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Recyclers’ Talks #1: Circular Economy – Are we delivering?

Recyclers’ Talks #1: Circular Economy – Are we delivering?

No time to waste to implement the Circular Economy Agenda was one of the key messages of Recyclers’ Talks #1 organised on 22 March 2021 by EuRIC in cooperation with the EP Intergroup on ‘Climate Change,…

Breaking News
How to recycle a refrigerator: the treatment of dangerous WEEE

How to recycle a refrigerator: the treatment of dangerous WEEE

15 years: this is the average lifetime of a refrigerator or freezer. Once disused, this product must be recycled properly. For the treatment and disposal of refrigerators, therefore, specific technologies must be used, capable of treating…

NEWS
EuRIC calls upon the Commission to support continued use of tyre-derived granular infill

EuRIC calls upon the Commission to support continued use of tyre-derived granular infill

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) representing the collective interests of the European mechanical end-of-life tyre (ELT) recycling industry, calls upon the Commission to strengthen its commitment to the Circular Economy. With the release of ECHA´s…

GreenTech
Constellium plans a recycling investment in Europe

Constellium plans a recycling investment in Europe

Constellium SE announced its plans for an investment to increase its recycling capacity in Europe. This project will be focused on using recycled material to provide slabs for Constellium’s automotive and packaging businesses in Europe.…

DEEE & DBA
European Commission added Lithium on its critical raw materials list

European Commission added Lithium on its critical raw materials list

The European Commission presents an Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials, the 2020 List of Critical Raw Materials and a foresight study on critical raw materials for strategic technologies and sectors from the 2030 and…

DEEE & DBA
Laser welding systems for Tailor-Welded Blanks to Toyota Motor North America

Laser welding systems for Tailor-Welded Blanks to Toyota Motor North America

Toyota Motor North America ordered to international technology group ANDRITZ three jointly developed SOUTRAC II Tailor-Welded Blank (TWB) laser welding systems to be installed in its North American manufacturing plants. The world’s most advanced TWB…

Business
World Environment Day

World Environment Day

This year was a World Environment Day unlike any other; government leaders, scientists, celebrities and more came together for a virtual celebration and discussion, organized by the Government of Colombia) highlighting the complex environmental issues…

Demolition & Recycling
Forrec solutions for tyre recycling

Forrec solutions for tyre recycling

Data updated to 2017 certify that in one year 3,424,500 tons of end-of-life tyres were produced with a 4% increase over the previous year. This is why the issue of proper disposal of end-of-life tyres…

Equipments
Volumes in recycling industry are slowly returnig to normal

Volumes in recycling industry are slowly returnig to normal

As many countries move into a new phase of their response to COVID-19, BIR presents the latest in its series of expert updates on the impact of the pandemic on recycling markets around the world.…

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Joint Open Letter of EuRIC, FEAD and CEWEP for a Green Recovery

Joint Open Letter of EuRIC, FEAD and CEWEP for a Green Recovery

EuRIC, the European Recycling Industries Confederation, issues a joint call together with FEAD and CEWEP to put the Green Deal and the new Circular Economy Action Plan at the forefront the post COVID-19 recovery. Cinzia VEZZOSI, President of EuRIC,…