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Reduced energy supplies in Europe have caused once profitable paper mills to face entirely new profit-and-loss calculations, according to the president of the Paper Division of the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR). https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/bir-paper-recycling-dubai-2022-europe-energy-india/

Sessions at Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference Europe, 15-16 November in Rotterdam, will focus in part on the growing role of EU policy on recycling collection, processing and trading. Targets, mandates and trade policies in the European Union, combined with corporate sustainability goals, are changing the way paperboard and plastic

A new report shows the progress made by the European paper value chain towards recycling objectives, which are some of the most ambitious in the world. It also highlights the activities which have allowed for it to stay on track. By committing earlier this year to recycle 76% of all

Representatives of the European paper value chain have pledged to recycle 76% of all paper consumed by 2030. The new, ambitious recycling rate of 76%, calculated by dividing the recycling of used paper by the total paper and board consumption, should be reached by the year 2030. It represents a best-in-class performance

Recoup, a British organisation that promotes plastics recycling, is critical of the growing trend towards material substitution in packaging.  https://www.euwid-paper.com/news/markets/british-organisation-recoup-critical-of-substitution-of-plastic-packaging-310822/

Companies active on Italy’s paper and cartonboard markets are seeing a widespread market easing at the start of summer.  The paper industry is not necessarily in a laid-back mood about what is going on since prices for natural gas, recovered paper and pulp have risen once again in June. Suppliers

Officials said flows of recovered fiber are under “serious threat” from proposed changes to EU shipment legislation During the most recent Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Paper Division meeting May 23, the committee was told major international flows of recovered fiber were under serious threat from proposed changes to European

Reducing packaging waste is part of the Green Deal’s agenda to reach Europe’s climate neutrality goal. Brussels is working on revamping the bloc’s sustainable packaging rules – so called “PPWD” – expected in July, sparking worry from both industry and NGOs. The two fear the Commission will replicate some of

Demand for folding cartons could grow by almost 5% in 2022, with supply still struggling to keep up, according to experts. Paper packaging industry analysts at NOA say indications are that demand across Europe for folding cartons will rise by 4.9% this year (compared to 3.7% in 2021), and nearly 2% of

 Hit by shortage of raw materials and their costs doubling since Covid   The crisis in the paper industry, which is facing raw material shortage and rising input costs, has affected the corrugated box or brown box manufacturers, who play a key role in the supply chain. The boxes are used