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Bundesverband der Altholzaufbereiter und -verwerter | German Waste Wood Association
Category: waste wood market
Titanium dioxide: Decision postponed again
On 07 March 2019 the Commission held a special meeting on the reclassification of titanium dioxide. Again no agreement could be reached. The procedure will now only be dealt with again after the European elections (23 to 26 May 2019). The BAV expects a… Continue Reading “Titanium dioxide: Decision postponed again”
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… Continue Reading “Waste wood trends in Sweden and Europe”
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… Continue Reading “UK – new biomass plants are expected”
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… Continue Reading “Waste wood market in France”
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… Continue Reading “Challenges for the biomass plants in Germany”
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