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Keep up with the latest zero waste developments, ZWE members’ insights, key project updates, and much more with our blog posts.

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Published

06 Jul 2026

Written by

Milagros Carrera, former trainer at Zero Waste Europe

Cities & Communities

Tupananchiskama – A journey from Lima to Brussels and back again

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

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

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

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

11 Feb 2026

Written by

Alona Kholodova, Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Cities & Communities

Creating сhanges despite the crisis: waste management companies in Ukraine

Published

26 Nov 2025

Written by

Mirell Merirand, Zero Waste Trainer and sustainable fashion expert at Zero Waste Estonia

#STICT

The Circulation Room – a reflection on ultra-fast fashion and sharing

Published

26 Nov 2025

Written by

Giulia Lodi

Circular Economy Portugal

What you need to know about e-waste, and how communities across Europe are taking action

Published

03 Nov 2025

Written by

Zero Waste Estonia

Cities & Communities

Insights from the IV Zero Waste Estonian Conference: what facilitators and participants highlighted

Published

24 Oct 2025

Written by

Jack McQuibban, Head of Local Zero Waste Implementation

#ForkToFarm

Bridging continents, building change: stories from the Global Gathering on Organics

Published

06 Oct 2025

Written by

Nathan Dufour, Reuse Systems Manager and Leader of the ReuSe Vanguard Project (RSVP) at Zero Waste Europe

Cities & Communities

Berlin’s successful gamble: making reuse as easy as bottle returns

Published

30 Jul 2025

Written by

Cristina Sousa, Zero Waste Lab

Cities & Communities

What can urban parks teach us about the shift to Zero Waste cities? More than you might think

Published

12 Jun 2025

Written by

Humusz Waste Prevention Alliance

Cities & Communities

When a village shares: how Ipolytölgyes supports residents and cuts waste

Published

05 Jun 2025

Written by

Manon Jourdan

Cities & Communities

Breaking the single-use bias: two years of local action through the Elevating Reuse In Cities Project