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Published

13 Jun 2024

PVC PR

Consumption & Production

EU has “legal duty” to ban PVC, NGOs tell European Commission

Published

29 May 2024

May24 - Press release - Report DRS in Spain featured image

Alianza Residuo Cero

‘Wake-up call for the Spanish Government’: fake results on plastic recycling prompts demands for deposit return system in Spain

Published

21 May 2024

Zero Waste Cities in Ukraine Project Launch with the LIFE programme support.

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Zero Waste Europe participates in the Zero Waste Cities in Ukraine project with the support of the LIFE programme

Published

07 May 2024

A circular and toxic-free model for the textile industry is threadbare but salvageable, new Zero Waste Europe report claims

A circular and toxic-free model for the textile industry is threadbare but salvageable, new Zero Waste Europe report claims

Published

25 Apr 2024

From Catalonia to Kharkiv – local authorities lead zero waste success stories, new report shows

Cities & Communities

From Catalonia to Kharkiv – local authorities lead zero waste success stories, new report shows

Published

24 Apr 2024

European Parliament votes to ‘greenwash’ recycled content in latest resolution on Single-Use Plastic Directive accounting method, say environmental NGOs

Break Free From Plastic

European Parliament votes to ‘greenwash’ recycled content in latest resolution on Single-Use Plastic Directive accounting method, say environmental NGOs

Published

11 Apr 2024

Biomonitoring data shows food across Europe is alarmingly polluted near waste (co)incinerators

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

Biomonitoring data shows food across Europe is alarmingly polluted near waste (co)incinerators

Published

27 Mar 2024

resource use reduction

New report calls for a replacement of European Waste Framework Directive for a materials-based one, to urgently alleviate the triple planetary crisis

Published

14 Mar 2024

Waste Framework Directive: European Parliament makes textile polluters pay (a little), says Zero Waste Europe

Waste Framework Directive: European Parliament makes textile polluters pay, says Zero Waste Europe

Published

13 Mar 2024

European Parliament gives green light to food waste targets: Prevent Waste Coalition disappointed about low ambition

European Parliament gives green light to food waste targets: Prevent Waste Coalition welcomes targets, but is disappointed with low ambition

Published

05 Mar 2024

Zero Waste Europe Press Release Trilogue PPWR

PPWR deal: good steps to reduce packaging waste despite worrying exemptions, says Zero Waste Europe

Published

14 Feb 2024

Press Release ENVI Committee Vote

Waste Framework Directive: proposal to tackle food and textile waste only slightly improved by European Parliament’s committee

Published

07 Feb 2024

EU industrial carbon management strategy ‘hazier than ever’ on carbon capture technologies

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

EU industrial carbon management strategy ‘hazier than ever’ on carbon capture technologies

Published

31 Jan 2024

ERIC meeting in Partizánske, Slovakia.

Cities & Communities

Launch of ‘ERIC’ project empowers local authorities to prevent plastic waste production

Published

25 Jan 2024

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

Mixed waste sorting proves more cost-effective than carbon capture, new study shows

Published

18 Dec 2023

PPWR Council Position 18 December 2023 Zero Waste Europe Press Release

Council’s position on packaging rules an ‘improvement’ over Parliament’s stance, says Zero Waste Europe

Published

29 Nov 2023

Press Release ECHA report confirms that regulatory action is needed on PVC and its additives

ECHA report confirms that regulatory action is needed on PVC and its additives

Published

29 Nov 2023

Press Release Long-awaited revamp of Industrial Emissions Directive improves dioxin monitoring in incinerators

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

Long-awaited revamp of Industrial Emissions Directive improves dioxin monitoring in incinerators