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Latest waste news

Global plastics pact takes step forward

MEPs demand regulation to end throwaway fast fashion model

Packaging waste: governments warn of restrictions’ undesired effects

EU Council takes divergent position on waste shipments

Global plastics treaty: governments urged to act ahead of UN talks

EU governments agree ban on destruction of unsold textile products

Latest waste analysis

Analysis: How the pandemic has – or hasn’t – changed green policies

Analysis: Why France shows pitfalls for EU packaging waste ambitions

Analysis: Slovakia landfills case highlights financial challenges of meeting EU waste targets

Interview: Municipal waste lobby chief on EU circular economy goals

Latest waste web picks

Recyclers call for a Critical Raw Materials Regulation that promotes circularity in Europe - EURIC

EU states back ban on destruction of unsold clothing - FT (€)

Europe’s circular economy is leaking - Investigate Europe

Recycling sector urges action from EU Member States as economic pressures mount under Waste Shipment proposals - EURIC et al.

Harnessing Waste Heat Could Save Europe €67 Billion - Bloomberg

EuRIC study: Clothing reuse has a 70 times lower environmental impact reveals new study - EURIC

Nearly half of all discarded waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Europe is not properly collected and recycled, suggests a new study - European Commission

Moving towards the end of plastic pollution - UNEP

Barcelona and Munich become zero waste candidate cities - Zero Waste Europe

Revealed: The countries championing and blocking EU food waste action - European Environmental Bureau (EEB)




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Latest waste Document Watch

Answer to the consultation on the implementing decision of the Single-Use Plastic Directive (SUPD) defining the methodology for recycled content - Zero Waste Europe

EUBA position on the European Commission’s Proposal for a Revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation - EuropaBio

Tracking waste prevention progress — A narrative-based waste prevention monitoring framework at the EU leve - European Environment Agency (EEA)

Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy - UNEP

Reimagining the Waste Framework Directive - Zero Waste Europe

Cutting plastics pollution - Financial measures for a more circular value chain - EIB

Environmental Impacts of Discharge Water from Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems on Ships - German Environment Agency (UBA)

Boosting steel scrap recycling in the EU - Debunking myths & setting a clear pathway to decarbonise steel through recycling - EURIC

Interpretation of the new entries for plastic waste in transboundary waste shipments - German Environment Agency (UBA)

Beyond circular fashion – a new business model for the fashion industry - Zero Waste Europe

Interviews

Outgoing EEA director on ten years at the helm and why the Green Deal must not be derailed

‘Absolutely political’: EFSA scientist on new bee guidance thresholds

ECHA’s new director on reform of EU chemicals regulations

CropLife director on pesticide targets and gene-edited crops

New EU sustainable finance chief on the challenges of taxonomy implementation

MEP Christophe Hansen on the new EU deforestation law

BusinessEurope deputy director on EU green investment plans

Carbon capture advocate on a new dawn for the sector

IPCC author on key lessons from the sixth synthesis report

César Luena on strengthening the Nature Restoration Law

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Intelligence

Case study: How an EU-funded project cut CO2 emissions in vehicle manufacturing processes

This EU-backed project aimed to create new manufacturing systems for metal composites used in transport systems and also reduce CO2 emissions

Case Study: How an EU-funded project helped to reintroduce vulture species in Bulgaria

Legal comment: How a pesticides ruling highlights the power of green groups to influence policy change

Case study: How an EU project is demonstrating new regenerative farming techniques

Legal comment: Why green groups are taking Danone to court over plastic pollution

Monitor

The nations leading the way in reducing their reliance on fossil fuels

The EU member states that recorded the largest shares of tax revenue from green levies

The member states that met 2020 recycling targets - and those that generated the most packaging waste