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In response to the European Com-
mission’s recent waste review proposal,
Brussels-based Plastics Recyclers Europe
(PRE) has welcomed its EU circular
economy package.
‘The changes put forward by the Com-
mission will enable a shift from a linear
to a circular economy for plastics,’
says PRE president Ton Emans. ‘Unlock-
ing a circular economy will safeguard
Europe’s economies by easing our
dependency on imported raw materials.’
However, a stronger push for quality
recycling is said to be missing from the
Commission’s proposal. Emans states:
‘The quality of recycled plastics depends
on the quality of collection and sorting.
Therefore, stricter requirements on
separate collection and high-quality
sorting are needed in order to reach
high-quality recycling.’
www.plasticsrecyclers.eu
Plastics recyclers thrilled by
EU waste review proposal
Global car battery producers and
recyclers have urged the Chinese gov-
ernment to combat illegal practices and
come up with clear regulations on the
recycling of batteries in order to protect
the environment and make the industry
more sustainable, reports the South
China Morning Post.
China has the world’s largest car market
but no recycling standard for vehicle
batteries. The country generates up to 2
million tonnes of used lead-acid batter-
ies each year, and the mishandling of the
scrap lead and leftover acid has the
potential to contaminate soil and water,
it is argued. There are around 2000 car
battery producers on the mainland,
mostly smaller players with little fi nan-
cial strength. A planned consolidation
of the industry would see the total num-
ber of companies slashed to some 300.
According to Kenneth Yeng, vice-presi-
dent and general manager of Johnson
Controls in China, a major battery man-
ufacturer and recycler that sold more
than a third of the world’s vehicle batter-
ies last year, the industry needs ‘a well-
regulated and effi cient recycling system’
for used vehicle batteries. ‘This is no easy
job, but we hope to bring our expertise
and technologies to China with support
from the local governments,’ he adds.
Johnson Controls recently began pro-
duction at a US$ 154 million plant in
Chongqing with a capacity to produce
6 million car batteries each year. The
company also plans to open a facility in
northern China by 2018.
Car battery recycling system
‘no easy job’ for China
A ban on the use of lead in certain prod-
ucts will spell the end for PVC recycling,
warns European industry body VinylPlus.
Research commissioned by VinylPlus and
conducted by consultancy and engineer-
ing bureau Tauw in the Netherlands
shows that a total ban on lead will lead
to the collapse of PVC recycling in
Europe. And there will also be job losses,
VinylPlus is quoted as saying in several
Dutch business media reports.
Tauw looked at the effects of the reduc-
tion of lead in certain products because
of health risks. Also examined was
whether lead use could be reduced such
that consumers were not exposed to risk.
www.engineeringnet.nl
Ban on lead to kill PVC
recycling?
In the fi rst quarter of 2014, Chi-
nese customs offi cials are said to have
investigated 20 cases of solid waste
smuggling which involved electronic
waste, scrap plastics, used textiles and
scrap slag.
Within the framework of the country’s
Green Fence import control initiative,
national customs investigated a total of
2606 solid waste importing and pro-
cessing companies. They found issues
with 586 enterprises and illegality
problems with 617 enterprises, with 4.2
million tonnes of solid waste being
investigated and carrying a total value
of Yuan 120 million (US$ 19 million).
Some 245 cases were handed over to
anti-smuggling offi cials and 261 cases
were reported to MEP and AQSIQ.
Of the companies caught in illegal acts,
350 were scrap plastic enterprises while
118 were engaged in scrap metals and
a further 118 in recovered paper. Accord-
ing to Chinese customs offi cials, illegal
acts included: imports without proper
authorisation (183 cases); sales of solid
waste without authorisation (145 cases);
underquoting and misrepresenting vol-
umes (64 cases); and smuggling of ‘for-
eign garbage’ (six cases).
China reveals illegal
waste activity
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