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Circular Economy News — Week 34
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- ZSVR Introduces 2024 Recycling Standards: Enhanced Sorting and Simplified Compliance for Packaging from 2025 📦♻️
- Germany’s HMV Slag Recycling Drops to Under 75% in 2022: Regulatory Hurdles and Market Decline 📉♻️
- Coca-Cola Stalls at 14% Reusable Packaging in 2023, Falling Behind on 2030 Goal 🚫🍶
- Lego Uses 30% Certified Sustainable Plastic in 2024, Moving Closer to 2032 Goal 🌱🧱
- IKEA’s Secondhand Platform Pilot Launches with 450 Items in Madrid on Day One 🛋️💻
- Miele Expands Circular Economy with Vooper Vacuum and Refurbished Electronics 🌍🔄
- DM’s New Tubes Save 86 Tons of Plastic Annually by Switching to Recycled HDPE 🌍🧴
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1. ZSVR Introduces 2024 Recycling Standards: Improved Infrastructure Boosts Recycling of Plastics and Aluminum, Simplifies Compliance for Packaging from 2025 📦♻️
The Central Packaging Register Office (ZSVR) has introduced the 2024 minimum standards for recycling-compatible packaging, emphasizing significant improvements in recycling capabilities, particularly for plastics and aluminum. The new standards, which will be mandatory for all packaging from 2025, aim to streamline compliance and enhance environmental sustainability.
• Enhanced Recycling Capacities: Significant progress has been made, particularly in the recycling of plastics and aluminum, leading to the relaxation of previously mandatory proof requirements for these materials.
• Flexible PE Films Included: New advancements allow sorting plants to effectively sort small PE films, removing size restrictions for high-quality recycling.
• Component-Specific Evaluation: The standard now requires that separate packaging components be individually evaluated, allowing for more precise assessments of recycling potential.
• Clearer Guidelines: The updated standard provides clearer instructions on necessary compliance documentation, helping companies align with upcoming…
