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EuRIC Annual Report 2024

03 April 2025
EuRIC, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation has published its Annual Report for 2024. The Annual Report provides a summary of the collective achievements of the members, partners, sponsors, Branches and the Secretariat in 2024 across th…
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Clean Industrial Deal: Big decarbonisation promises, little support for circularity

26 February 2025
EuRIC, the voice of Europe’s recyclers welcomes the Commission’s ambition to lay out a plan driving the continent’s energy transition and industry empowerment. However, the plan released today, the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), falls short of deliver…
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EuRIC urges immediate extension of EU WSR deadlines to avert recycling market collapse

11 February 2025
The new EU Waste Shipment Regulation 1157/2024 (WSR) threatens to disrupt global recycling markets and put Europe’s recycling industry at a severe competitive disadvantage. EuRIC calls for an immediate extension of the WSR deadlines to provide non-O…
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Final adoption of revised EU waste shipment rules

27 March 2024
The Council’s adoption of the revised waste shipment rules marks a significant step towards modernising intra-EU waste shipments rules and tackling illegal shipments.
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Europe’s recyclers applaud milestone PPWR deal, highlight remaining challenges

15 March 2024
Today’s COREPER deal on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) marks a significant milestone for the European recycling industry and circular value chains. Enhancing packaging circularity is imperative from both environmental and indust…
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Emmanuel Katrakis Passing the Baton to Julia Blees as EuRIC’s New Secretary General

24 January 2024
Emmanuel Katrakis, who has served as EuRIC’s Secretary General since the association’s establishment in 2014, has decided to step down as of March. Julia Blees, EuRIC’s Policy Director is poised to carry forward the association’s vision and mission…
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EuRIC Unveils EU Recyclers’ Priorities for 2024 - 2029

14 January 2024
EuRIC, the European Recycling Industries' Confederation, has revealed its strategic priorities for 2024-2029, aimed at integrating recycling into Europe's broader industrial and environmental agenda. Aligned with circular economy goals and emphasisi…
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Red Sea Crisis Threatens Recovered Paper Exports

11 January 2024
* This statement was updated on 12 January, 18:30.   In the wake of the recent Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, the recovered paper industry is grappling with unforeseen challenges, particularly in the form of price incre…
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A boost for recycling but non-recyclable packaging must be phased out sooner

30 November 2022
The proposed Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) sets a robust framework to boost packaging recycling. However, European recyclers warn that the phasing out of non-recyclable packaging must be dramatically accelerated if the EU is to…
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Press Release | Global free, fair & sustainable recovered paper trade is crucial for recycling industry

23 May 2022
Brussels, 23 May 2022 – The recycling industry collects and recovers paper waste into standardized quality grade recovered paper in line with the European standard EN 643 on a daily basis. In 2020, Europe has collected on average 54.4 million tons o…
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