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...However, it would still be accepted in the paper recycling stream in the UK, Netherlands and Germany....
...Payments would be made to a publicly run scheme administrator before being passed to councils to collect plastic waste and handle its recycling....
...Electronic waste, such as old laptops, phones and smart devices, is a fast-growing sector, according to Aurubis, one of the world’s largest recycling companies, and the World Health Organization....
...Disagreements over how the 400mn tonnes of annual plastic waste should be managed have stalled negotiations....
...Packaging waste in the EU has increased about 20 per cent between 2009 and 2020 — a rate much faster than the bloc’s economic growth — to an average of 177kg per capita, despite an increase in recycling....
...But several of these goals were deleted in the final agreement after heavy resistance from industry and countries such as Finland and Italy, which have strong paper and recycling sectors....
...executive in the water and wastewater recycling sectors....
...waste management....
...The chief executive of French waste and water group Veolia has urged European governments to do more to cut red tape on permits to speed up renewable energy projects....
...“It would be absurd for European consumers to finance the low-cost recycling of Asian packaging while, at the same time, the recycling of European packaging waste remains locked in a permanent price crisis...
...They could also tackle plastic waste, oil spills and other toxic pollutants....
...Because the recycling process involves waste and energy, it is less effective than using less stuff (but more effective than not recycling). It may even be counter-productive....
...The OECD says that waste management systems in non-OECD countries will require $1tn of investment to achieve global plastic recycling goals. Companies can do their bit....
...Consumption has quadrupled over the past 30 years, says the OECD, driven by packaging, consumer products and textiles. And we have not made much progress on recycling and reuse....
...The bond, which priced late on Wednesday, will fund plastics collection and recycling projects in Ghana and Indonesia and highlights the growth of exotic debt structures for environmental causes....
...Recycling “is essentially an industry of waste management”, Vishvakarma says. “The goal tends to be to get rid of it, out of mind and out of sight.”...
...The Waste and Resources Action Programme, or Wrap, a green campaign group, says that clearer and more consistent labelling is an obvious starting point, along with pack sizes and formats to suit single-occupancy...
...but was designed to be disassembled at the end of its wearable life for recycling. 3D printers of shoes such as NFW are also pioneering natural-based materials and soles....
...It is also important to have a renewable energy infrastructure that “enables a globally cost competitive steel (and recycling) industry”....
...But demand for the material rocketed as consumer goods companies set targets to cut their reliance on virgin plastics in an attempt to reduce their carbon footprints and plastic waste....
...Frédérique Ries, a liberal Belgian MEP who led negotiations on the law, hailed parliament’s vote as “a strong message in favour of a complete overhaul” of packaging and waste management in the EU....
...[transform] waste into new job and income opportunities”....
...infrastructure and boost consumer awareness about recycling....
...Recycling offers a green alternative to disposal of unwanted goods. Free waste gets turned into green dollars in the reclamation of metals....
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