Newsletter n° 5/2007 - March
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Ireland makes producers responsible for tyres
21/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
The Irish environment ministry has published draft rules imposing
producer responsibility on manufacturers, importers and suppliers of
tyres. The regulation sets a framework for voluntary compliance
schemes, building on an agreement already reached with industry to
set up a system to track waste tyre flows. Any operator choosing not
to join a compliance scheme will have to register annually with local
authorities at a cost of €25 per tonne of tyres supplied...
See: Press Release
Draft Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2007 |
Draft Guidance – Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations
2007 | Explanatory Notes – Draft Waste Management (Tyres and Waste
Tyres) Regulations 2007 |
UK: Quality Protocol published for composting industry
19/03/2007
(letsrecycle.com)
The Quality Protocol for Compost was published today, promising to cut
red tape for composting companies and help them market their compost
as a quality product.
Developed by the Environment Agency and the Waste and Resources
Action Programme, it has also had input from the Composting
Association and the National Farmers Union.
UK: Electronics sector "confusion" as WEEE deadline arrives
19/03/2007
(letsrecycle.com)
Thousands of electronics companies based in the UK could be
unwittingly breaking the law after today, if they have not signed up
to a recycling scheme for waste electronics.
Under new producer responsibility regulations – called the WEEE
Regulations - all manufacturers, importers or re-branders of
electrical goods must register with one of the 37 approved producer
compliance schemes to contribute to UK recycling.
These compliance schemes will then act on their behalf to collect and
recycle waste electronic equipment picked up at designated collection
facilities (DCFs) from July 1.
With no threshold in the legislation, all electronics producers must
join a compliance scheme.
But the compliance schemes believe that as many as a third of all
companies obligated under the regulations – called the WEEE
Regulations – know nothing about them or today's deadline.
New global initiative to address electroscrap
08/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
An international initiative has been launched to tackle rising volumes
of electronics waste. The Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP)
initiative, hosted by the United Nations University, includes members
from industry, academia, governments and NGOs. StEP promotes
standardisation of electroscrap recycling to recover valuable and
potentially toxic chemicals. The Basel action network, an NGO
upholding the Basel convention, accused StEP of "appearing to
advocate illegal export of hazardous e-waste". The NGO also
criticised the "hardly open" membership programme, which seems
designed to "lock out" interested parties.
See press releases from StEP and BAN .
USA: Lehigh Technologies inc. and MTR inc.Team Up to Recycle Tires
08/03/2007
(recyclingtoday.com)
Lehigh Technologies, Inc. announced an agreement with MTR, Inc., the
Southeast's largest collector and processor scrap tires and other
scrap rubber with facilities and operations in Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee and Mississippi, processing over 15 million tires
annually...
New Plastics Recycling Plant in UK Announced
08/03/2007
(recyclingtoday.com)
The first plant in the United Kingdom to recycle plastics into
material for food packaging has been announced with the signing of a
joint private and public sector funding agreement.
The plant, operated by Closed Loop London, will transform the
recycling of PET plastic in the UK. The facility is expected to open
at the end of this year. It is scheduled to handle around 35,000
metric tons of packaging a year...
PET anti-dumping tariffs "good for recycling"
08/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
European plastic manufacturers have welcomed a five-year extension of
EU anti-dumping duties on PET plastic bottle imports from six south
Asian countries as beneficial for the environment. On Friday, trade
association Plastics Europe said that the continued duties would help
encourage viable recycling projects. The EU imposed duties in
response to fears that the EU market would otherwise be flooded with
cheap PET bottles. The measure was renewed in February.
See press release and council regulation .
UK condemned over late Weee law
05/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
The UK has been condemned by the European court of justice for late
implementation of the 2002 waste electrical and electronic equipment
(Weee) directive. On Thursday, the court backed European commission
complaints that Britain should have transposed the directive by
August 2004. The UK finally brought its legislation into force – the
last EU state to do so – only this January...
See judgement in case C-139/06 | UK guidance .
UK: One of the largest wood recycling operations in the UK has closed for a month following a fire last week.
05/03/2007
(letsrecycle.com)
Sonae UK Ltd's chipboard factory at Knowsley, Liverpool, which
normally takes in over 300,000 tonnes of recycled wood each year, has
shut its doors until March 26, after a fire broke out in the oil pump
room.
Dave Chapman, sales and marketing director at Sonae, said that the
main plant had not been damaged, all recycled woodchip suppliers were
being kept directly informed, and the disruption would be as "brief as
possible"...
ECJ clarifies animal waste shipments status
05/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
The European court of justice (ECJ) has ruled that shipments of waste
meat-and-bone meal are excluded from most provisions in the EU’s 1993
waste shipments regulation, provided they are bound for recovery.
The judgement was issued on Thursday in response to a request for
clarification from a court in Austria. German company KVZ brought a
claim for damages against the Austrian government after it detained a
shipment of meat-and-bone meal destined for incineration as a fuel in
a Bulgarian power station in 2003...
