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🌍 Poland in Comparison to Other European Countries in the Circular Economy for Plastics by Plastics Europe🌍 Poland stands out in several key aspects within the circular economy for plastics compared to other European countries. Here are the main findings regarding Poland and a comparison with other nations. Plastic Production and Conversion in Poland (2022) Total Plastic Production: 2,365 kt Plastic Conversion: 3,896 kt 83.6% of plastics come from fossil-based feedstock. 10.0% from mechanically and chemically recycled post-consumer waste. 6.2% from mechanically recycled pre-consumer waste. 0.2% from bio-based feedstock. Recycling and Waste Management (2022) Post-Consumer Waste: Collected Mixed: 1,212 kt Recycling: 2.9% Energy Recovery: 40.1% Landfill: 57.0% Collected Separately: 920 kt Recycling: 45.3% Energy Recovery: 28.7% Landfill: 26.0% Comparison with Other Countries Germany Total Plastic Production: 12,965 kt Plastic Conversion: 12,709 kt Significantly higher share of recycled plastics compared to Poland.Better results in separate collection and recycling of plastic waste. France Total Plastic Production: 5,494 kt Plastic Conversion: 5,040 kt France also achieves higher post-consumer waste recycling rates compared to Poland. High share of fossil-based feedstock, similar to Poland, but with a greater share of recycling. Italy Total Plastic Production: 3,672 kt Plastic Conversion: 7,570 kt Like Poland, Italy has a significant share of fossil-based feedstock but also a higher share of recycled materials. High rate of separate collection and better waste management. Belgium Total Plastic Production: 2,380 kt Plastic Conversion: 1,198 kt Belgium achieves very high recycling rates and utilization of plastic waste. Very low landfill rates for plastic waste compared to Poland. Conclusions: Poland achieves moderate results in the circular economy for plastics, particularly in the collection and processing of post-consumer waste. While recycling rates are increasing, they are still lower compared to countries like Germany, France, or Belgium. Poland can improve its performance by increasing recycling rates and reducing landfill usage, especially through promoting selective waste collection and investing in recycling technologies. At Elektrorecykling Polska, we are committed to advancing the circular economy by producing 100% PCR plastics and driving innovation in recycling. #Sustainability #Recycling #CircularEconomy #PlasticsRecycling #EcoFriendly #GreenFuture #ElectroRecyklingPolska #EnvironmentalImpact #Innovation

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🌍♻️ EU Steps Up Textile Waste Management! ♻️🌍 The Council of the EU is taking significant steps to tackle textile waste through the revision of the #Waste Framework Directive. This revision introduces harmonised Extended Producer Responsibility (#EPR) schemes, requiring fashion brands and textile producers to fund textile waste collection and treatment 🏭👚. The goal is to reduce environmental impacts and promote #sustainable practices 🌱. Key highlights: ○ EPR Schemes: Brands will pay fees based on their #environmental performance, incentivizing sustainable production 🌿. ○ Support for Social Economy: Charities and #social enterprises can maintain their collection systems without heavy administrative burdens 🤝. ○ Future Goals: The directive aims to prevent waste, promote re-use, and ensure separate #textile collection by 2025 📅. #Sustainability #TextileWaste #CircularEconomy #EU #WasteManagement #EPR #GreenInitiative

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ETP: Facilitating Textile Sustainability in Europe Sustainability is a practical and a very much alive idea across Europe. There are since some years back, several collaborative innovation networks across Europe, facilitating the successful transition into sustainability and a circular economy. Here you can read more about some of the innovative projects. Read more:  https://lnkd.in/duczdTvb

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📢 The European Environment Agency has published a briefing on the management of used and waste textiles in Europe’s circular economy! 🧵♻️ The briefing provides an overview of: - Current state of textile waste generation - Collection systems - Treatment capacity - Different classifications for used textiles in Europe It also identifies key factors to consider when implementing separate collection systems to foster textile circularity without increasing exports, incineration, or landfilling. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e7gEXRjb

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📢 New Insights on Textile Waste in Europe! 📢 A staggering 82% of textile waste in Europe comes from consumers, yet most of it goes unsorted. According to the latest European Environment Agency report, effective infrastructure and consumer education on sorting textile waste are crucial. With EU Member States set to implement mandatory separate collection systems, scaling up sorting and recycling capacities is essential to prevent textiles from ending up in incinerators, landfills, or being exported outside the EU. Read more about the challenges and solutions here: The Common Ones, People of 2050, Universal Certification Solutions - UNICERT, Learning Seed, iED - Institute of Entrepreneurship Development, Ilie Tomulescu, Georgia K. Griva, Stella Ioannou, Natasha Koutoula, Luis Ageitos #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #Entrepreneurship #EnterTheCircle #Innovation #SustainableBusiness #CircularBusiness #GreenFuture

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The European Council has adopted its position on revising the Waste Framework Directive, with some key updates targeted: 👕 Textile Waste Management: Separate collection of textiles by 2025, with potential new targets by 2028. 💶 Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): Fashion brands and textile producers will pay fees to help fund waste collection and treatment costs. 🍅 Food Waste Reduction: Binding targets to cut food waste by 2030—10% in processing & manufacturing, 30% in retail, restaurants, and households. More information 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eC8nmwg3 #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #EPR #WasteManagement #GreenBusiness #EURegulation #Textiles #EUPolicy

