Politics
Commission takes action to improve waste management
| Annual waste generation from all economic activities in the EU amounts to 2.5 billion tonnes, or 5 tonnes per capita a year, and each citizen produces on average nearly half a tonne of municipal waste.
BIR shares EuRIC’s concern over impact of export restrictions on Circular Economy
| BIR supports the recent initiative of its European member federation EuRIC regarding the potential impact of the upcoming European Waste Shipment Regulation on global free and fair trade of “raw materials from recycling”.
Targeted measures can cut carbon emissions and improve social equality
| Recycling revenues from energy and carbon taxes to support low-income groups, investing in renovating buildings and in green mobility are among measures that could ensure public support for Europe’s sustainability agenda and a socially just transition.
EEA: Targeted measures can cut carbon emissions
| Recycling revenues from energy and carbon taxes to support low-income groups, investing in renovating buildings and in green mobility are among measures that could ensure public support for Europe’s sustainability agenda and a socially just transition, an EEA briefing says.
European recyclers: Restricting exports could end Circular Economy
| Nearly 300 European national federations and companies from the recycling industry have issued a powerful warning to European Union leaders over the potentially disastrous effects of a blanket restriction on exports of Raw Materials from Recycling (RMR) in the upcoming Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR).
EU achieves 20-20-20 climate targets
| The European Union (EU) achieved its three main climate and energy targets by 2020, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment, published today.
Sustainable circular economy needs taxonomy criteria for residual waste treatment
| CEWEP, ESWET, FEAD and Munical Waste Europe call on the European Commission and the Platform on Sustainable Finance to set up technical screening criteria for treating non-hazardous residual waste in Waste-to-Energy plants under the taxonomy framework.
57.4M t e-waste expected in 2021 will outweigh China’s great wall
| This year’s worldwide mountain of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) will total an estimated 57.4 million tonnes -- greater than the weight of the Great Wall of China, Earth’s heaviest artificial object.
The EU policy favouring waste incineration is unwarranted
| New research published today by Zero Waste Europe finds that a radical improvement of the EU residual waste policy is needed in order to make it fit for a circular, carbon-free economy.
Incineration under EU ETS generates climate benefits and employment
| A new study by CE Delft requested by Zero Waste Europe shows that including incineration under the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) would encourage waste prevention and recycling, and generate climate and employment benefits.
Time to acknowledge role of DRS
| Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE), UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe and Zero Waste Europe call on the EU to facilitate the beverage industry’s transition to circularity by developing a legal framework for setting up new efficient DRS for beverage packaging.
End-of-waste: Time to move forward
| Recyclers’ Talks #5, organised on 5 October 2021 in partnership with eREC attracted over 100 participants.
CCS for incinerators “an expensive distraction to a circular economy”
| Zero Waste Europe and Only Solutions LLP have published a report on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) presenting key general and specific arguments on how this practice, instead of a solution, is a distraction to a circular economy.
Zero Waste Europe comments on Parliament’s opinion report on the EU Methane report
| The ENVI committee highlighted in their report "that there should always be a feasible biological treatment (composting or anaerobic digestion) option;
