PRO EUROPE EU update

24. june 2011

  • Upping waste recycling rates is urgent, says Commission official
  • EU-wide environmental statistics to start now     
  • Potočnik eyes national ombudsmen to improve environmental implementation
  • Peter Wessman, DG ENVI, addresses the ENVI Committee on the Implementation of European Environmental Legislation
  • Packaging recycling rates to continue to rise
  • EU PVC Industry sets new recycling targets
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17. june 2011

  • MEPs call for 2013 "year against food waste"
  • Northern Ireland to tax plastic bags by 2013
  • Copper industry calls for stricter limits for end-of-waste criteria
  • Commission asks five Member States to comply with EU waste framework directive
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10. june 2011

  • Recycling is not enough, says waste expert
  • MEP and MSP eye plastic bag tax
  • Full EU ban on BPA in baby bottles comes into force
  • MEP blasts Commission for bias against wood packaging



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3. june 2011

  • Irish government considers new packaging tax
  • DG SANCO head says voluntary action best to cut food waste
  • EU association hits out at EU plastic bag consultation
  • UN demands change in resource use, more metal recycling
  • Dutch MEP wants to "close the door" on landfill and set material use goals
  • Plastics manufacturers call for landfill ban in Europe
  • New President for PlasticsEurope
  • New President for European Beverages Association
  • EU end-of-waste criteria proposed for copper
  • Call for Europe to create demand for recyclates 
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27. may 2011

  • Brussels to propose limits for POPs in waste
  • Macedonia joins Pro Europe
  • Six member states still adrift of WFD, says Commission
  • Commission wants to fine Ireland over breaches to WFD
  • Change attitudes, not legislation, on litter
     
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