NEWS

2025.2.27
EU

Europe’s WEEE regulations might need a rethink

Bothlegislatorsandthecitizenswhovoteforthemhaveindicatedtheyareinfavorofseeingobsoleteelectronicsrecycledresponsibly.IntheEuropeanUnionandelsewhere,thereseemstobelessagreementonhow...
2025.1.21
EU

People are paid to return coffee cups in this Danish city – does it work?

Islidethethickwhiteplasticcupwithitsbluelidintothehole,andcontinuetofollowtheinstructionswrittenonthedepositmachine.Placingmycreditcardonthedesignatedcardarea,atingletellsmethatina...
2024.12.20
EU

Waste and recycling

Europeisgeneratingtoomuchwaste—andnotenoughisbeingrecycled. TheEUisworkingtocreateamorecirculareconomy,amongothers,bypreventingwasteandimprovingwastemanagement.Atthesametime,therea...
2024.11.21
EU

EU’s New PET Recycling Rules Aim to Drive ESG and Carbon Neutral Strategy

In2025,theEUwillenforcenewregulationsmandatingthatPETbeveragebottlescontainatleast25%recycledplastic,withagoalof30%by2030,aspartofabroaderESGandcarbonneutralstrategy.Thisdirectivea...