“65% of recycling of plastic packagings is an achievable goal”
A new research of the Plastics Recyclers Europe indicates that the 65% target for the recycling of plastic packagings until 2025, is achievable. The study determines a set of measures…
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“Circular economy – opportunities for recycling”
For the second consecutive year the Bulgarian Association for Recycling /BAR/ organized ‘round table” on topic “Circular economy – opportunities for recycling”. The event which has become a tradition for…
“Prices of the metal scrap remain at elevated levels”
The last weeks of 2017 led to a sharp increase in the price of the metal scrap due to and partially caused by the supplies associated with problems with the…
“99% decrease of the plastic waste imported in China”
Pre-history In July last year. China has notified the World Trade Organization for its intention to restrict the import of hazardous waste – a measure which is in accordance with…
157 tonnes of rare metals will extract Samsung from the recycling of Note 7
In a statement published in the Korean version of the company’s site, Samsung Electronics announced that it will recycle part of the items, withdrawn from the market, of the unsuccessful…
New Euro-rules force us to rethink the coal power plants
The new requirements for the best available techniques for large combustion plants, adopted in April, impose the power plants on coal which are among the biggest contaminants in Bulgaria and…
New record of 74,5 % use of recycled paper in Germany
Germany: In 2016. Germany used almost 17 million tonnes of recycled paper for the production of a total of 22.6 million tonnes of paper and cardboard. This represents an increase…
China notifies the WTO for a ban of the import of metals, plastic, paper and other waste
China has notified the World Trade Organization for its intention to restrict the import of hazardous waste – a measure which is in accordance with the principles of the WTO,…