Plastics
EU sets 2030 deadline for plastic recycling
January 17, 2018
The European Commission is taking a firm stance on the recycling of waste plastics and the recyclable nature of packaging. According to the Financial Times, in order to encourage the implementation of a circular economy, “Brussels wants to create an EU market for waste plastic and make all such packaging in the bloc recyclable by […]
BVSE call for plastic waste rethink
January 11, 2018
The German organisation has offered a series of suggestions in response to the China ban. The German organisation BVSE – the Federal Association for Secondary Raw Material and Waste Disposal – has warned of the potential effects of the widely-publicised Chinese ban on the import of plastic waste, reports K-Zeitung. The ban “will have far-reaching […]
