The European Commission has proposed a targeted amendment of the Waste Framework Directive, with a focus on textiles waste and food waste.

The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-16) was held in Geneva from 1-12 May 2023. The Parties adopted several important guidelines.

The European Recycling Industry welcomes the EC’s proposal for the new Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste [COM (2022) 677] and acknowledges the Commission’s commitment to set ambitious measures to boost packaging circularity.

On 25 and 26 April, CINEA will hold various virtual information sessions on the LIFE 23 Calls for proposals. 

Despite some notably positive adjustments to the European Commission’s Waste Shipment proposal, this far-reaching legislation continues to pose fundamental threats to European recyclers and Europe’s burgeoning circular economy. Regrettably, EU lawmakers continue to push forward legislation that will incentivise the extraction of primary raw materials by adding more regulatory burdens on recyclers.

The Council of the EU published the text of the new EU batteries regulation on which the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on 9 December last year.

Europe’s recycling industries expressed dismay at the European Parliament’s adoption of current waste shipment proposals citing major inconsistencies undermining the trade of recycled materials. While the establishment of mandatory recycled content targets for plastics should be applauded, the failure to consider targets for metals and paper is a significant omission that will erode demand and subsequently green investment in new and upscaled recycling facilities in Europe.

The European Commission has recently proposed new EU-wide rules on packaging, to tackle this constantly growing source of waste and of consumer frustration.