Open letter to the President of the European Commission, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament calling for full
NGOs response to the draft Commission Delegated Regulation on shipments of waste
We joined forces with the other organisations of the Basel Action Network to urge the European Commission to rectify its current trajectory by adopting provisions that offer the same level
NGOs Response to informal call for comments on the Draft Commission Delegated Regulation to implement recent changes to the Basel Convention
We joined forces with the other organisations of the Basel Action Network – Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Environmental Investigation Agency, European Environmental Bureau – to comment on the Delegated
Feedback on the Inception impact assessment of Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR)
We joined forces with the European Environmental Bureau to provide our feedback on the inception impact assessment (IIA) of the WSR stressing the intention to stop exporting waste outside the
Harmonisation of waste separate collection across Europe
We joined forces with the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) to provide our policy recommendations to the European Commission concerning the harmonisation of waste separate collection across Europe. Available in English
European Commission commitment on tackling food waste in the Farm to Fork Strategy
We joined forces with other 9 NGOs to ask the European Commission to rethink their food waste commitments in the recently released Farm to Fork Strategy. We suggest binding targets
Dare to imagine a better future…starting with plastic!
Thanks to the words of our Executive Director, Joan Marc Simon – who recently wrote the book “It’s Plastic, Stupid!” – Zero Waste Europe released a booklet which takes you
Achieving the EU’s Waste Targets: Zero Waste Cities showcasing how to go above and beyond what is required
Zero Waste Europe released a policy briefing to act as a tool for those working at the city and municipal level in Europe. The briefing provides an overview of the
The case for an integrated Waste Prevention Framework. Can the European Union support waste prevention without a proper legislation?
Zero Waste Europe released a policy briefing which addresses the current EU legislation on waste management and analyses different ways to design a comprehensive and coherent waste prevention framework which
Chemical Recycling Technical Assessment
The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, GAIA, has released a new technical assessment revealing that chemical recycling is polluting, energy intensive, and has a track record of technical failures.
Building a bridge strategy for residual waste. Material Recovery and Biological Treatment to manage residual waste within a circular economy
Zero Waste Europe releases today a policy briefing which highlights the importance of defining a new strategy for managing residual waste that corresponds with the requirements of the age of
Joint NGOs Statement – Ten Priorities for the European Commission’s Climate Taxonomy Delegated Acts
We joined other nearly 100 NGOs, to call on the European Commission to implement an effective and science-based EU Climate Taxonomy Delegated Acts. If done properly, the Taxonomy should help
Zero Waste Europe’s Feedback on the Farm to Fork Strategy: towards a food system free of chemicals, overpackaging and waste
The Farm to Fork Strategy presents a great opportunity to profoundly reshape our relation to food and design food waste, hazardous chemicals and overpackaging out of our food system. Addressing
