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PPWR: Further improvements needed to advance packaging circularity despite positive developments

PPWR: Further improvements needed to advance packaging circularity despite positive developments

The EU’s Environment Ministers have adopted their General Approach on the proposal for an EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While EuRIC recognises the progress made towards enhancing packaging circularity, we emphasise the need…

Business
EU Negotiators Reach Agreement on Waste Shipments; Recyclers Highlight Need to Maintain Access to Global Markets

EU Negotiators Reach Agreement on Waste Shipments; Recyclers Highlight Need to Maintain Access to Global Markets

Negotiators from the EU Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on the revision of the Waste Shipments Regulation (WSR), exactly two years after the Commission launched its proposal. The deal reached yesterday evening…

Breaking News
Council adopts new regulation on batteries and waste batteries

Council adopts new regulation on batteries and waste batteries

Batteries are key to the decarbonisation process and the EU’s shift towards zero-emission modes of transport. At the same time end-of-life batteries contain many valuable resources and we must be able to reuse those critical…

Business
5th Annual Advanced Plastics Recycling Conference

5th Annual Advanced Plastics Recycling Conference

The 5th Annual Advanced Plastics Recycling Conference will take place in vibrant Berlin, Germany on November 27-28. The event brings together industry leaders, innovators, researchers, policymakers, and business professionals from various sectors to shape the…

Business
EuRIC welcomes the new proposal for End-of-Life Vehicles and proposes improvements

EuRIC welcomes the new proposal for End-of-Life Vehicles and proposes improvements

As the umbrella organization for recycling industries representing most of the End-of-Life-Vehicles (ELV) recyclers across the EU, EuRIC welcomes the publication of the long-awaited Commission proposal to revise the ELV Directive. o Emphasis placed on…

Demolition & Recycling
EuRIC expresses concern over equating recycling with destruction

EuRIC expresses concern over equating recycling with destruction

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) welcomes the adoption of the report on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), with 473 votes in favor, 110 against and 69 abstentions, by the European Parliament today.…

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Annual meeting of partners from the UPLIFT

Annual meeting of partners from the UPLIFT

On May 11th and May 12th, 2023, the partners from the UPLIFT project gathered one more time in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss the last results as well as to establish new actions and steps for…

Business
Electric motors and copper wires recycling

Electric motors and copper wires recycling

The recycling of components has become an increasingly central issue, as it is an effective way of reducing environmental impact and creating new economic opportunities. In this regard, the treatment of electrical wires and motors…

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EuRIC gathers recyclers and policymakers in Brussels for a successful event

EuRIC gathers recyclers and policymakers in Brussels for a successful event

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) gathered policymakers, recyclers and other circular economy stakeholders in Brussels for its annual conference “Boosting recycling through future-fit policies” which took place on 30 March at the Bluepoint. As…

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EuRIC event set to gather recyclers and policymakers in Brussels to discuss regulatory hurdles

EuRIC event set to gather recyclers and policymakers in Brussels to discuss regulatory hurdles

Early bird registration is now open for EuRIC’s regulatory event Boosting recycling through future-fit policies at the BluePoint, Brussels on 30 March. The event will unite both policymakers and experts from across the recycling value chain to discuss…