The promotion of non-toxic material cycles in the discussions on circular economy is of utmost importance for Hazardous Waste Europe, not only to protect consumer’s health and encourage efficient use of resources, but also to enhance the value of recovered materials, and ultimately to make sure that the starting...
We are deeply convinced that only a model built on non-toxic materials cycles can and will ensure a safe and sustainable circular economy. To reach this ultimate goal, we are committed to strive that substances or materials streams contaminated with toxic substances are appropriately decontaminated before being reincorporated into...
A few months ago, willing to support the provisions of the waste framework directive dealing with hazardous waste management, the EU Commission requested the consultant BIPRO to assess the hazardous waste management situation in 14 Member States, with a special focus on PCB. After months of work and several...
[et_pb_section admin_label= »section »][et_pb_row admin_label= »row »][et_pb_column type= »4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label= »Texte » background_layout= »light » text_orientation= »left » use_border_color= »off » border_color= »#ffffff » border_style= »solid »] [box] European legislation should impose decontamination of polluted waste before recycling, according to the Study for the strategy for a non-toxic environment of the Commission.[/box] HAZARDOUS WASTE EUROPE welcomes the [button link= »https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/89fbbb74-969c-11e7-b92d-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-40456210″ type= »icon »] Study for the strategy for a...
A few weeks after the entry into force of the [button link= »http://www.mercuryconvention.org/Convention/tabid/3426/language/en-US/Default.aspx » type= »icon »] Minamata Convention on Mercury[/button] (16 August 2017), the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP1) took place from 24 to 29 September 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Convention, whose Secretariat is now officially based in Geneva, aims at “protecting...
On 26th September, a numerous number of stakeholders among them representatives of industries, European federations, civil society, national public authorities and EU institutions gathered for the conference “Reinventing plastics – Closing the circle” in view of the forthcoming plastic strategy. Nicolas HUMEZ, as chairman of HWE, delivered a...
Entry into force of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SENT A STRONG POLITICAL MESSAGE FOR A SUSTAINABLE CIRCULAR ECONOMY!
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