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Company VH-FB EURO, s.r.o. modernized the website and company logo
- 16.03.2020
- Latest News
- Waste Management
- Recycled plastics
The company VH-FB EURO, s.r.o. is engaged in the recycling of plastics and thus also environmental protection. Now it introduces you a new company page and...
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Platform Obehové Slovensko will cooperate with Holland platform Holland Circular Hotspot
The Circular Economy Platform aims to bring together the public, private and third sectors to bring Slovakia closer to a sustainable and greener future. Dialogue, new partnerships and exchanges of experience were supported by a seminar attended by representatives of the OECD and Holland Circular...
Non-European countries no longer want European plastic waste
- 11.12.2019
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- Waste Management
Exports of plastic waste from the EU to non-European countries dropped significantly. China practically no longer accepts it, followed by other Asian...
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Fatra a.s. on the road to wasteless production
Fatra's environmental strategy is an effort to use waste in production. Fatra also uses technologies that are virtually waste-free in its production of PVC...
New EU rules to reduce plastic waste in seas
- 16.07.2018
- Latest News
- Waste Management
Based on the removal of plastic waste in the oceans and seas, the European Commission is proposing new regulations to reduce the amount of plastic...
Plastics recycling grows in Europe
- 06.07.2018
- Latest News
- Waste Management
- Recycled plastics
Since 2015, the installed capacity for recycling flexible PE has grown approximately from 1.5 M tonnes per year to 2.3 M tonnes per year. Giving that Europe has an extrusion capacity of 7.4 M tonnes of flexible PE¹ it can be assumed that the EU recycling rate for these materials is roughly...
By 2025, Lidl will significantly reduce plastic packaging by at least 20%
- 02.07.2018
- Latest News
- Waste Management
- Plastic packaging
Having scrapped standard plastic bags about a year ago, German discount supermarket chain Lidl is now continuing its offensive against...
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The countdown to reduce the use of plastic bags has started!
- 07.12.2016
- Plastics packaging
- Waste Management
In view of tackling resource waste and littering, EU governments have until 27 November 2016 to adopt measures to cut the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags, and inform the European Commission about it. This is required by the EU Plastic Bags Directive. It obliges Member States to...
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France bans disposable plastic tableware
- 21.10.2016
- Plastics packaging
- Waste Management
In France picnics may be set to become a plastic-free affair following reports that on 1 September the French government ruled to ban disposable plastic plates, cutlery and...
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NATUR-PACK family of plastics for International Peace Marathon in Kosice
- 14.10.2016
- Plastics recycling
- Waste Management
Producer responsibility organization NATUR-PACK is a partner of the city of Košice in the field of separate collection of household...
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A significant increase in recycling fees for trading
- 04.07.2016
- Plastics recycling
- Waste Management
The new law on waste in the next few days will cause a significant increase in recycling fees and traders due to changes in the funding system of separate collection, which could incur the price increases to the...
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Slovaks threw away mostly TVs and refrigerators in 2015
- 29.03.2016
- Plastics recycling
- Waste Management
ASEKOL SK collective organization through which the producers of EEE fulfill its obligation to provide the products and after they became waste, in 2015, has raised nearly five million kilograms of electrical and nearly 100,000 kg of portable batteries and accumulators. This means that ASEKOL SK in...
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Ekotopfilm helps capture ecological awareness from an early age
On 15 - 16 February 2016 took place event called EKOTOPFILM - ENVIROFILM Tour in Nitra, Slovakia. The festival welcomed the young generation in the moring hours in Nitra Gallery Mlyny. Schoolchildren were able to enjoy short films and accompanying program aimed at protecting the environment,...
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