Tiered approach impacts seriously the majority of energy-intensive industries in the EU and their associated value chains

We, the signatories of this paper, energy-intensive sectors representing about 2 million jobs in the EU and comprising many SME’s, are under direct impact of the EU ETS and are deemed exposed to carbon, investment and employment leakage. We urge Members of the...

Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents promise to play key role in making paper industry more sustainable

PhD research carried out as part of the PROVIDES project has recently resulted in promising new sustainable hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs). These hydrophobic DESs could successfully replace chemical solvents in the paper recycling process in order to remove...

Response to public consultation on access to international road haulage

Short summary: We support a completely free market for transport services in the European Union that can improve industry’s competitiveness. Liability of shippers should be proportionate. Simple cabotage rules allowing the development of today’s complex and...

CEPI joins demand-side flexibility platform

CEPI has joined I.D.E.A.S., a European informal multi-stakeholder platform for advocates of demand-side flexibility. I.D.E.A.S stands for: • Improve energy efficiency • Develop new business models • Empower consumers • Address security of supply and...

Joint Statement on the legislative review amending the Waste Framework Directive and Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

Key Messages 1. Ensure a life-cycle approach in legislation, taking into account the functionalities of packaging, such as preserving the entirety of resources invested in the packaged product along the entire value chain. 2. Safeguard the Internal Market (the legal...

Waste Framework Directive: European material industries renew call for measurement of real recycling rates

Europe‘s metals, steel and paper industries renew their call for a harmonised method to measure Member State recycling rates at input into the ‘final recycling process’. The full document can be consulted via the link below.