In depth: Analysis of the waste sector in 2016

We begin 2017 with FuturENVIRO’s first special issue of the year on waste, featuring our by now well established section entitled “In depth: Analysis of 2016”. In this section, leading actors and trade associations from the sector offer a review of the most significant events in the waste industry during the past year.

We hope you enjoy these pages of analysis and opinion.

• ENERGY RECOVERY: SOLUTION AND RESOURCE
  Rafael Guinea Mairlot, president of the Spanish Association of Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste (AEVERSU)

• A YEAR OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR WASTE MANAGERS
  Luis Palomino, Secretary General of the Spanish Association of Hazardous Wastes and Soil Recovery Companies (ASEGRE)

• THE PAPER INDUSTRY, DRIVING FORCE OF POWERFUL VALUE CHAIN
  Carlos Reinoso, CEO at ASPAPEL (Spanish Association of Paper and Pulp Manufacturers)

• UPWARD TREND CONFIRMED AS GLASS RECYCLING GROWS FASTER THAN CONSUMPTION
  Jose Manuel Núñez-Lagos, CEO at Ecovidrio

• YES, WE CAN (IF WE WANT TO)
  Alicia García-Franco, CEO, Spanish Federation of Recovery and Recycling (FER)

• ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CALL FOR GREATER LEGAL SECURITY
  José Pérez, CEO at Recyclia and General Delegate of the Fundación Ecolum

• THE CHALLENGES OF RECYCLED PAPER: FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL
  Manuel Domínguez Domínguez, CEO at REPACAR (Spanish Recycling Recovered Paper Association)

• 122,000 TONNES OF USED INDUSTRIAL OIL COLLECTED AND TREATED IN 2016
  Eduardo de Lecea, CEO at SIGAUS