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Bundesverband der Altholzaufbereiter und -verwerter | German Waste Wood Association
Category: waste wood market
Titanium dioxide – decision expected in February 2019
Decision on reclassification of titanium dioxide expected in February 2019 The highly controversial classification of titanium dioxide as a “probable carcinogenic substance by inhalation” is entering the next round. In order to prevent classification, European countries must position themselves. Germany has already spoken out…
Waste wood trends in Sweden and Europe
Things are going to change. Mario Montevirgen of the Swedish waste wood specialist Falkenbergs Returflis is also convinced that a lot will change in some EU member states in the course of the next one to two years. He sees different resource-political strategies as…
UK – new biomass plants are expected
UK: 5 million tonnes of waste wood According to Julia Turner, Managing Director of the UK Wood Recyclers Association (WRA), the UK produces five million tonnes of waste wood, recycles 1.7 million tonnes, uses 1.7 million tonnes as biomass and exports 300,000 tonnes per…
Waste wood market in France
In France – Sylvain Laurent of FEDEREC explained on the BAV-Altholztag (BAV-Waste Wood Conference) – around six million tonnes of waste wood are collected annually. Every year, the collection rate is expected to increase by six percent; 69 percent of the wood collected is…
Challenges for the biomass plants in Germany
In view of the forthcoming amendment process to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), the BAV (German Federal association of waste wood conditioners and recyclers) is committed to ensuring that climate-friendly energy from waste wood remains an important component of the energy system transformation…
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