Joint letter on alignment of Renewable Energy Directive with the Circular Economy Policies

Joint letter on alignment of Renewable Energy Directive with the Circular Economy Policies

TO: Members of the European Parliament ITRE Committee Subject: Alignment of the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive with the Circular Economy Policies Dear Members of the ITRE Committee, Ahead of the report of the ITRE committee on the revision of the EU...

Made to measure ‘real’ recycling rates will target investment where it matters most

The European Parliament has today opted to follow the ambitious lead set by Environment committee’s vote on the Circular Economy package in January this year. The most important outcome from today’s vote is that MEPs moved in favour of one single calculation...

A year into the project, IMPACTPapeRec consolidates efforts to increase separate paper collection in Europe

The successful Horizon 2020 IMPACTPapeRec Project Conference united more than 50 professionals from across Europe and debated the ways to increase separate paper collection in the EU, a key element in Europe’s transition towards a Circular Economy. The event took...

ENVI committee vote: one step closer towards a truly circular economy in and for Europe

The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) welcomes today’s vote in Environment Committee (ENVI) strengthening the foundation of a truly circular economy in Europe. “MEPs are now one step closer to building a truly circular economy” says Sylvain...

IMPACTPapeRec Project Conference

• The European project IMPACTPapeRec will bring together about 70 professionals on 24 January in Barcelona (Spain), to focus on the challenges and opportunities for increasing separate collection of paper in EU countries. • Experts from STORAENSO, CEPI, ASPAPEL,...

Test Exemptions now included in Deinking Scorecard

The recently-revised deinkability scorecard by the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) now includes an annex listing exemptions to the deinkability test. With this annex, the widely-used deinkability scorecard takes account of those printing technologies and...