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The European Aluminium Associa-
tion (EAA) has welcomed the European
Commission’s efforts to strengthen the
EU’s waste policy framework as an impor-
tant step forward in its transition to a
circular economy. In this same context,
the body is also calling for achievable
recycling targets and accurate defi nitions.
‘EAA welcomes the European Commis-
sion’s package and supports many of its
fl agship proposals, including the new
requirements on waste exports to combat
illegal shipments of waste, the gradual
phasing-out of landfi lling of recyclable
waste, the reference to recyclability and
durability in eco-design requirements,
and the call for a better reporting of data,’
says its director general Gerd Götz. ‘These
are all essential conditions to achieve
more ambitious recycling targets and to
ensure a level playing fi eld among prod-
ucts and materials.’
But he goes on to state that the industry
is ‘deeply concerned’ by the decision to

‘split the packaging recycling target
between ferrous and non-ferrous metals’.
He explains: ‘This would generate extra
and unnecessary costs as considerable
investment will be required to put in place
parallel collection and sorting infrastruc-
ture for non-ferrous metals only.’
Instead, he asserts, measures must be
taken to improve existing joint metal
packaging recycling systems at much
lower cost across the whole 28 EU mem-
ber states. www.alueurope.eu

Europe’s aluminium industry
hails EU waste proposals

The India-based Adani Group’s
maiden venture into ship recycling
appears to have hit legal trouble as pub-
lic interest litigation in Gujarat’s high
court is alleging violation of environ-
mental norms and presentation of false
information to obtain coastal regulatory
zone clearance from the Ministry of Envi-
ronment and Forests (MoEF).
The proposal from Adani Ports and Spe-
cial Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd involves
the development of a recycling facility
on 40 743 hectares of reclaimed land.
The company aims to recycle approxi-
mately 40 ships each year with an LDT
average of 7582 tonnes. Estimates sug-
gest that nearly 250 000 tonnes of scrap
metal will be recovered annually, along
with 11 000 tonnes of machinery and
10 000 tonnes of miscellaneous items.
In the litigation, petitioner Pravinsingh
Chauhan of Siracha village has alleged
that, in maps showing the proposed site

of the ship recycling facility, APSEZ offi –
cials ‘fraudulently’ depicted no sand
dunes. The petitioner has also claimed
that APSEZ began work to fl atten the
sand dunes on the sea shore even before
it got statutory clearance, thus violating
environmental norms.
Source: Business Standard
www.adaniports.com

Legal challenge to Adani’s
ship recycling project

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