CEA participate in EFCEM General Assembly

The CEA was represented at the recent EFCEM General Assembly. Please find some details from the meeting below:

• Torbjorn Peltonen (Sweden) is the new president of EFCEM.
• Evaldo Porro (Italy) is the new vice president.
• EFCEM have successfully lobbied to avoid the worst elements of the revised WEEE directive. The onus to reach the recycling rates (65% by 2016) is being put on member states, not producers as originally envisaged.
• Excellent progress has been made with the EFCEM Energy Standards, 11 of these are now complete, 5 are still to be done.  It is hoped that they will eventually be used as the benchmark to compare energy efficiency of Catering Products as part of the EU'sdrive to improve energy efficiency.

Should you wish to find out more details, please don't hesitate to contact the CEA at neil.mcgowan@ibec.ie