During her confirmation-hearing with Members of the European Parliament on November 5th 2024, EU Commissioner for the Environment Jessica Roswall emphasized her "focus on nature-based solutions" and indicated potential "bio-based content requirements for certain products”. Hinting at two EU laws that have been heavily debated over the last months, she also underscored the “essential” importance … Continue reading Placing Moulded Pulp at the Core of the EU Circular Bioeconomy
In this op-ed discussion between three family-run companies from the consumer goods and recycling industries, their CEOs call for a mass balance method where recycled content is allocated proportionally to all products of a recycling process at batch level. A label claiming „Made from 100% recycled content" should only be allowed for packaging products fully made from recyclate. Otherwise, it should be considered as greenwashing.
Chemicals are a critical, but often overlooked, factor of success for a circular economy. 96% of all products on European markets, from food to medical treatments, from buildings to consumer electronics, rely on chemicals, so this shouldn’t come as a surprise. But what does circularity mean for the future of the chemicals industry? Should it embrace circular systems or resist them?
Interview with Kęstutis Sadauskas, Director for Circular Economy & Green Growth at the European Commission’s DG Environment, about the EU’s upcoming “Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability”
Consumers appreciate recyclates in packaging as long as it doesn’t affect the quality, functionality and price of the product. But how do companies remain competitive in view of added costs for high-quality recycling and the low price of virgin plastics?
Reason & Rhyme 