Go4Recycling – Umweltcompliance

The packaging take back systems in Germany are confronted with massive cost increases for the collection, recycling and sorting of sales packaging. Especially in the area of paper and cardboard (PPK) costs will almost double as the costs for the shared...

Quite a few online shops have received a letter from the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that pointed out non-compliance in the areas of WEEE and batteries in Ireland and threatened with substantial penalties.
The Irish Environmental Protection Agency has carried out research on the homepages of many foreign online shops and listed their findings like missing registrations and visible management fees in a detailed “Site Visit Report”....

The EU recycling market is on the move. Several take-back systems in various EU countries have already announced price adjustments for 2020 in the fields of WEEE, batteries and packaging.
Good news e.g. for all customers of the Belgian battery take-back system Bebat. From 01.01.2020 on the recycling fees for all battery types will be reduced by an average of approx. 9%. The prices for e-bike batteries are also affected and will decrease...

Electric cars are omnipresent at the moment. Due to the massive increase in electric cars being sold in Europe the number of charging points is also rising steadily. According to the German Federal Statistical Office there are currently more than 16...