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EuRIC Position Papers

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

15 May 2023
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) 1...
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Position Paper | Recyclers' call for a Waste Shipment Regulation benefiting plastics circularity

26 May 2023
26 May 2023 The Commission’s proposal for a Waste Shipment regulation (WSR) responds to the call under the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan to revise the WSR with the aim of (1) facilitating shipments of waste for reuse an...
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Position Paper | New product priorities for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products

16 May 2023
12 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...
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Position Paper | Evaluating EU rules on waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

03 November 2022
EuRIC strongly supports the European Commission’s initiative to evaluate the Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) which goal is to protect the environment and human health, contribute to sustainable production and consumpt...
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Position Paper | Legislative drivers for the circularity of packaging - A review on the measures of the EC's proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

25 April 2023
EuRIC represents the European recycling industry at a EU level. Gathering the vast majority of national recycling federations from EU/EEA Member States, the Confederation represents about 5.500+ recycling companies – from market leaders to SMEs – ...
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Position Paper | 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 | Proposed integration of Basel e-waste entries into the OECD Decision

16 November 2022
Through its members, EuRIC represents the vast majority of e-waste recycling facilities in Europe and therefore has a strong interest in providing comments about the incorporation of the newly adopted Basel Convention entries into the OECD Decisio...
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Position Paper | EPR Schemes

09 November 2022
Recycling creates value by turning waste into recycled materials while saving energy and GHG emissions compared to extracting new raw materials. Over the last decades, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Schemes for different waste streams have...
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Battery fires in recycling facilities - a burning issue and how to resolve it

06 October 2022
Facilities recycling electronic waste, metal scrap, and other waste streams are increasingly confronted by fires caused by defective high-energy batteries, particularly lithium batteries. This paper highlights the urgent actions and increased...
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One-pager | Waste Shipment Regulation jeopardises a European circular economy for recycling

08 September 2022
The European recycling industries outline the significant risks posed to both to employment and economic growth under current proposals envisaged by the revision of the EU's Waste Shipment Regulation. In this one-pager, we summarise these unnecess...
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Position Paper | A united tyre value chain calls for immediate EU-wide end-of-waste criteria for recycled rubber.

23 June 2022
EuRIC and ETRMA are pleased to see rubber recycled from end-of-life tyres among the “top 3” most suitable candidate streams for which to develop further EU-wide end-of-waste (EoW) criteria but further policy makers’ commitment is needed.
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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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