Ricicla TG - In Diretta

WASTEWATER, CLASH OVER POLLUTION COSTS While the European Parliament is open to temporarily suspending the EPR on quaternary treatment costs, water regulators at Wareg are calling for accelerated implementation of the new wastewater treatment directive. Wareg vice president Alessandro Bratti: "We must prevent the costs from falling on citizens." END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW EU REGULATION The plenary session approved the new rules on the circular design and management of vehicles, which introduce mandatory recycled plastic quotas, a strengthened EPR, and export restrictions on vehicles unfit for road use. ELV REGULATION, VARINI (ADA): "DEMOLITION COMPANIES MUST PRESERVE AUTONOMY" Interview with newly elected ADA president Valentina Varini. "The car dismantling sector is performing well and ready for the new challenge. Now," he says, "we must ensure that end-of-life operators maintain their autonomy and independence." PLASTIC CRISIS, RECYCLERS: "WE CANNOT BASE OUR SURVIVAL ON GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS." Recycling Europe's position paper with proposals to help the sector emerge from the competitiveness crisis: measures to stimulate demand, harmonized end-of-waste measures, and a reduction in bureaucracy are needed. BY 2050, 50% OF THE EU'S REQUIREMENTS FOR CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS COULD COME FROM RECYCLING. The FutuRam study highlights the need to increase Europe's capacity to recover critical raw materials. The EU relies on third-party countries for approximately 90% of its supplies, but currently only a portion of the industry's key minerals come from the recycling of mineral-rich waste.