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 [...]
The new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) will be complemented by delegated and implementing acts in the coming months. Their content will be important to clarify or even repeal some of the provisions of the new Regulation. The PPWR entered into force on 11 February 2025 and is effective from 12 August 2026, when it is binding on obliged entities. Already now industry stakeholders are addressing the future draft content [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...].
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 [...]
In the Pro and Con programme on ČR+, Miloš Kužvart, Executive Director of the Czech Association of Petroleum Chemists, commented on the mandatory PET backup
A deposit of 4 crowns per plastic bottle or can instead of trampling down beverage containers and taking them to collection containers. The Ministry of the Environment wants to introduce such a change. But critics say the plan will disrupt the waste sorting system already in place and make the whole system many times more expensive. The pros and cons will be discussed by David Surý, chief director of the environmental protection section of the [...]
AKU - BAT CZ in cooperation with ECOBAT organizes a free webinar on "How to take care of industrial batteries at the end of their life cycle?" The webinar is free of charge upon registration. Registration for the webinar here. SPEAKERS: PETR KRATOCHVÍL, ECOBAT JAN FOUSEK, AKU-BAT JAN KOŘÁN, KF LEGAL
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