This year the International Plastic Bag Free Day turns 8 and we have seen some spectacular actions! The movement to rid the world of environmentally destructive single use plastic bags
Rethink Plastic launches a summer challenge for the European Commission
Rethink Plastic has sent an open letter to the European Commission calling on them to propose strong and harmonised EU legislation within the EU Strategy on Plastics in the Circular Economy
Ditching Plastic Bags: A Lesson from Africa
By Zero Waste Europe guest blogger, Christopher Nicastro Ah, the dreaded plastic bag. We see them almost everywhere we go – outside our homes, on the side of the street,
Ecopulplast project holds steering board meeting in Capannori
Rossano Ercolini, Zero Waste Europe president On June 23rd the steering board of the Ecopulplast Life Project, financed by the European Union, took place in Capannori (Lucca). On this occasion,
An 80 year old activist, a volcano in the sea, and a banana peel cruise ship
Written by Nina Thomas, Volunteer Content Creator for Zero Waste Europe From the air, the island of Stromboli, located off the north coast of Sicily in the Tyrrhenian Sea, appears
The first phase of the Redesign Europe Challenge is over! Time to check out the winning (most hated) products!
From May 16 until June 26 citizens where asked to vote on the People’s Design Lab’s website the most wasteful products on the market. Today, we finally announce what are
UKWIN officially ‘earthMovers’
On Saturday 3rd June 2017 Zero Waste Europe member UKWIN (UK Without Incineration Network) received an Earthmovers Award for Outstanding Community Campaign from Friends of the Earth (FoE) at Basecamp, which
Can Rome go zero waste?
About Rome and Zero Waste – Rossano Ercolini and Zero Waste Italy meet the government of the municipality of Rome. On the 6th of June, a delegation from Zero Waste
