Valerie van t Lam

Articles - Currently only 1-3% of European carpet waste is recycled. Together with Maurits de Munck, Ida Mae de Waal and Chris Backes (Utrecht University), Valérie van 't Lam has produced a position paper featuring recommendations for the European Commission on a more ‘circular’ carpet industry in the Netherlands. This position paper was commissioned by Excess Materials Exchange.

Short Reads - Coronavirus measures are impacting many different areas of society and the economy. The European Emission Trading System (ETS) for CO2 emission allowances is also being affected. Reports claim that companies and factories in Europe have been shut down, or are running at less than full operational capacity (see, for example, het Financieel Dagblad, 19 March 2020). This may have an impact on the allocation and trading of emission allowances. In this blog post, we discuss three potential consequences.

Short Reads - The public consultation on the Industry Carbon Tax Act (Wet CO2-heffing industrie) began on 24 April 2020. The government has already announced the carbon tax in the Climate Agreement. The public consultation comes one year after the bill on the minimum carbon price for electricity production, which is similar to the Industry Carbon Tax Act in several respects, although the bill on the minimum carbon price for electricity generators is only applicable to electricity generators.

Short Reads - De corona-maatregelen hebben effect op veel verschillende gebieden binnen de samenleving en de economie. Ook het Europese emissiehandelssysteem voor CO2 emissierechten (ETS) ondervindt hiervan gevolgen. In verschillende nieuwsberichten is terug te lezen dat bedrijven en fabrieken in Europa zijn stilgelegd of slechts gedeeltelijk in werking zijn (zie bijvoorbeeld het Financieel Dagblad, 19 maart 2020). Dit kan gevolgen hebben op de toewijzing van en handel in emissierechten.