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📣Long-awaited LCA commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers comparing reusable vs single-use packaging has been published. 🔍The study provides an in-depth analysis of the environmental impacts associated with different types of packaging for takeaway and e-commerce, assessing the life cycle impacts from production to disposal. New ERA and our members were part of the process by sharing knowledge and data on the analysed market segments. 💪The LCA findings present a compelling case for reusable takeaway containers, showcasing their better environmental performance over single-use alternatives on a majority of impact categories, especially after six rotations. In the e-commerce sector, reusable parcels demonstrate lower environmental footprints compared to single-use paper options, particularly when there are high reuse rates. You can find all the valuable insights and recommendations to guide stakeholders towards a more circular economy here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dvbdwqR8 #NewERA #Reuse #CircularEconomy #Report #LCA #NordicCouncil

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Does your country collect textiles separately? 🗑 👔 👕 👖 👗 Soon all EU countries will. Starting next year, the Waste Framework Directive mandates that every EU Member State must establish separate collection systems for used textiles. This is a huge leap for #CircularEconomy as around 16kg of textile waste is generated per person in the 🇪🇺 In more than 1/2 of the EU Member States, it is already mandatory to collect textiles separately, but this is mostly to capture reusable textiles. Learn more about recycling of textiles in the newest European Environment Agency briefing Management of used and waste textiles in Europe’s circular economy 👉 https://europa.eu/!XXQvkV

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Uncover the inspiring journey of the Municipality of Rzgów, Poland, as they pioneer socially responsible procurement practices in waste management. In harmony with Poland's sustainable development goals, this initiative prioritises social integration and economic empowerment by giving precedence to marginalised groups in public procurement. Explore how the municipality's reserved tender for social enterprises not only improves waste management but also creates employment avenues for individuals experiencing marginalisation. Dive deeper into the full case study here ➡️ bit.ly/4aIYtpv #WeBuySocialEU #EUpublicprocurement

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The 2030 EU Textile Strategy supports a circular economy that focuses on reducing, reusing, and recycling textile waste. This initiative is to tackle the problem of #overproduction, #overconsumption, and the destruction of unsold or returned textiles. The European Commission has implemented Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) along with EPR financial contribution to promote the creation of products that support waste prevention and #circular economy, as well as the possibility of imposing penalties on products with significant environmental impact. Watch EU Textile Strategy 2030 and Its Business Impact Masterclass Part 2: Textile Product End-of-life Management to find out about the legislation framework and implementation. Available on-demand from 30 May 2024,10am CEST. Find Out More: https://lnkd.in/ggSWaasA This Masterclass is exclusive to ITMAconnect subscribers only. Do not have an #ITMAconnect account? Register for an account at €25 (excluding VAT). To subscribe for ITMAconnect, visit https://lnkd.in/efYDCNMP. #ITMA2027 #EUTextileStrategy2030 #EuropeanGreenDeal #Sustainability #TextileIndustry #CircularEconomy

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A new briefing from the European Environmental Agency describes the current state of used and waste textiles management, the new obstacles standing towards circularity, and the policy and technical solutions we need. "If sorting and recycling capacities are not scaled up in Europe, there is a risk that significant amounts of collected textile waste will continue to end up in incinerators or landfills or be exported to regions outside the EU. " Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ex88Vy8X

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♻️ Step by step towards circularity: There is no doubt that the regulatory push for circularity in textiles from EU institutions will fundamentally change the sector. This week, another important step was taken by the EU parliament, adopting the revised Ecodesign directive. Together with Green claims, Waste framework directive and the Waste shipment regulation this will lay the foundation for a whole new future in the textile industry.   For a textile-to-textile impact company like us there are several reasons to celebrate. The Ecodesign directive, ESPR, is a big step towards making sustainable products norm and push the industry to implement more circular practices. One thing that we want to highlight specifically is the aim of putting clear definitions and targets on recycled content, to create real circularity in the textile sector. “Recycled polyester” is in fact not recycled polyester, it is plastic bottles that are recycled into a new (textile) loop instead of being recycled over and over again in their own (plastic) loop. Circular? Not really.    We hope and believe that Europe uses this opportunity to build a new world-leading industry for textile-to-textile recycling. And with that, lead the way on a global level. The great textile shifts starts now.

