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Published

11 May 2023

Chemical recycling

New ZWE study proves proportional allocation of recycled content in plastics as the best option to secure a level-playing field and environmental benefits

Published

20 Apr 2023

Waste Policy

White Paper: 2040 vision for a sustainable future requires radical rethink on EU materials and waste policy

Published

13 Apr 2023

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

New report proves cost-competitiveness of Material Recovery and Biological Treatment-based approaches for mixed waste treatment

Published

30 Mar 2023

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

“ZWE on the RED agreement: moving towards the right direction on waste, but there is still room to manoeuvre”

Published

20 Mar 2023

ZWE announces its partnership with the impact finance firm KOIS

Published

02 Mar 2023

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

ZWE and Reloop publish a guidance on how to legislate mixed waste sorting in the context of the Renewable Energy Directive

Published

16 Feb 2023

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

Mixed Waste Sorting is key to meeting the EU’s Circular Economy Objectives

Published

24 Jan 2023

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

Energy efficiencies of EU waste incinerators are appallingly low, new study finds

Published

19 Jan 2023

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

New ZWE biomonitoring report alerts of a high level of dioxins around 3 European incinerators

Published

17 Jan 2023

Textiles

Zero Waste Europe sets essential criteria for zero waste fashion business models in the context of the EU Textiles Strategy

Published

19 Dec 2022

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

ZWE welcomes the agreement on the municipal waste incinerators within the EU ETS

Published

24 Nov 2022

Cities & Communities

Barcelona and Munich become zero waste candidate cities

Published

10 Nov 2022

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

New report calls for urgent action to reduce material use in key industries

Published

20 Oct 2022

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

Waste Incineration disproved as solution for fossil gas dependency, new study finds

Published

12 Oct 2022

Waste Policy

ZWE Statement on the update of the WFD revision scope

Published

27 Sep 2022

Chemical recycling

ZWE study finds that, to remain in line with the Paris Agreement, mechanical recycling of plastic packaging should be prioritised over pyrolysis

Published

14 Sep 2022

Chemical recycling

Zero Waste Europe approves Parliament resolutions on RED III

Published

13 Sep 2022

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

Incineration Residues: the dust under the carpet