Press Releases

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Published

09 Sep 2025

Waste Framework Directive: new food and textile waste measures are welcomed but ‘‘too little, too late’’, says Zero Waste Europe

Published

19 Jun 2025

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

Including waste incineration in EU ETS can slash emissions and create thousands of jobs, new study finds

Published

06 Jun 2025

Pioneering solutions and best practices for bio-waste management in Europe showcased during final LIFE BIOBEST event

Published

27 May 2025

Cities & Communities

New blueprint for high-performing, adaptable local packaging reuse systems launched at the REuse Economy Expo in Paris

Published

08 May 2025

JRC’s flawed recycling study fails to support circular policy

Chemical recycling

JRC’s flawed recycling study fails to support circular policy

Published

29 Apr 2025

Cities & Communities

Municipalities worldwide are proving zero waste thrives locally

Published

23 Apr 2025

Strategic autonomy at risk if EU cannot tackle resource use head-on, new report says

resource use reduction

Strategic autonomy at risk if EU cannot tackle resource use head-on, new report says

Published

14 Apr 2025

Packaging Reuse

Reformed EPR can boost EU competitiveness and strategic autonomy, study reveals

Published

07 Apr 2025

Zero Waste Europe - general

Attacks on NGOs in the European Parliament: 570+ organisations join forces to defend civil society

Published

01 Apr 2025

New data links waste incinerators to toxic contamination in surrounding environments - Spain, France, Netherlands

The True Toxic Toll - biomonitoring research

New data links waste incinerators to toxic contamination in surrounding environments – Spain, France, Netherlands

Published

27 Mar 2025

Let's Do It Foundation

Tallinn becomes first Estonian Zero Waste Candidate City

Published

19 Mar 2025

Large reporting discrepencies in Bulgarian waste collection data, new report says

Large reporting discrepancies in Bulgarian waste collection data, new report says

Published

10 Mar 2025

EU budget gap holding back municipal waste reform and decarbonisation in central and eastern Europe

EU budget gap holding back municipal waste reform and decarbonisation in central and eastern Europe

Published

26 Feb 2025

Consumption & Production

Zero Waste Europe calls for stronger circularity measures in the Clean Industrial Deal

Published

19 Feb 2025

Waste Framework Directive: Zero Waste Europe applauds waste cuts to food and textiles, slams weak EU ambition

Waste Framework Directive: Zero Waste Europe applauds waste cuts to food and textiles, slams weak EU ambition

Published

06 Feb 2025

Europe needs legally binding targets to drive progress in bio-waste collection and recycling

Published

01 Jan 2025

One year anniversary of bio-waste collection in Europe is a warning for recycling

Published

20 Dec 2024

Cities & Communities

Khmelnytskyi becomes second Ukrainian cities to join Zero Waste Cities certification