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Opinion of the CAB on the Waste Management Plan 2025+

The Czech Association of Circular Economy sent its comments on the proposal of the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic on the Waste Management Plan 2025 - 2035 (WMP 2025+) as one of the addressed subjects. In general, we assess the plan as modern with a new concept and appreciate, among other things, that it shows the need to expand the infrastructure for the treatment of certain types of waste. The so-called transition plan from linear to [...]

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Opening remarks by Miloš Kužvart at the webinar Batteries as part of waste management

The webinar Batteries as part of waste management was organized on 29 January 2025 by ECOBAT s.r.o. under the auspices of the Czech Association of Waste Management (ČAOH) and the Czech Association of Circular Economy (ČAObH). The opening speech was given by RNDr. Miloš Kužvart (ČAObH) and Ing. The webinar was aimed mainly at business and operational managers of waste management companies, who were provided with valuable information on current trends and [...]

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New packaging regulation will increase food prices, possibly also mandatory backup

Sustainability is not free, the PPWR regulation will have an economic impact. An expert seminar in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic opened the important topic of the impact of the new legislation on the prices of food, packaging and packaging waste. The changes will affect not only end consumers but also the wider industry of manufacturers, retailers or even recyclers. The seminar took place on Monday 27 January 2025 with speakers representing [...]

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Czech Republic has increased biomethane production, but not yet enough to meet the European average

According to a statistical report by the European Biogas Association (EBA), biomethane production in Europe will reach a record 4.9 billion m3 in 2023, an increase of 21% year-on-year. Production increased the most in Italy, France, Denmark, the United Kingdom and also the Netherlands. In the Czech Republic, biomethane production has increased rapidly from 12 GWh to 103 GWh compared to the previous year, behind most European countries in [...]

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How will the new legislation affect the prices of packaging, waste or food?

On Monday 27 January 2025, a seminar on "New legislation and food prices" will be held in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Specifically, the impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the draft law on mandatory backup. The seminar is organized under the auspices of the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Food, Veterinary Activities and Animal Production of the Chamber of Deputies of the [...]

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The Czech Republic is planning mandatory sorting of gastro waste. The decree should be in force in the first months of 2025 

Promoting the sorting of municipal waste and the efficient treatment of kitchen waste with an animal component, which still largely ends up without any use in landfills, is one of the objectives of the forthcoming amendment to the Waste Act Decree. With its entry into force at the beginning of 2028, municipalities should be obliged to separate catering waste from mixed municipal waste. In more than twenty Czech cities and [...]

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Why would the industry stay here when legislative rules are constantly changing and energy is incredibly expensive?

An interview with the Director of the Czech Association of Circular Economy, Miloš Kužvart, on the topic How Europe can keep up with global competitors while trying to achieve ambitious sustainability goals, can be found on the Industrial Ecology portal or directly in the digital version of the Industrial Ecology magazine below (page 10-11).

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Opinion of the Association of Research Universities on the Czech Republic's starting points for Cohesion Policy 2028+

The Executive Director of the ČAObH, RNDr. Miloš Kužvart, was invited by the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic to the so-called Working Group for Sustainability, which from December 2024 is engaged in defining the priorities of the Czech Republic for support from EU programmes after 2028. A significant part of the experts are representatives of the university sphere and with their consent we publish this opinion of the Association of Research Universities. It is a brief [...]

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New labelling technologies for packaging materials or textiles will increase recycling efficiency

Accurate labelling of packaging material types aims to increase the level of recycling of packaging waste, and also to ensure validation of the mandatory high recycling rate in plastic packaging under the new legislation. However, it also serves to mark the types of textiles or to confirm authenticity. Optical sorting lines are currently state-of-the-art equipment that makes waste management easier and more efficient. They are used, for example, by SAKO Brno or OZO Ostrava. [...]

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Five essential steps for competitiveness and innovation in the plastics recycling industry

The European plastics recycling industry is facing a recession mainly due to imports of cheap recyclates and virgin polymers from Asia. It therefore proposes 5 basic steps to improve the alarming situation. The circular economy is one of the key policy strategies of the European Union. The circular economy aims to maintain the value of products or materials for as long as possible in the economic cycle and then return them to the production [...].

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