The European Commission outlined various approaches to capture and store or isolate carbon dioxide emissions, or capture already released carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere to reduce the concentration and thereby its warming effect. Various solutions, both technology- and nature-based, are being brought forward to this end. A key challenge will be to ensure permanence of carbon dioxide removals, whether in underground geological storage or through actively managed natural processes, such as carbon farming and management practices in the land use, land-use change and forestry sectors.

EPRS policy podcast - Sustainable carbon cycles: Promoting removal, storage and recycling

Handing over of general waste bins in order to sort in the future  into the five-compartment bin

New recycle bin for coffee caps next to the usual one for plastics, paper and aluminium

New recycle bin for aluminium coffee caps

Online shopping, take-away food, coffee to go... Packaging waste is growing. Find out how much is being produced and how the EU wants to reverse the trend

How to reduce packaging waste in the EU

Single-use plastic in food industry (drinks and food)

Valorest Factory: Waste recycling

Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) - ECO TIP container

Illustration about recycling - Reprocessing plant for battery

Recharge campaign promoting the collection and recycling of used batteries (bebat)

Lynne Battery recharge Event

MEP LYNNE LUNCH-RECHARGE-BATTERY RECYCLING EVENT

MEP LYNNE-LUNCH-RECHARGE-BATTERY RECYCLING EVENT3

Recycling solutions, waste management and processing, of multimedia devices

Recycling industry and waste processing in Strasbourg.

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This infoclip shows in the first sequence footage of collection of unsold food (which otherwise would have been wasted) from a market, and in the second sequence collection of second hand clothes and its upcycling. With a Waste Framework Directive MEPs propose higher binding waste reduction targets to be met at national level by 31 December 2030 - at least 20% in food processing and manufacturing (instead of 10% proposed by the Commission) and 40% per capita in retail, restaurants, food services and households (instead of 30%). Parliament also wants the Commission to evaluate if higher targets for 2035 (at least 30% and 50% respectively) should be introduced, and if so, asks them to come up with a legislative proposal. MEPs agree to extend producer responsibility (EPR) schemes, through which producers that sell textiles in the EU would have to cover the costs for collecting, sorting and recycling them separately.

Infoclip: Texile and food waste

This infoclip illustrates the packaging and packaging waste regulation. The proposed regulation would apply to all packaging and to all packaging waste. It would set out requirements for substances in packaging (e.g. restrictions on the presence of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium). Furthermore, all packaging would have to be recyclable. Some packaging must be compostable by two years after the entry into force of the regulation (such as filter coffee pods and sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables). Furthermore, packaging must be designed to minimise its weight and volume. The proposal would also introduce requirements for packaging to be considered reusable. The footage shows plastic and and recyclable packaging adn different efforts to reduce waste and encourage recycling.

Infoclip: Packaging and packaging waste

This strategy will help the EU shift to a climate-neutral, circular economy where products are designed to be more durable, reusable, repairable, recyclable and energy-efficient. It aims to ensure that the textile industry recovers from the COVID-19 crisis in a sustainable way by making it more competitive, applying circular economy principles to production, products, consumption, waste management and secondary raw materials, directing investment, research and innovation. This infoclip illustrates the Circular economy: sustainable textile strategy with an organization that operates a used clothing collection service to create new and unique piece of clothes and with a leather goods workshop creating bags with recycled tarpaulin

Infoclip: Circular economy: sustainable textile strategy

Within the recycling centre in Brussels, a team supervised by the association "Les Petits Riens" is present on site to examine the objects brought there. If these can be reused, they are stored, sorted and then recovered via second-hand shops. The participants in this project are in professional reintegration. The ESF aims to support that kind of project to help people find better jobs and to offer more equitable professional prospects. This Infoclip illustrates people selecting items that can be treated in the waste collection center, sorting and packaging center for clothes, sorting and repair center for toys, repair shop for household appliances and second-hand store.

Infoclip: Circular economy and social inclusion

The 'Hall 2' in Munich (Germany) offers used goods at reasonable prices. The objects come from the Munich recycling yards. This infoclip illustrates the repairing, selling and reuse of computers and other modern and technological equipment by ConJob, a Recycling association in Munich and views of the second-hand department store of the city of Munich.

Infoclip: The right to repair

This Infoclip illustrates is the production process of a suitcase made with recycled curbside collected plastic packaging waste. The shells are made of recycled polypropylene (PP) from Post-Consumer packaging and the inner liner is made from recycled plastic PET bottles.

