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Published

20 May 2026

Written by

Ariane Osman, Communications Officer at ZWE

Ekologi brez meja

Planting seeds of hope in a volatile world: reflections from our Network-Wide Gathering in Slovenia

Published

12 May 2026

Written by

Žaklina Žnajder, Ekologi brez meja

Cities & Communities

Is the Gorenjska region in Slovenia truly zero waste?

Published

07 May 2026

Written by

Larissa Copello, Packaging & Reuse Policy Officer at ZWE

Cities & Communities

Portugal launches its Deposit Return System ahead of the new EU packaging rules

Published

05 May 2026

Written by

Daniela Hinteregger, Zero Waste Austria

Cities & Communities

Inside Zero Waste Austria’s work

Published

04 May 2026

Written by

Zero Waste Belgium

Cities & Communities

Meet Zero Waste Belgium: making reuse a reality

Published

29 Apr 2026

Written by

Nanna Cornelsen

Meet the Team

#MeetTheTeam – Stephanie Yates

Published

23 Apr 2026

Written by

Andrea Veselá, Textiles Officer at ZWE

#STICT

Building a textiles “Sufficien-city”: reflections on diverse municipal contexts from the first year of the STICT project

Published

13 Apr 2026

Written by

Lauriane Veillard, Chemical Recycling and Plastic-to-Fuels Policy Officer at Zero Waste Europe

Food Contact Materials

Ensuring European plastics waste is recycled in Europe

Published

07 Apr 2026

Written by

Andrea Veselá, Textiles Officer at ZWE

Bio-waste

Insights from the 2026 edition of the Zero Waste Cities conference in Slovakia

Published

02 Apr 2026

Written by

Nanna Cornelsen

Bio-waste

Zero Waste Day: Your food scraps are heating the climate – here is how to avoid it

Published

19 Mar 2026

Written by

Zero Waste Europe

Cities & Communities

Denmark is making reuse the norm: learnings from the study visit to Copenhagen and Aarhus

Published

17 Mar 2026

Written by

Jack McQuibban, Head of Local Zero Waste Implementation

Cities & Communities

How Sardinia uses economics to underpin its collection success

Published

10 Mar 2026

Written by

Manon Jourdan, Waste Prevention Manager at ZWE

Bio-waste

Nudges Against Food Waste: how to turn smart food habits into everyday practice in European households?

Published

26 Feb 2026

Written by

Nanna Cornelsen

Meet the Team

#MeetTheTeam – Ana Oliveira

Published

20 Feb 2026

Written by

Manon Jourdan, Waste Prevention Manager at Zero Waste Europe

Cities & Communities

Solutions from the ground up: reflections from a global convening of zero waste activists

Published

13 Feb 2026

Written by

Joan Marc Simon, Founder of Zero Waste Europe

Deposit Return Systems

If you were to design a Deposit Return System (DRS) for the Global South, how would you do it?

Published

11 Feb 2026

Written by

Alona Kholodova, Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cities & Communities

Creating сhanges despite the crisis: waste management companies in Ukraine

Published

13 Jan 2026

Written by

Esra Tat, Executive Director at Zero Waste Europe

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

New year, clear choice: we’re not racing to the bottom