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The EU Circular Economy package — first published on 3 December 2016 — was endorsed by the European Parliament on 18 April 2018. It contains binding targets on waste and recycling, a key part of the EU ambitions for a more 'circular' economy
ENDS Europe looks at how France hopes to secure an agreement on new rules for how batteries should be made, used and disposed of, where both its Portuguese and Slovenian predecessors failed.
The energy-from-waste sector has defended its exemption from the EU emissions trading system as other industry groups and green campaigners lobby to include it in an upcoming revision of the carbon market.
A European Commission proposal to tighten limits for a range of persistent organic pollutants does not go far enough to tackle contamination in recycled products, health and environment groups have warned.
Inaccessibility, glue, software locks and a lack of replacement parts and repair instructions mean the failure of lithium-ion batteries is increasingly contributing to e-waste, according to a report released as EU lawmakers negotiate a new battery law.
The Belgian capital has become the first northern European city to sign up a Zero Waste Cities programme run by environmental campaigners, with the regional government initially pledging to cut the generation of trash generated by a fifth to 2030.
The European Commission has proposed imposing tight limits on the presence of a banned ‘forever chemical’ in waste as part of a series of restrictions on persistent organic pollutants listed under the Stockholm Convention.
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