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Czech project PolyEnvi21 addresses rapid detection of plastic recyclate quality
10. 3. 2025

Czech project PolyEnvi21 addresses rapid detection of plastic recyclate quality

Controlling recyclates from suppliers and protecting the production process from contamination by degraded plastics is the goal of the PolyEnvi21 project. The new technology will have a wide range of applications not only for packaging, but also for textiles or in the automotive industry. Recycling, the basis of the circular economy, is a complex discipline, especially for plastics. This is why the Single Use Plastics (SUP) Directive has focused on [...]

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press conference 6.2.2025 sorting of metals also into yellow bins
7. 2. 2025

Metal packaging can now also be sorted into yellow bins together with plastics

From 2025, Czechs will also be able to sort metal packaging into all yellow collection bins where grey bins are not available. The largest trade unions of collection and sorting companies have agreed to extend and simplify the metal packaging sorting system. The Czech municipal sorting system has already expanded to one million coloured [...]

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29. 1. 2025

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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23. 1. 2025

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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recycling packaging waste
9. 1. 2025

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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16. 12. 2024

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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6. 12. 2024

Chemical recycling is still waiting for its legislative "timetable"

Last week, the European Parliament (EP) formally confirmed the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which requires a mandatory high recycling content in plastic packaging from 2030. However, without chemical recycling, it will be difficult to meet these conditions. The PPWR confirmed by the EP will also be formally approved by the Council in the coming weeks and will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the EU's Official Journal. The Regulation [...]

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7. 10. 2024

Do not throw party gas bombs or any other large cylinders in the trash! Their explosions complicate waste processing in the capital

In Prague, such a mischief has spread. People throw large cylinders into black bins for mixed municipal waste, such as bombs from so-called party gases and sometimes others. However, their explosions complicate the energy processing of waste at the ZEVO Malešice incinerator. Prague services are therefore reminding citizens and visitors that this type of packaging cannot be disposed of [...]

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25. 9. 2024

EU says tax on non-recycled plastic packaging waste problematic

A charge for non-recycling of plastic packaging waste has been introduced in the EU since 2021 and is a new own source of revenue for the EU. However, according to the European Court of Auditors, problems have arisen with the reliability of data reporting and verification of the volume of plastic packaging waste actually recycled. The aim of the plastic tax is to raise additional funds for the EU budget and to motivate Member States to [...]

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11. 9. 2024

Aluminum beverage cans - the only reason to introduce mandatory backup?

The debate on the need and effectiveness of the proposed mandatory deposit now focuses on meeting the collection and recycling targets for aluminium beverage cans. According to the proponents of mandatory deposit, the Czech Republic will not meet these collection and recycling targets. Waste and recycling experts and municipalities have the opposite view. Aluminium beverage cans are now part of the collection of all metal packaging, including steel [...]

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