New WEEE appliance list in Belgium
The Belgian WEEE take-back system Recupel has published a new appliance list with modifications as of 01.07.2020. Some updated definitions have been added and further products have been included in…
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Draft of new VREG legislation published in Switzerland
At the beginning of April, the Swiss Federal Council published a draft of the revised Swiss WEEE law(VREG). This draft will be analysed by various working groups and market participants…
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Federal government adopts new battery law in Germany from 2021 on
On 20th of May 2020 the German government launched the draft of a new battery law with quite a number of important changes. The law should come into force on…
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Due to corona virus the deadline for annual WEEE report in Germany was extended
Due to the current situation, the German WEEE authority Stiftung EAR and the Ministry of Environment have decided that all obligated companies can submit the annual WEEE report 2019 in…
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New regulation for batteries in Ontario, Canada gets into effect on 1st of July 2020
The Government of Ontario has finalized a new regulation for batteries under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016, establishing individual producer responsibility requirements in order to increase the…
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German battery take back system GRS reduces recycling fees for portable batteries
Good news for all customers of the biggest German battery take back system GRS. From 01.03.2020 on the recycling fees for portable batteries will be reduced by up to 30%.…
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German WEEE authority Stiftung EAR launches awareness campaign “Drop it like E-waste”
The Stiftung EAR (Elektro-Altgeräte-Register) is responsible for the German implementation of the European WEEE Directive and launched a nationwide campaign to raise consumer awareness. The campaign is intended to make…
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GRS Batterien gets approval as producer take-back system
The largest battery take-back system in Germany, GRS, received the approval as a producer own system from the environmental authority in Hamburg at the beginning of 2020. At the same…
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The Go4Recycling team wishes Merry Christmas and plants its own corporate forest in Cameroon
At the end of our business year 2019 the Go4Recycling Team decided to support another sustainable project – same procedure as every year. All Go4Recycling customers have received their own…
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Massive price increase for packaging licensing in Germany 2020
The packaging take back systems in Germany are confronted with massive cost increases for the collection, recycling and sorting of sales packaging. Especially in the area of paper and cardboard…
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