the law has contributed to higher environmental and social standards in ship recycling practices
- Study highlights positive environmental impacts of increasing textile . . .
Increasing textile-to-textile recycling rates in the EU to 10% could achieve carbon savings of 440,000 tonnes per year, and conserve 8 8 billion cubic metres of water – making a case for a renewed focus on policies to tackle textile waste
- Packaging Packaging Waste Regulation - European Commission
Goods need packaging for protection and transportation But packaging waste – often unnecessary and burdensome – is growing faster than our economies and even outpacing population growth
- Commission consults on new rules for chemically-recycled content in . . .
The initiative aims to provide a common methodology for calculating recycled plastic content in single-use beverage bottles
- Revised Waste Framework Directive enters into force
Moreover, textile waste is a pressing issue, with about 12 6 million tonnes generated in 2019, of which only one-fifth was separately collected for reuse or recycling The revised Waste Framework Directive introduces two main sets of measures to tackle these impacts, while boosting the competitiveness and circularity of the sector:
- Tech helps Egypts informal recyclers build circular economy | World . . .
A group of multinationals, backed by Egypt's government, have created a plastic recovery scheme which rewards informal collectors through digital credits
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