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Context EU waste policy aims to reduce waste and in particular packaging waste. By 2023, 70% of all packaging shall be recycled to support the EU’s transition...

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The reference event in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin for the green and circular economy. Ecomondo is an international hub where all the drivers of the ecological transition are presented and discussed.

5 June - World Environment Day

From 1 to 12 May at the meeting of the Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva, the EU will join the international efforts to reduce hazardous wastes...

The aim of this policy framework for biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics is to provide better understanding of the challenges and benefits that stem from their use. It also sets out the conditions...

By providing a circular, bio-based plastic industry with emissions-free electricity, and by avoiding waste incineration, the sector may even grow to become a form of carbon sink. That is the conclusion of an article...

The Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules on packaging, to tackle this constantly growing source of waste and of consumer frustration.

Compostable and biodegradable plastics are growing in popularity but their environmental credentials need to be more fully assessed to determine how they can be a part...

The project BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE published the first public deliverable, a handbook on how bio-based and biodegradable plastic waste impacts existing waste management systems. It was...