News concerning the subject 'Politics':

W_tERT Germany`s bridge to Africa
© ASK-EU (25.09.2016)
Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate and W_tERT Germany conclude a contract in order to gather information about countries

Generous offer by Indus Media UG to W_tERT.EU members
© ASK-EU (09.08.2016)
Indus media together with partners such as (NSWAI) National Solid Waste Association of India and IFAT India are organising the second Business Delegation to IFAT India with the aims at providing international companies with a substantial overview of the solid waste management market, business opportunities and incentive programs in India.

We have to take a more responsible approach to plastics and plastic waste
© Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit (BMUKN) (21.06.2016)
International conference on plastics in freshwater environments

Circular Economy Meets Energy Union
© CEWEP - Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants e.V. (18.03.2016)
8^th CEWEP Waste-to-Energy Congress 2016

UK urged to adopt zero carbon emissions target
© ASK-EU (07.03.2016)
Former leader of the opposition Ed Miliband has unveiled a new coalition of MPs and NGOs that want the UK to adopt a new zero emissions law.

Climate Action: Europe readies next steps to implement the Paris Agreement
© ASK-EU (02.03.2016)
Today, the European Commission presented an assessment of the implications for the European Union of the new global climate agreement adopted in Paris in December 2015. The assessment looks at the next steps in the process and how the Paris Agreement will be implemented in the EU. The assessment is also accompanied by a proposal for the European Union to sign the Paris Agreement.

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited Acquires EEW from EQT
© ASK-EU (05.02.2016)
Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited (“BEHL”) has signed an agreement to acquire from EQT Infrastructure II ("EQT") and its affiliates collectively 100% shareholding in EEW Energy from Waste (“EEW”), the market - leading energy - from - waste company in Germany, for approximately € 1,438 million. The agreement is conditional upon obtaining an approval under German Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance. The transaction is expected to close during first quarter of 2016.

CO₂ separation from waste incineration plants
© WtERT Germany GmbH (29.01.2016)
Of course every incineration plant separates CO₂ – even a waste incineration plant. However, to call them “real CO₂ factories”, as happened inadvertently in a well-known professional magazine, means more than a misguided editorial phrase. Because it disregards that in the past years most incineration plants for domestic waste have extended to waste-fuelled power stations. In the era of renewable energy they have become important guarantors of waste disposal and energy supply.

CEWEP’s 8^th Waste - to - Energy Congress will take place on 16 - 17 June 2016 in Rotterdam
© CEWEP - Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants e.V. (16.12.2015)
There is an obvious link between the important EU initiatives on the Circular Economy and Energy Union. This link is Waste-to-Energy. Therefore, in 2016 the European Commission will deliver a communication paper that exploits the potential of Waste-to-Energy by establishing synergies between resource efficiency, energy efficiency, circular economy and climate change

Biowaste at Heart of Europe's Recycled Circular Economy Package
© European Compost Network ECN e.V. (09.12.2015)
A year has passed since the European Commission’s first vice president, Frans Timmermans, called a halt to the Commission’s Roadmap to a Circular Economy; a decision that caught many in the waste industry by surprise. The new package, published on 2 December, sets out a revised and ‘more ambitious’ proposal, including the provision for the separate collection of biowaste.