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EuRIC item tagged Metals

Position papers

Legislative drivers for the circularity of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs)

15 May 2023
Position of EU Recyclers on proposal for a Critical Raw Materials Regulation  The European Recycling Industry welcomes the European Commission’s (EC) proposal for a Regulation on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) [COM (2023) 160] and acknowledge...
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New product priorities for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products

16 May 2023
A review on the draft study published by the Joint Research Center (JRC) The European Recycling Industry strongly welcomes the focus placed by the European Commission (EU COM) on sustainable production – for a wide range of products – through the...
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Boosting steel scrap recycling in the EU Debunking myths & setting a clear pathway to decarbonise steel through recycling

13 February 2023
Europe champions steel recycling, both in terms of quantity and quality delivered to steel mills every year. Since 2007, the quality of recycled steel materials is defined in an EU-27 specifications which are based themselves on earlier specificat...
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Position Paper | EuRIC reaction on the environmental impact of photovoltaic modules, inverters and systems

08 November 2021
Improving the design of products is a pre-condition to transition towards a circular economy. As it has already been highlighted in the report released by the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) named “Top 5 Priorities of the Recy...
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Revision of the ELV and 3R Type Approval Directives

27 October 2021
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC), welcomes the initiation of the Impact Assessment andrevision of both Directive 2000/53/EC on End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) and of the Directive 2005/64/EC on the type approval of motor vehicl...
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Importance of free, fair and sustainable trade for commodity-grade metal scrap

21 October 2021
Europe’s metal recycling industry is one of the fastest growing industries, providing local, non-outsourceable jobs.  Composed of SMEs and large players, it offers a unique infrastructure of facilities and processing plants spread all over Eu...
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Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

30 July 2021
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC), thanks the European Commission and Eunomia for the informative and often detailed series of workshops to support the measures created within the Impact Assessment for the revision of the Pa...
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EuRIC Circular Metals Strategy

28 April 2021
Metal recycling is indispensable to reach EU’s climate neutrality objectives by 2050 (EU Green Deal) and shifting from a linear to a circular economy (Circular Economy Action Plan 2.0). Metals can - thanks to their intrinsic properties and market ...
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EuRIC Circular Metals Strategy

01 February 2021
Reaching climate neutrality by 2050 will require drastic changes throughout all value chains, in particular for energy-intensive industries such as metal production. Thanks to their intrinsic properties and market value, discarded metals have been...
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EuRIC unveils Metal Recycling Brochure

22 January 2020
EuRIC is pleased to publish a factsheet on Metal Recycling highlighting the importance of both ferrous and non-ferrous metal recycling and their substantial benefits for the environment and the economy in Europe. The Brochure outlines the environ...
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Position on the Harmonized classification and Labelling for Cobalt Metal

02 November 2017
EuRIC, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation, is substantially concerned by the proposal made by the Netherlands for harmonized classification of Cobalt metal. The proposal as it stands will significantly disrupt the value chain for ste...
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International Green Deal North Sea Resources Roundabout to work on new case: ‘Fast-Tracks’ for WEEE

15 September 2017
EuRIC was proud to attend the first kick-off meeting of this Green Deal aiming to make shimpments of secondary raw materials faster and easier. ‘Fast-Tracks’ is the fifth case for the International Green Deal North Sea Resources Roundabout (NSRR) ...
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Inapplicability of the “Study to assess the impacts of different classification approaches for hazard property "HP 14" to fluff-light fraction and dust from shredding of metal containing waste

04 October 2016
EuRIC urges the European Commission and the Technical Adaptation Committee (TAC) to refrain from approving any proposal and regulatory changes relying on chemical analysis for the assessment of the ecotoxic property of waste HP 14 applicable to fl...
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COP21 – EuRIC: Time to acknowledge the benefits of recycled steel scrap in steelmaking

14 December 2015
EuRIC voiced European steel recyclers’ views during a side-event of the United Nations conference on climate change COP21.
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Statement of the European Steel Recyclers ahead of the Competitiveness Council of 9.11.2015 on the EU Steel Industry

06 November 2015
EuRIC calls the Competitiveness Council of 9 November 2015 for immediate action to restore the competitiveness of the European steel recycling industry.
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