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A new Curtin University-led paper published in Nature Cities has called for action to reduce the burning of plastics for heating and cooking, a common yet hazardous practice emerging in millions of households in developing nations due to a lack of traditional energy sources.

Abstracts From the BKAWE'25” are from Volume 2 of the series ‘Waste Management and Energy’ from TK Verlag

In Cologne, 180,000 disposable cups are thrown away every day. The coming packaging tax aims to reduce littering in the city.

This exciting initiative, led by ECOLOGICON GmbH and Stiftung GRS Batterien. Funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety BATTPRO focuses on developing sustainable systems for collecting and recycling household and lithium-ion batteries in Cambodia and Thailand.

Incorrect disposal of small and micro electrical appliances with lithium batteries (Lithium Light Appliances - LiLA) represents an increased safety risk. GRS is testing separate return of these devices at public waste disposal sites and in retail using the LiLA bin.

In summer 2024, the South African government published a strategy paper on the management of e-waste, which was developed in collaboration with Empa. This is the first time the country has issued standardized guidelines for the proper and safe handling of e-waste. The collaboration is part of a program funded by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

A new JRC report has assessed the potential of various products to be regulated under the new EU Ecodesign regulation, aimed at making sustainable products the norm in Europe. The legislation could improve environmental and market sustainability.

The Institute for Industrial Research (IWI) has produced a study that comprehensively analyses the economic value added of the sector for the first time. The result: last year, 2,998 companies in the waste and resources sector with around 31,000 employees generated 9.17 billion euros.

The next step in the process involves referring the Member State to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), where potential fines may be imposed

Paper and cardboard will be collected separately from other dry recyclables.

Thailand is only one of various Asian countries that has been paid to receive plastic from developed nations.

Press conference with Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, Valdecy Urquiza, Secretary General of Interpol and Heike Vesper, Director of Transformation Policy and Economics at WWF Germany on the launch of a joint programme against environmental crime.

CRC press at Boca Raton, Florida , USA, by Taylor & Francis Group

Quote from Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke on COP29

The COP29 Declaration on Reducing Methane from Organic Waste marks the first time waste is formally included in a COP Declaration.

Belgium prohibits the sale of single-use (disposable) e-cigarettes as of 1 January 2025.

ESWET welcomes the recent opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) “From waste plants to resource plants” about transforming waste management to prioritise resource recovery and circularity.

Amending Bill of the German Act on Electr(on)ical Equipment (11 October 2024): Separate collection for re-use

Of the 30,000 fast food restaurants and six billion meals served per year, two million tonnes of waste were generated in the country.

Expected ban of disposable e-cigarettes (“puffs”) in France

Publication and handover of a joint position paper to Parliamentary State Secretary Dr. Bettina Hoffmann

The estate of California suing a big plastics manufacturer for environmental harm is the first of its kind.

About 20 thousand tons of plastic flowed in the river per year. Solely this river contributed 2% of the total plastics in the oceans.