Follow-up : European court of justice | judgement in case
C-176/05 .
UK: Early talks held over battery recycling directive
05/03/2007
(letsrecycle.com)
The government has started holding informal consultations with
industry concerning the implementation of the Battery Directive.
The consultations include discussions around a life cycle analysis
report that appears to recommend kerbside collection schemes or civic
amenity sites for collecting batteries.
The Battery Directive was adopted by Europe last September, and will
see battery manufacturers and importers funding collections and
recycling for spent batteries...
Latest TO/TR (Technology Offers / Technology Requests)
New concept for valorisation of the polluted grounds and waste
A French company develops research and development for valorisation of the polluted grounds and waste. It proposes the management of the polluted grounds, materials resulting from these wastes but also the sorting and the waste disposal resulting from wild discharges. The various dies retained for the polluted grounds and materials resulting from the buildings public work support the valorisation of waste while based on the analytical results tests. The company looks for technical collaboration.
(Ref: 06 FR FMAP 0EQD - 19/03/2007)
Recovery system for removal and recycling of petrol vapour into liquefied petrol at filling stations
A Norwegian SME has developed a technology for recovering hazardous petrol vapour emissions directly at the pump at filling stations, thus recycling the vapour into liquefied petrol. The system recovers 98 - 99 % of the vapour, and creates virtually emission-free filling stations. The technology can additionally be used within shipping, offshore, terminals, refineries, aviation, etc. The company is looking for an international industrial partner with an environmental profile.
(Ref: 05 NO NORF 0DXM - 13/03/2007)
Method of kinescope and/or screen utilisation and recycling yttrium and europium compounds from phosphors layer deleted from the utilised kinescopes and screens
A Polish research institute invented an innovative method of utilisation of the waste kinescopes which ensures selection and recycling of raw materials and not causes emission of hazardous substances to environment. The institute is interested in licence agreement.
(Ref: 06 PL SPOP 0EWN - 13/03/2007)
Technology for manufacturing environment-friendly pallets made of recycled paper
A Hungarian SME offers environment-friendly packaging technology for heavy-duty pallets manufactured with paper, for aesthetic, hygienic packaging of high-standard products. The procedure allows the creation of clean and aesthetic unit loads of e.g. food, pharmaceutical and micro electronic products. The used pallets can be recycled as waste paper. Cooperation partners for license/manufacturing agreement are welcome.
(Ref: 06 HU HUBU 0E7S - 12/03/2007)
Next Events
China Eco Expo
China Eco Expo is a major trade show and conference dedicated to
showcasing international technology, products and expertise to be
used in China's great move towards a sustainable economy. China Eco
Expo is sponsored by the highest ministries and agencies of the
Chinese government. It is an historic opportunity for international
companies to establish or expand their share of the world’s largest
and fastest growing environmental market
04 - 06 April 2007
Beijing, China, People's Rep.
Waste Conference "Waste matters. Integrating views"
International conference 2nd BOKU, Institute of Waste Management at
the BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Vienna, Austria
16 - 19 April 2007
Vienna, Italy
CANECT 2007: Canadian Environmental Conference & Tradeshow
Since 1992, CANECT has been the foremost event for Canadian
environmental managers, plant personnel, government policy-makers,
lawyers and consultants with responsibilities for environmental
affairs...
16 - 17 April 2007
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sep - Eco technologies exhibition
The great international event dedicated to public services,
anti-pollution technologies in productive processes, city management
and energy. Simultaneously, study days, an opportunity for operators
to update their knowledge, are held on the most significant current
themes in the sector
...
18 - 21 April 2007
Padua, Italy
Recycling & Waste Forum 2007
letsrecycle.com Live! is proud to present the Recycling & Waste Forum
2007, an exciting two-day event that combines seminars, workshops and
a themed dinner. The inaugural event, which has already attracted
widespread interest from all parties involved in the waste and
recycling sectors of the industry, will offer extensive networking
opportunities for decision makers, corporate partners and sponsors...
18 - 19 April 2007
Birmingham, United Kingdom
19th Waste and Bioenergy Forum
Over 550 participants and around 70 presenters are expected
24 - 26 April 2007
Kassel., Germany
EPTEE 2007 - The 8th China International Environmental Protection Exhibition
EPTEE 2007 (The 8th China International Environmental Protection
Exhibition) is an outstanding opportunity to present your company
exhibits and services to experts from the industrial, trade and
service sectors and to turn promising contacts into new business.
International and Chinese entrepreneurs and those in charge of
environmental protection in public agencies meet at this networking
platform ...
27 - 29 April 2007
Shanghai, China, People's Rep...
