Plastics Risk of devastating ‘own goals’ in the plastics supply chain by Polymer Comply Europe (PCE) / Polymers for Europe Alliance on behalf of European Plastics Converters (EuPC) It is a statement of the obvious that 2020 – 2021 have been difficult years for global manufacturing. Within that context, the plastics industry has been particularly severely affected.
Regulatory Development EU Waste Shipment Regulation should not incentivize landfill capacity by European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology To safeguard sustainable treatment of waste in Europe, the proposed new waste shipment Regulation needs clear rules for intra-EU shipments
Construction, Renovation and Demolition (CRD) We have reusable cups, bags and bottles: so why are our buildings still single use? by Charles Gillott While some other sectors are gradually reducing their consumption and waste generation to meet carbon emissions targets, the construction industry seems to be lagging behind. This is particularly concerning…
Circular Economy NZ’s government plans to switch to a circular economy to cut waste and emissions, but it’s going around in the wrong circles by Hannah Blumhardt The New Zealand government is currently developing plans to address two crises — climate change and waste — and to embrace a circular economy. But it has no clear path…
Litter We analyzed data from 29,798 clean-ups around the world to uncover some of the worst litter hotspots by Lauren Roman, Britta Denise Hardesty & Chris Wilcox Coastal litter is a big environmental problem. But how does this litter differ around the world, and why? In the first global analysis of its kind, we set out to…
Hazardous Materials Plastic waste is hurting women in developing countries – but there are ways to stop it by Kutoma Wakunuma If we are to build a greener, fairer and more equal society in the wake of COVID-19, it’s time for rich countries to end their practice of dumping plastic waste…
Plastics The plastic recycling system is broken – here’s how we can fix it by Eleni Iacovidou & Norman Ebner For the plastics recycling industry, the pandemic was a bit like the tide going out, exposing its deep-rooted structural problems
Landfill gas Landfill gas: how it forms and why it can be dangerous by Ian Williams England’s Environment Agency isn’t doing enough to protect the public from landfill gas, according to a recent high-court ruling. A judge said that five-year old Matthew Richards’ respiratory…
It’s high time we tackle methane emissions from waste by Paolo Nouvion, ESWET ESWET – the European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy technology welcomes the European Parliament ENVI Committee’s report underlining the need for bold action against methane emissions in the waste sector. Methane is…
Recycling Recycling rates could rise significantly with this simple tweak by Karen Winterich, Gabriel E. Gonzales, Gergana Nenkov Have you ever thought about what happens to the empty Coke cans and food takeout containers you toss in your recycling bins? Our research suggests that if you’re like…
