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Emissions trading: 2012 saw continuing decline in emissions

Emissions of greenhouse gases from installations participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) decreased by 2% last year, according to the information recorded in the Union Registry

Investing in green infrastructure will bring multiple returns

Green infrastructure urban environmental features like green roofs, parks and greenways contribute to human health, help address social problems, save energy and ease water run-off. 

Green business, research and innovation at Pollutec Horizons

The cleantech, energy and sustainable development show that will take place from 3rd to 6th December 2013 at Paris Nord Villepinte (France) will be the meeting of the year for those involved in the environment and sustainable development 

Relight, new light for WEEE

Relight is one of the largest facilities in Italy for the treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment. Relight is more than 40,000 tons per year of WEEE.

Indeco: submarine mission

A strategic mission entrusted to two Indeco breakers: one HP 5000 and one HP 7000 owned by Trani firm Scavi SaS, mounted on a CAT 325D and on a CAT 330D, respectively

Helping companies and consumers navigate the green maze

The European Commission is proposing EU-wide methods to measure the environmental performance of products and organisations, and encouraging Member States and the private sector to take them up

Bauma 2013: what a success!

Approx. 530,000 visitors from over 200 countries. Proportion of international visitors higher than ever before. 3,420 exhibitors from 57 countries

Be Minini

A unique solution for filling, transport, storage and emptying operations.

“Brownfield” sites: better planning needed if clean-ups are to work

A new report from the European Court of Auditors calls on the European Commission to improve the running of regeneration projects on so-called “brownfield” sites often derelict and contaminated

Mega event

Messe München expects the biggest bauma of all time

Solmec: handling success

Recycling Industry met Antonio Grifo, sales manager of Solmec Spa, to learn more about the company and discover the secrets of their success.

Commission moves forward on climate and energy towards 2030

The European Commission today took the first step towards developing a 2030 framework for EU climate change and energy policies. It adopted a Green Paper which launches a public consultation on the content of the 2030 framework.

More than 70% of glass bottles and jars collected for recycling in the EU

Over three quarters of them are used as secondary raw material in a resource-efficient bottle to bottle loop

CARPI Consortium

The CARPI Consortium gathers 34 companies that collect and recycle around 200.000 tons of LDPE, HDPE and PP industrial plastic packaging per year

Recovering and recycling fishing nets

Aquafil, ECNC Land & Sea Group and Star Sock have together established the “HealthySeas, a Journey from Waste to Wear" Initiative

Italy: inadequate treatment of waste landfilled in Lazio

The European Commission is taking Italy to Court for failing to comply with the requirements of EU waste legislation

United people to protect the planet

Earth Hour 2013 will be held on Saturday 23 March between 8.30PM and 9.30PM in your local time zone.

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Recycling in Europe

Austria, Germany and Belgium recycled the largest proportion of municipal waste in Europe in 2010. Although some countries have rapidly increased recycling rates, Europe is still wasting vast quantities of valuable resources by sending them to landfill