Tag Archives: news

  1. Home
  2. Posts Tagged: news
13. 6. 2019

MIT's priority is the efficient use of resources, which is essential for ensuring the country's raw material security

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlicek had a short working meeting today with Mr Jean-Marc Boursier, President of the European Federation FEAD (European Association of Waste Management and Environmental Services) to discuss the topic of circular economy. Mr. Boursier came to the Czech Republic at the invitation of the Czech Association of Circular Economy (CAObH), a member of FEAD, and at the invitation of EKO-KOM, the organizer of [...]

News
13. 6. 2019

Jean-Marc Boursier, President of FEAD, spoke at the Waste and Municipalities conference in Hradec Králové

Jean-Marc Boursier, President of FEAD and COO of the SUEZ Group, spoke at the Waste and Communities 2019 conference in Hradec Králové on the importance of the circular economy for the future development of Czech industry and society. The Waste and Municipalities Conference The Waste and Municipalities Conference is organised by EKO-KOM, which provides a nationwide system for sorting and recycling packaging waste in the Czech Republic. The conference is a traditional [...]

News
13. 6. 2019

Waste management and water services in SMART City presented at this year's URBIS SMART CITY FAIR

On 5 and 6 June, Brno's URBIS SMART CITY FAIR combined the best of trade fairs and conferences into one, thus creating a unique platform for sharing information about the future of smart cities. URBIS SMART CITY FAIR During the two-day programme, dozens of representatives from the professional community and corporate innovation leaders met at URBIS to share ideas, experiences [...]

News
12. 6. 2019

Executive Director of the CAObh RNDr. Miloš Kužvart and his position on the new draft Waste Act

The Executive Director of the ČAObh, RNDr. Miloš Kužvart, provided the magazine Odpady with a commentary on the new draft Waste Act and mentioned its main pros and cons in his answers. What do you see as the main pros of the new draft Waste Act? The main positive of the Waste Bill is that it has been presented at all. What do you see as its main disadvantages? K [...]

News
11. 6. 2019

FEAD President Jean-Marc Boursier to speak at the Waste and Municipalities Conference in Hradec Králové

SUEZ Group COO Jean-Marc Boursier will speak at the Waste and Municipalities conference in Hradec Kralove on 12 June 2019, commenting on the planned restrictions on landfilling in the Czech Republic. Waste and Municipalities Conference Jean-Marc Boursier is also coming to the conference at the invitation of the CAObh as President of FEAD, i.e. the European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services. As an international expert [...]

News
20. 5. 2019

Enrolment to the Circulation Management course at the University of Technology Prague

VŠCHT Praha and INCIEN open applications for the third year of the Circular Economy Lifelong Learning Course. The expert partners of the course are SUEZ Využití virov a.s., Association of Circular Economy and Veolia Česká republika, a.s. The course brings participants the latest information in a field that creates new opportunities for the development of companies and society as a whole, but also helps them to develop their own business in [...]

News
9. 5. 2019

Professional excursion to the recycling facilities of the SUEZ and Plastic Union groups

Members of the ČAObh invited a rare visit of MPs, journalists and professionals to the recycling plants of SUEZ Resource Recovery in Němčice nad Hanou and Plastic Union in Hranice na Moravě. At the SUEZ recycling facility in Nemcice nad Hanou, visitors were given a guided tour of the plant and listened to a presentation of SUEZ Group activities followed by a discussion [...]

News
7. 5. 2019

Expert seminar "Circular Economy - How to do it?"

On 14 May 2019, under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, the seminar "Circular Economy - How to do it?" will be held. The seminar is organized by the Czech Association of Circular Economy, z.s. in cooperation with the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic. What will you learn at the seminar? In the first part of the seminar we will discuss the possibilities of further separation and use of municipal waste, including a brief description of the energy [...]

News
10. 11. 2018

How the circular economy can also be conceived. A reflection on our creativity.

Even now, a (fortunately already minority) part of the professional public is of the opinion that the circular economy is only an improvement of the current Czech approach, where an unusually large amount of waste is sent to landfills, and, not to say, there are often simple facilities for sorting or treating certain types of waste. In fact, the circular economy [...]

News
8. 11. 2018

Waste disposal will get more expensive, it won't go to landfill

A fight is brewing between waste management companies and the ministry over the landfill fee Although Czechs like to boast about how well they sort, the reality is that almost half of domestic waste is taken to landfills outside the city. Over the next 17 years, only a tenth of it should end up there, the EU has planned. It is likely that we will pay extra for a cleaner environment. The cards are now in the hands of the [...]

News