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📚️ Monday read 📚️ Some weeks ago, the European Environment Agency published its report "Accelerating the circular economy in Europe". The report highlights that achieving effective circularity requires functioning markets, but for many recycled materials, the secondary raw material markets are not performing well, reflecting a pressing need to tackle challenges on pricing, standards and supply stability. EURATEX supports a systemic shift towards high-quality recycling to make textiles circularity a reality. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eN8cuFiH #circularity #circulareconomy #textiles #supplychain #price #costs #standards #recycled #rawmaterials

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Three separate investigative reports have raised concerns about IKEA's sourcing practices in Romanian forests in recent months. All of these investigations were made possible in part by the existence of SUMAL, Romania's official transparent timber traceability system. Without public supply chain data, it's nearly impossible for European citizens and regulators to know whether the wood in products they purchase comes from legal and sustainable sources. With the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) coming into effect by the end of this year, other European companies need to follow Romania's lead. Learn how this national digital traceability system helped investigators shine a light on illegal timber trade in Eastern Europe – and how governments and companies can learn from these findings to regain the confidence of consumers around the world: https://ow.ly/mcu550SgYJr

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If you missed our launch of the Circular Action Guide - no worries because now you can see the recording of the event! We made the guide together with Exponential Roadmap Initiative because circularity is key to achieving the net zero climate target. It contains the key actions for reducing value chain emissions and negative impacts on nature. The guide offers practical steps for companies to analyse their value chain, product portfolio and business model and fully integrate circularity into their strategic business functions, to support the wider transformation to net-zero and circular value chains. We hope you like it! Read the full guide here: https://lnkd.in/dN72cu2C #CircularActionGuide #key #steps #circulareconomy #guide Elin Bergman Jonas Roupé Sofia Sundström Michel Bajuk Johan Falk eva karlsson

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What are the opportunities for biodiversity-conscious business operations? Diana Tuomasjukka, Head of the Bioeconomy Programme at EFI, asked this question during the panel discussion “Biodiversity initiatives within the CircHive consortium” at the Helsinki Biodiversity Day today. Learn more about the CircHive project: https://www.circhive.eu/ Cornelia Frentz, Frederic LECOQ, Francesco Razza, Manuela Hurmuz, Lasse Miettinen

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🌍 The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) introduces new mandatory durability and circularity standards for furniture and other products. At the same time, brands experience increased demand for sustainable and durable goods - 85% of consumers seek sustainability information before a purchase, and sales of products excelling in durability information can nearly triple, with consumers willing to pay more for longer-lasting goods (EU Commission, New Consumer Agenda, 2020).​ 🪑An office chair may last as little as 5 years, whereas a timeless, durable design can endure for over 10 years. Chairs have minimal climate impact in the use phase. So, why are we discarding them?​ ​ 🌳Using a chair longer means having to produce fewer new ones. Doubling a chair's life avoids the need for replacement or disposal, reducing the climate burden embodied in the product and related to the extraction of new resources.​ 💰 Adopting circular design principles not only reduces the environmental footprint but also unlocks new revenue opportunities through secondary sales or services.​ How can you design furniture for longevity and reuse? ​ Design for durability - make sure that the product is technically reliable, components do not break, the core functionality is maintained, and surface treatments are long-lasting. It also means creating that timeless design to make the product last through multiple trend cycles.​ Design for attachment and trust  - build on the iconic and emotional value of a product to bond with the user. Design products with relatable forms that are perceived as familiar and iconic. Colors, materials and finishes should match both functions and the expectations of the user.​ Design for standardization and compatibility - work with market standards so that the product or its components are universal, like dimensions to fit different markets or users.​ Design for maintenance – give end-users as well as technicians the capability to take care of the product, by creating accessible manuals, tutorials and consumables while also creating business models around aftermarket services.​ 🌱 At Stena Circular Consulting, we assist manufacturers in making environmentally and economically beneficial design choices. Do you know how long your products actually last and how to work with longevity? #circulardesign #circulareconomy #sustainablefurniture #ecodesign

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🌟 Day 119 - Grant Number 105 - Grant Alert: 🌟 🌍 New Grant Opportunity: Supporting Forestry Research for Sustainable Change 🌳 Excited to share an incredible opportunity for researchers and practitioners in the field of forestry! The Velux Stiftung is now accepting proposals for innovative and impactful projects that push the boundaries of sustainable forest management. This grant aims to foster collaborative research and practical solutions to enhance biodiversity, adapt to climate change, and promote sustainable use of forest resources. ### Key Details: - Focus Areas: Climate change adaptation, biodiversity promotion, and sustainable forest management. - Project Types: Research projects that incorporate stakeholder participation and are scalable across different regions. - Funding: Up to CHF 100,000 per year, for projects lasting 1 to 4 years. - Partnership Requirement: Minimum of 2 partners, with at least one from an academic research institution. - Application Deadline: 23 September 2024 - Decision by: March 2025 ### Why Apply? This grant not only provides financial support but also emphasizes knowledge transfer and interdisciplinary collaboration to ensure that research translates into real-world impact. It’s a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the field of forestry while engaging with global stakeholders. For more information and detailed application guidelines, visit [Velux Stiftung](https://veluxstiftung.ch). Let’s drive meaningful change together! 🌲🌏 #ForestryResearch #SustainableForestry #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #ResearchFunding #VeluxStiftung #EnvironmentalScience #NGO #NonProfit #SocialGood #DevelopmentWork #CommunityDevelopment #GlobalDevelopment #Philanthropy #Charity #Fundraising #SustainableDevelopment #InternationalDevelopment #SocialImpact #Humanitarian #CSR(Corporate Social Responsibility) #NonProfitOrganization #EcoFriendly #Conservation #GlobalGoals# Donors #Grants

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