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Regulators are coming for single-use plastics. In the EU, PET bottles will need to include at least 25% recycled plastic by 2025. The bar will be raised to 65% and extended to all single-use plastic beverage bottles by 2040 if new draft packaging rules are passed. But how to count the amount of recycled plastic in a bottle? If rules are too loose, this could become a meaningless accounting exercise – and the first step towards greenwashing. The EU is expected to set those technical rules in the first quarter of 2023. Out of the limelight, this is a watershed moment for the end of unjustified green claims about recycled plastic. What to expect?
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Environmental experts publish science-based Taxonomy and appeal to the investor community to use these new criteria instead.
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We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Press and Communications Manager to drive our press and media outreach, and create impact through innovative communications strategies, deployed at international level.
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ECOS is looking for experts in the field of heating appliances to represent and defend environmental interests in the development of standards and related policies. Our experts provide us with technical and scientific input and represent ECOS in standardisation processes and multi-stakeholder discussions.
The electrification of road transport is happening – and it is already having a profound impact on the energy system and our cities. As more and more people drive electric, smart charging can ease the integration of the newcomers into the grid.
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Environmentalists, consumers, trade unions, and SMEs demand a more prominent role in European standardisation as CEN and CENELEC are expected to review their governance structure and rules.
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Our guide aims to assist those working on public charging infrastructure at a local level. It is designed to help local authorities understand the main benefits of smart charging, the role standards play in achieving these benefits and how the right procurement policies can help deploy charging infrastructure built to last.
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