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Fast fashion has come under the spotlight in recent years with many consumers making an effort to avoid buying cheap, mass-produced clothing. Now, another environmentally damaging market is emerging. Fast deco, as it has been dubbed in a recent report, refers to low-cost furniture and home decorations produced in bulk. Like clothing, they are a cheap imitation of high fashion trends and are replaced quickly by the next craze. Fast deco is as environmentally damaging as fast fashionA recent report by French environmental associations has called out the growing environmental impact of fast deco....
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We’ve all seen the mountains of old clothes that end up as giant landfill sites in low income countries. Now, Czechia is leading Europe in tackling rather than contributing to the problem. Around 180,000 tonnes of textiles are discarded in Czechia each year with just 3 to 4 per cent making its way into mixed waste bins. 39,000 tonnes are sorted for recycling whereas non-recyclable contaminated in mixed bins amounts to 75,000 tonnes. The country has a plan, however, to revamp its current waste management practices. In December last year the Ministry of the Environment announced plans to enforce...
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A circular economy has become a key model in the drive for countries to protect the environment while fostering economic growth. The main aim is to reuse and recycle existing materials and products for as long as possible. A new report by the Circular Economy Network (CEN) and the National Agency for New Technology, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) has compared the EU’s five biggest economies and their commitment to sustainable production and consumption. Here’s how Italy, France, Germany, Spain and Poland compare in terms of waste management, innovation and ecological sustai...
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MEPs have adopted a new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) described as one of the most lobbied files to pass through the assembly in recent years. It has also been among the most contentious, and was nearly scotched during inter-governmental negotiations last month. The new law – backed by 476 lawmakers drawn from across the mainstream parties, with 129 voting against and 24 abstaining – stipulates that the annual average of nearly 190kg of wrappers, boxes, bottles, cartons and cans discarded generated annually by every EU citizen should be cut by 5% to 2030. This target rises to...
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Every year, more than 2 billion tons of waste are produced in the European Union - equivalent to 4.8 tons per person. In 2021, most of that waste went to landfill and incineration, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EU wants to double the proportion of materials used in the economy that come from recycling by 2030, relative to the 2020 rate. This proportion is known as the circular material use rate (CMUR). “We are still far from the ambition to double the [European] Union’s circularity rate by 2030,” the EEA said, adding that there was a “low or moderate likelihood” that ...
DPA International
Every year, more than 2 billion tons of waste are produced in the European Union - equivalent to 4.8 tons per person. In 2021, most of that waste went to landfill and incineration, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EU wants to double the proportion of materials used in the economy that come from recycling by 2030, relative to the 2020 rate. This proportion is known as the circular material use rate (CMUR). “We are still far from the ambition to double the [European] Union’s circularity rate by 2030,” the EEA said, adding that there was a “low or moderate likelihood” that ...
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Every year, more than 2 billion tons of waste are produced in the European Union - equivalent to 4.8 tons per person. In 2021, most of that waste went to landfill and incineration, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EU wants to double the proportion of materials used in the economy that come from recycling by 2030, relative to the 2020 rate. This proportion is known as the circular material use rate (CMUR). “We are still far from the ambition to double the [European] Union’s circularity rate by 2030,” the EEA said, adding that there was a “low or moderate likelihood” that ...
DPA
Behältergläser sammeln und in den Altglas-Container werfen, ist den Fußweg dahin durchaus wert. Denn Altglas kann immer wieder eingeschmolzen und zur Herstellung neuer Glasverpackungen genutzt werden. Das spart Rohstoffe, so die Verbraucherzentrale NRW. Und viel Energie: Altglasscherben schmelzen bei niedrigeren Temperaturen als der Quarzsand, aus dem neues Glas hauptsächlich besteht. Damit das Recycling gut funktioniert, sollte man beim Einwerfen von Konservengläsern und anderen Behältergläsern allerdings darauf achten, dass deren Farbe auch zum jeweiligen Container passt. Denn je sortenreine...
DPA (German)
Weltweit wird einem neuen UN-Bericht zufolge immer mehr Elektroschrott produziert - und das Recycling kommt nicht hinterher. Allein im Jahr 2022 fielen 62 Millionen Tonnen an elektronischem Abfall an, wie aus dem am Mittwoch veröffentlichten «Global E-Waste Monitor» hervorgeht. Das sei ein Rekord - und ein Anstieg um 82 Prozent im Vergleich zum Jahr 2010. Gehe es so weiter, sei 2030 mit 82 Millionen Tonnen zu rechnen. Unter E-Waste fällt dabei alles, was einen Stecker oder eine Batterie hat. Die Autoren des Berichts wählen eindrückliche Vergleiche, um das Ausmaß des globalen Schrottproblems zu...
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National diplomats have endorsed a new European law on packaging waste, including provisions that would hold overseas producers to EU environmental standards on plastic recycling at the risk of losing market access. European Commission trade officials had taken the unusual step of lobbying governments directly to reject a so-called mirror clause in the draft law, warning of a serious potential impact on international commerce and diplomatic complications. To do so would have meant the EU Council reneging on the political agreement struck earlier this month with the European Parliament, possibl...
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