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25 November 202420 November 2024

Europe missing out on the potential of bio-waste with almost 75% ending up in landfills or incinerated

The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) together with Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) to produce a second edition of the report identifying the untapped potential to valorise bio-waste in Europe

17 April 202415 April 2024

EuRIC, FEAD and NGOs back “polymer-only” allocation method for plastic from chemical recycling

Several organisations sent a joint letter to policy officers of the European Commission’s DG Environment last week urging them to consider amending the proposal’s allocation rules

12 February 20243 February 2024

France made composting compulsory. What does it mean for the bioeconomy?

France already has had the third highest rates of circular material usage in the EU after the Netherlands and Belgium in first and second place

13 December 20237 December 2023

A position for the wrong century: European Parliament’s vote on the PPWR

Though waste prevention targets were preserved at 5% by 2030, 10% by 2035, and 15% by 2040, the watered-down text excluded crucial mechanisms needed to actually reach the environmental targets

24 October 202317 October 2023

Verpackungsgesetz: EU ringt um Definition von „hochwertigem“ Recycling

Umweltorganisationen warnen vor dem Downcycling hochwertiger Materialien zu minderwertigen Produkten, da Papier zur größten Abfallquelle in der EU werden könnte

Definition of ‘high-quality’ recycling takes centre stage in EU packaging law

Environmental groups warn against downcycling high-quality materials into lower-quality products, saying paper risks becoming the largest source of packaging waste in the EU

24 April 202320 April 2023

The term recycling must not be watered down by pyrolysis and gasification

Two new studies set the wrong priorities and could encourage problematic policy decisions on pyrolysis and gasification of plastic packaging waste

11 October 20226 October 2022

Biobasiertes Upcycling: Vom Rest- zum Wertstoff

Vorhandene biobasierte Ressourcen sollten nachhaltig und möglichst vollständig – das heißt mit allen ihren Bestandteilen – verwertet und in Zwischenschritten mehrfach genutzt werden können

19 May 202213 May 2022

New EU laws risk promoting ‘downcycling’ of plastic bottles, industry warns

As part of the EU’s drive to create a more sustainable economy, the EU executive is planning to propose mandatory requirements for recycled content and waste reduction measures for key products such as packaging

Neues EU-Gesetz droht Kreislauf des Plastikflaschen-Recycling zu brechen

Neue Norm mit verbindlichen Zielvorgaben für den Recyclinganteil aller Kunststoffe könnte die Recycling-Bemühungen der Hersteller von Kunststoffflaschen zum Scheitern bringen

2 May 202226 April 2022

Der Engpass bei Kunststoffrezyklaten ist überwindbar

Wie können Branchen wie die Automobilindustrie, die Lebensmittel- und Getränkeindustrie und die Kosmetikindustrie eine zuverlässige Versorgung mit hochwertigem recycelten Ausgangsmaterial sicherstellen?

23 February 202218 February 2022

New report: PET, the most circular of all plastics, is far from real circularity

A picture of the true state of circularity of this material in bottles in Europe – including how much material from bottles is collected for recycling; how much of it is actually recycled; and how much of recycled PET is put into new bottles

28 July 20219 September 2021

“Design for Chemical Recycling” kills Innovation Upstream

Zero Waste Europe, together with RPa and ECOS, has published the report Designing for real recycling, not plastic lock-in

15 July 202112 July 2021

Measuring EU Member State performance on bio-waste

BIC and Zero Waste Europe report and country factsheets demonstrate untapped potential

26 January 202129 January 2021

nova Session: “Chemical Recycling – Status, Trends, and Challenges” – Final Programme available!

10 February 2021, 10:00 – 14:00 h (webinar via zoom)

8 January 202112 January 2021

nova Session: “Chemical Recycling – Status, Trends, and Challenges” – Check out the preliminary programme!

10 February 2021, 10:00 – 14:00 h (webinar via zoom)

25 November 20209 September 2021

EU defines sustainable plastic manufacturing in draft green finance rules

Chemical recycling will need to emit less than manufacturing with virgin materials to be considered 'green'

14 September 20209 September 2020

Bio-based industries equipped to help Europe meet its waste objectives

Research by ZWE and BIC maps bio-waste collection and potential

4 September 20209 September 2021

Chemical recycling or recovery? The circular economy hangs in the balance

Recent review of scientific and technological evidence highlights the limits of these technologies to deal with plastic waste

21 August 202022 August 2020

EU Promotes Greater Global Responsibility on Plastic Waste – But Not for Internal Market

Green Groups Denounce Europe's "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" Policy

5 August 20201 August 2020

Chemical Recycling legislation should take a precautionary approach to ensure prevention measures remain at the core of the EU’s Circular Economy promises

Janek Vahk blogs about the new joint statement on chemical recycling from the Rethink Plastic alliance, ECOS, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Zero Waste Europe

21 July 202021 July 2020

The potential of bio waste in Europe

BIC is actively involved in a number of European research programs to convert and process collected waste into useful applications

2 July 202026 June 2020

Rethink Plastic Alliance et al launch policy brief on plastic-to-fuels ahead of EC meeting on revised Renewable Energy Directive

Environmental group Rethink Plastic Alliance has led the launch of a policy brief entitled “Recycled Carbon Fuels in the Renewable Energy Directive”

29 June 202020 July 2020

Tackling Europe’s food waste problem – bio-based industries offer innovative solutions

Report details the current generation and capture rates of bio-waste for each EU27 Member State, plus Norway and the United Kingdom

6 March 20203 March 2020

Bio-based solutions for a future-fit Europe – How can the bio-based sector contribute to EU Green Deal and to a zero-waste-europe?

"Bio-based solutions for a future-fit Europe" conference gathered different stakeholders of the biobased sector to discuss and coordinate the future of the sector

12 February 20209 September 2021

The chemical cure?

The final piece of the recycling jigsaw, or a toxic pseudo-solution? David Burrows reports on chemical recycling

16 February 201814 February 2018

The fight on plastics heats up in the EU

A wind of change is blowing across Europe, trying to sweep away all the plastic bags that are littering our countries. January 2018 has been a busy month in this sense

29 January 201822 January 2018

Plastics Strategy: EU must heed example of best practices

Reducing plastic use, especially single-use plastics, could be a game changer in Europe

22 January 201812 January 2018

Why the EU’s renewable energy proposal subverts the circular economy

The draft Renewable Energy Directive creates a distortion in the waste market by making it comparatively cheaper to burn waste rather than to prevent it or recycle it

15 September 201713 September 2017

EU warned against renewables law ‘subverting’ the circular economy

European Commission proposal to revise the Renewable Energy Directive will be voted on by the European Parliament’s environment committee on October 11-12

10 February 20178 February 2017

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