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Study | LCA-based assessment of the management of European used textiles

17 January 2023 | Reports & Studies
The study provides a qualitative overview of the market surrounding used textiles both in Europe andglobally. This includes a presentation of current and future collection and sorting practices in Europe, theshare and fate of various qualities, in...
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Press Release | European Parliament backs waste shipment restrictions undermining certainty for recyclers

17 January 2023 | Press releases & Statements
Europe’s recycling industries expressed dismay at the European Parliament’s adoption of current waste shipment proposals citing major inconsistencies undermining the trade of recycled materials. While the establishment of mandatory recycled conten...
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Letter | European Parliament ban on plastic exports to significantly impair European plastic recycling unless complementary measures are taken

17 January 2023 | Letters
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 17 January 2023 on the Commission’s proposal for a Waste Shipment Regulation which has both positive and negative repercussions for plastics recycling. While many adaptations will facilitate recyclin...
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Press Release | ENVI to dangerously damage European recycling with report on Waste Shipment Regulation

02 December 2022 | Press releases & Statements
European recyclers warn of major incoherencies that remain after the ENVI report on the Waste Shipment Regulation was adopted on 1 December. While the report alleviates some of the administrative burdens that impede trade of recycled materials wit...
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Press Release | A boost for recycling but non-recyclable packaging must be phased out sooner

30 November 2022 | Press releases & Statements
The proposed Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) sets a robust framework to boost packaging recycling. However, European recyclers warn that the phasing out of non-recyclable packaging must be dramatically accelerated if the EU is t...
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Joint letter | European recycling industry calls for unhampered trade for raw materials from recycling under the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR)

30 November 2022 | Letters
The procedures for the export of recycled materials still classified as waste laid down in the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) are burdensome, costly, and time-consuming. European recyclers are therefore in favour of an ambitious revision of the W...
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Press Release | European recyclers urge tougher scrutiny of EPR Schemes

23 November 2022 | Press releases & Statements
European recyclers are urging European and national policymakers to exercise greater scrutiny before establishing new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Schemes. ­Often portrayed as a silver bullet to improve waste management, EPR Schemes...
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Press Release | European recyclers support Japan’s objection to proposed OECD rules on e-waste trade

21 November 2022 | Press releases & Statements
In its latest position paper, European recyclers have united in support of an objection raised by Japan to new international rules that risk subjecting shipments of non-hazardous e-waste to burdensome administrative requirements. Currently, aroun...
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Position Paper | Proposed integration of Basel e-waste entries into the OECD Decision

16 November 2022 | Position papers
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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Press Release | Revised EU waste rules threaten to turn the tide on European recycling

16 November 2022 | Press releases & Statements
European recyclers are making an urgent plea to shadow rapporteurs as revised EU rules threaten to severely impact trade of recycled materials risking irreversible economic damage and job losses to Europe’s leading circular economy industries. &nb...
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Public consultation | WEEE Directive revision - European recycling industries' input to the call for evidence

09 November 2022 | Public consultations
EuRIC strongly supports the European Commission’s initiative to evaluate the Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) whose goal is to protect the environment and human health, contribute to sustainable production and consumpt...
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Position Paper | EPR Schemes

09 November 2022 | Position papers
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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