Infoclip: Circular economy - Recycling of plastic waste into travel suitcases

This infoclip shows illustrative footage about an example of circular economy: the recycling circuit of paper towels then turned into toilet paper. The used paper towels are collected by a cleaner and then picked up by a recycling partner and brought to a paper mill where they are recycled into new tissue products.

Infoclip: Circular economy - Recycling of paper towels

Die slowenische Müllverwertungsanlage RCERO in Ljubljana ist eine der größten und effizientesten Europas. 98 Prozent der hier anfallenden Abfälle werden wieder zu etwas Nützlichem - neue Objekte, Kompost oder Energie. Das Zentrum wurde vom europäischen Kohäsionsfunds unterstützt. Hunderttausende Menschen profitieren bereits davon. ​Der Abfall von 58 Dörfern und Gemeinden kommt in dem modernen Verwertungszentrum an.

Smart regions: Abfallverwertung - Sloweniens größtes Umweltprojekt

La planta eslovena de reciclaje de basura es una de las mayores y más éficientes del mundo. El 98 por ciento de los residuos que llegan hasta ella son reciclados en objetos, compost o en energía. Un proyecto respaldado por los fondos de cohesión europeos. Son cientos de miles de personas las que se benefician ya de este proyecto. Rcero, el centro de tratamiento de residuos de la capital eslovena, es el más moderno y uno de los mayores de Europa. Los desechos de 58 ciudades acaban en esta planta.

Smart regions: Rcero, Liubliana: un cuento de reciclaje

Il centro di trattamento dei rifiuti di Lubiana è il più moderno e uno dei più grandi in Europa. I rifiuti di 58 municipalità finiscono qui. Al Rcero ogni anno vengono trattate 170.000 tonnellate di rifiuti, biodegradabili e no (150.000 tn/anno di rifiuti misti + 20.000 tn/anno di rifiuti raccolti separati). Il progetto è sostenuto dalla politica di coesione dell'UE, costa 155 milioni di euro compresi 77,5 milioni di euro finanziati dai fondi di coesione dell'UE.

Smart regions: Lubiana campionessa di riciclo: solo il 2% dei rifiuti in discarica

En Slovénie, le centre de traitement des déchets de la capitale slovène Ljubljana appelé RCERO est l'un des plus grands d'Europe, mais surtout le plus moderne. Sur ce site ouvert en 2015, 170.000 tonnes d'ordures ménagères de tout type récupérées dans 58 municipalités sont transformées pour 98% d'entre eux, en nouveaux objets, compost ou biocarburant. D'ailleurs, grâce au biocarburant produit par la fermentation du compost, le centre est autosuffisant en termes d'énergie.

Smart regions: La Slovénie à la pointe du recyclage des déchets

This infoclip illustrates the water way, from waste water coming from dishes, getting into sewers and water treatment by the Brussels North Aquiris water treatment plant. And its return to the cycle of rivers and streams.

Infoclip: Wastewater treatment

This infoclip illustrates different aspects of plastics: plastic bags use in supermarkets, littering by plastic bag, and people picking up plastic rubbish on a beach.

Infoclip: Circular econonomy - Packaging materials

This infoclip illustrates waste management in several sectors: collecting and recycling plastic containers and recycling of collected batteries and clothes.

Infoclip : Circular economy - Waste reduction and recycling

This video infoclip illustrates different aspects of plastics: plastic bags use in supermarkets, littering by plastic bags, collection of maritime waste and recycling of plastics. From 00:07:03 to 00:07:42: © The Associated Press - The material is offered for the purpose of providing information and/or education on the European Union until 30/11/2020. The assignment to a third part is not allowed. For any other uses contact AP - www.aparchives.com

Infoclip: Plastics

This infoclip illustrates: Waste firm Valorest (trucks uploading, recycle process - France), Supermarket (general views, collection of food to be thrown away - France), man and woman at home checking the expiration date.

Infoclip: Food wastage

During the EP plenary session (13 - 16 March 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on the report on waste by Simona BONAFE (S&amp;D, IT).&nbsp;The results are: 698 voters, 82 in favour, 88 against, 28 abstention. The report is adopted.
This video also contains illustrative material.

Circular economy - Waste management: extracts from the vote and B-roll (illustration)

This Infoclip illustrates waste management in several locations in Belgium.

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