El Ihobe ha lanzado una nueva edición de la “Convocatoria de Proyectos Demostración en Economía Circular”, dirigida a impulsar soluciones de valorización de residuos y de nuevas oportunidades de mercado de materiales secundarios. Son proyectos ágiles que se apoyarán con hasta 20.000 € durante 2015.
El plazo a presentar ideas (1-2 páginas) finaliza el 24 de marzo.
Environmental campaigners have demanded the European Commission provide any analysis it has that justifies its decision to ditch the Circular Economy package of recycling, waste and landfill rules.
No such evidence has been given since Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans announced the laws would be axed in December, said four non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in a letter officially applying for the release of internal documents.
The European Commission plans to scrap its flagship Circular Economy package and anti-air pollution rules next week.
The executive will ditch the rules from its 2015 work programme, sources told EurActiv. That is set to be announced on Wednesday (17 December).
The Circular Economy package is designed to increase resource efficiency and recycling, and the Clean Air Package imposes rules that set member states’ air quality targets.
The sustainable sourcing of raw materials is a crucial phase at the beginning of the economic cycle. Yet this initial sourcing phase has so far been largely neglected by targeted EU resource efficiency policies. “But it’s time for change,”, said WWF, Unilever and the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE).
This opinion piece was co-authored by the WWF, an environmental non-governmental organisation, Unilever, a food and drink multinational, and the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE), an industry association.
