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Initially promised to also include the Green Claims Initiative and a consumer initiative on the right to repair, the Commission has now served up a dwindling publication consisting of only the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and a policy framework on biobased, biodegradable, and compostable plastics.

The proposal will boost innovative carbon removal technologies and sustainable carbon farming solutions and contribute to the EU’s climate, environmental, and zero-pollution goals.

The formation of a “Group of Friends of Waste Pickers” was announced today at the negotiations towards a global plastics treaty.

To address this continually expanding source of waste and consumer annoyance, the Commission has proposed new EU-wide rules on packaging.

Over 30 stakeholders from NGOs, industry, and civil society, signed below, have urged the European Commission not to delay the unveiling of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), planned for November 30, 2022.

Recycling companies in Europe are urging national and European policymakers to examine proposals more carefully before creating new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Schemes.

The countries supporting and opposing ambitious legally binding EU food waste targets have been revealed, according to a survey of EU member state positions published today by Feedback EU and European Environmental Bureau (EEB).

In its latest position paper, European recyclers have united in support of an objection raised by Japan to new international rules that risk subjecting shipments of non-hazardous e-waste to burdensome administrative requirements.

European recyclers are making an urgent plea to shadow rapporteurs as revised EU rules threaten to severely impact the trade of recycled materials, risking irreversible economic damage and job losses to Europe’s leading circular economy industries.  

With the occasion of the last Basel Convention e-waste amendments and the ongoing discussion about their integration into the OECD Decision, FEAD and EERA consider it crucial to bring the need for clear and efficient shipment rules to the negotiation table.

In an open letter sent to the EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, Zero Waste Europe urges the Commission to adopt legally binding European-level quantitative targets for municipal solid waste prevention.