Ninth In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium
The Preliminary Program lists the 525 platform and poster
presentations scheduled as of November 30, 2006, in 45 technical
sessions, chaired by leaders in bioremediation research and
application. Presentations will cover the major themes in
bioremediation today, including such topics as remediation of soil,
groundwater, sediments, and landfills contaminated by metals, PAH,
PCBs and dioxins, nitrates, energetics, perchlorates, chlorinated
solvents, and petroleum products and additives; bioaugmentation and
biostimulation to enhance intrinsic microbial processes;
phytoremediation; bioremediation used in concert with
physical/chemical processes; and regulatory and public perception
issues
07 - 10 May 2007
Baltimore, Maryland, United States ...
15th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, Berlin 2007
The 15th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - From Research to
Market Deployment - Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate
Protection will take place in Germany in the International Congress
Center Berlin (ICC Berlin), Europe’s largest conference venue, named
top in the category “World’s leading Conference & Convention Centre
2005”.
07 - 11 May 2007
Berlin, Germany ...
IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment
This Symposium is a premier international forum for presenting
environmental topics pertinent to engineers, managers and others
engaged in research, development, manufacturing, recycling, and
marketing of electronic products.
07 - 10 May 2007
Orlando, Florida, United States ...
Waste Expo 2007
WasteExpo is North America’s largest solid waste and recycling
tradeshow serving both the private and public sectors
08 - 10 May 2007
Atlanta, Georgia, United States ...
Waste to energy
The worldwide only exhibition on energy recovery from waste and
biomass opens its doors for the third time. "waste to energy" in
Bremen once again offers an international forum for the presentation
of innovative technologies and the comprehensive and critical
discourse on current issues
...
09 - 10 May 2007
Bremen, Germany
SWANA’s 15th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC)
Co-sponsored by SWANA, the Integrated Waste Services Association
(IWSA), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and in
partnership with the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council
(WTERT) at Columbia University - the North American Waste-to-Energy
Conference (NAWTEC) is widely recognized as the LEADING industry
conference and trade show covering municipal WTE issues, combustion
concepts, and RD&D initiatives concerning new types of
waste-conversion technologies...
21 - 23 May 2007
Miami, Florida, Italy
Eco Summit 2007
This Eco Summit will focus on integrative aspects of all ecological
science and its application under the general theme of "Ecological
Complexity and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for
21st-Century's Ecology". The aim of this Eco Summit is to encourage a
greater integration of both the natural and social sciences with the
policy and decision-making community to develop a better
understanding of the complex nature of ecological systems. This
understanding will provide the basis for sustainable solutions to
environmental problems
22 - 27 May 2007
Beijing, China, People's Rep.
WasteTech 2007
The 5th International Trade fair and Congress On Waste management,
Recycling and Environmental Technologies
The leading biennual waste management, recycling and environmenatl
technologies show/congress in Russia/CIS established since 1999.
Actual data of 2005 - 288 exhibitors, including 102 - international;
3011 sq.m of exhibits, 600 congress delegates, 5400 trade visitors.
200...more
29 May - 01 June 2007
Moscow, Russia
CET’07
International Conference on Environmental Investment and Cooperation
and “ÇET’07-1st Environmental Technologies Fair” shall be organized
under the body and the support of the Ministry of Environment and
Forestry in order to search, detect, coordinate and implement all the
main thematic strategies in the field of environmental.
...
05 - 09 June 2007
Kocaeli, Turkey
12th international conference on battery recycling
International conference on battery recycling
...
20 - 22 June 2007
Budapest, Hungary
China Eco Expo
China Eco Expo has made an alliance
with CEIPEC, the official trade show of China’s environmental
industries. As part of this agreement, CIEPEC has reserved a 9,000 Sq
Ft. area for the China Eco Expo Pavilion, which will be dedicated to
the best sustainable technologies, products and services from around
the world.
Held every 2 years since 1986, CIEPEC is the largest, most
influential event of its kind in China, with 270,000 Sq Ft of exhibit
space and a projected attendance of 60,000.
China Eco Expo at CIEPEC represents an historic opportunity for
international companies to enter or to expand their presence in the
world's largest, most exciting environmental market. This is
particularly true for companies that can contribute to the goal of
sustainable development announced in China’s new Five Year Plan.
...
21 - 24 June 2007
Beijing, China, People's Rep.
CIEPEC 2007: 10th China International Environmental protection Exhibition & Conference
CIEPEC2007 sponsored by State Environmental Protection Administration
(SEPA) of China and organized by China Association of Environmental
Protection Industry (CAEPI) will be grandly held on June 21-24, 2007
in China International Exhibition Center (CIEC) in Beijing.
21 - 24 June 2007
Beijing, China, People's Rep.
Hillhead 2007
Hillhead 2007 is the exhibition to attend for all those in the
quarrying, recycling and heavy construction industries. The show
takes place from 26-28 June 2007 at Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry, Buxton,
England and is the world’s largest working quarry show, boasting
85,000m2 of showground and 450 leading international exhibitors.
26 - 28 June 2007
Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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