Eunomia EPR Report Launch Event: What You Need to Know
The importance of waste management schemes, especially those focusing on highly-polluting industries such as the textile sector, cannot be overstated when it comes to advancing Europe’s green transition. As the block strives to achieve its sustainability goals, the need to address the significant environmental impacts created at the end-of-life stage of textile products support the […]
Extended Producer Responsibility: the potential and challenges to enable the circular economy in the textile industry
The European Union has been at the forefront of global environmental efforts when it comes to elaborating policies to promote more sustainable production and consumption standards. However, developing and implementing said policies is not always straightforward when twenty-seven different EU nations with unique economies and internal processes need to be encompassed. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), […]
Understanding the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
Are you often bothered by the amount of plastic and paper that went to waste after opening a product you purchased? Does it look like there’s a lot of unnecessary packaging material arriving with the goods you order online? Although many people will answer those questions with a resounding ‘yes’, most of us would probably […]
The EU’s new Waste Shipment Rules: Proposed Regulations will Incentivise the EU’s Recycling Industry
Rapidly expanding consumer markets and economic growth have led to a huge increase in waste generation in recent decades. In 2020 alone, the EU exported almost 33 million tonnes of waste to non-EU countries. To minimize environmental and human harm, the EU must manage waste responsibly and avoid exporting the problem to other countries. But […]
Overcoming Barriers to Create a Secondary Raw Materials Market
In March 2020, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) that aims to make goods sold on the EU market clean, circular, and sustainable. As part of the new European Green Deal, the CEAP is key to achieving the EU’s ambitious environmental goals, which include carbon neutrality by 2050. Sustainable waste […]