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European Recyclers’ recommendations for an EU circular economy: exploring chemical recycling when no better recycling alternative available

21 September 2023
EuRIC, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation has issued a roadmap for boosting waste recycling and fostering a clear regulatory framework. The paper reflects EuRIC’s unwavering commitment to advancing sustainability within the recycling...
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CRMs Report: EuRIC rejects the creation of secondary strategic raw materials list, proposes solutions for a green steel industry

20 September 2023
Last week, the Parliament approved the ITRE committee’s report on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), a guide for forthcoming trialogue negotiations with the Council. While EuRIC acknowledges and applauds the report's focus on circularity, concerns ari...
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EuRIC hails ITRE committee’s adoption of CRMs report as a landmark victory for recyclers

07 September 2023
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) welcomes the ITRE committee’s adoption of the Report on Critical Raw Materials, which reflects the recycling industry’s concerns and recommendations. The adopted report addresses critical i...
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End-of-Waste in the Swedish Presidency's compromise proposal on the Critical Raw Materials Act

17 July 2023
Despite the ambition to transition towards a climate-neutral and circular economy, the existing policy framework does not sufficiently level the playing field for recycled raw materials to compete with extracted raw materials. This is even more tr...
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EuRIC applauds Commission for including a post-consumer recycled content target of 25% for plastics in new cars

13 July 2023
The European Plastic Recycling Branch (EPRB) of EuRIC strongly welcomes the new European Commission proposal setting a recycled content target of 25% for post-consumer plastics into new cars as of 2030 as part of the revision of the end-of-life ve...
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EuRIC welcomes the new proposal for End-of-Life Vehicles and proposes improvements

13 July 2023
As the umbrella organization for recycling industries representing most of the End-of-Life-Vehicles (ELV) recyclers across the EU, EuRIC welcomes the publication of the long-awaited Commission proposal to revise the ELV Directive. Emphasis plac...
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EuRIC expresses concern over equating recycling with destruction

12 July 2023
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) welcomes the adoption of the report on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), with 473 votes in favor, 110 against and 69 abstentions, by the European Parliament today. W...
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Recycled steel scrap is not a strategic nor a critical raw material

04 July 2023
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) highlights the need for a Critical Raw Materials Regulation based on scientific evidence and not on biased proposals. Any efforts to include some materials to the list of both strategic and ...
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EuRIC strongly supports the Czech proposal to lower VAT for products made of recycled materials

29 June 2023
EuRIC reiterates its strong support for economic incentives as a powerful tool for the transition to a circular and climate-neutral economy. Fiscal instruments are no exception. Thus, EuRIC warmly welcomes the proposal made by the Czech Republic t...
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Certain pre-requisites needed to ensure the PPWR delivers

22 June 2023
Following first compromise proposals on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) by the European co-legislators, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) is making an urgent plea to EU decision makers for ensuring that t...
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The need for inclusion of preparation for re-use and recycling technologies in the net zero industry act proposal

15 June 2023
EuRIC, FEAD and INGKA GROUP - an IKEA retailer, would like to provide their views on the European Commission’s (EC) ‘Net Zero Industry Act’ proposal.This statement aims at increasing the ambition of the Commission’s proposal in order to deliver th...
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Recyclers call for a Critical Raw Materials Regulation that promotes circularity in Europe

05 June 2023
European recyclers warn of a plethora of poorly justified proposed amendments found in ITRE’s draft report on the EU COM proposal on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) published on 26 and 30 May, 2023. While many tabled proposals highlight the need for...
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