Zero Waste Europe

🌍 What Europe do we want? The choice is clear for us: the Europe we want is a zero waste one! But how does a zero waste Europe improve citizens' day-to-day lives? Understanding what vision and policies can lead to a sustainable, just, and equitable future for all is more important than ever. 🎞️ Our short video shows Zero Waste Europe's hopes and aspirations for a waste-free Europe, and the main steps needed to achieve this vision. As we start a new political cycle in Europe, we hope the European Parliament and European Commission will help us move closer to a zero waste future. 💪 From our side, the ZWE network commits to working every single day at the European, national, and local levels to make this a reality for everyone across the continent. 📽️ Watch the video and help us spread the word!

🔍 What happens to the mixed waste we still generate? Hello, waste experts! We all strive for diligent separate collection and separation at source, but let’s be honest -there’s still a significant fraction of mixed waste, at least from street containers. And within that, a large organic fraction remains. 🚯 So what’s the best solution? ❌ Landfilling? Legislation rightly prohibits direct landfilling without pretreatment. 🔥 Incineration? Is burning waste really the best way to pre-treat before landfilling ashes? ♻️ Or can we find a more circular approach - one that recovers recyclables, biostabilizes organics, and reduces climate impact? Join us next Wednesday, 19.02, as we tackle these questions with experts Enzo Favoino, Anna Larsson, and Marek Kabaciński. Looking forward to a great discussion! 📅 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dQdg6pDX #CircularEconomy #WasteManagement Climate & Clean Air Coalition be Waste Wise Zero Waste Europe GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) Fead Info European Commission European Environmental Bureau European Environment Agency Reloop

 🎉 Happy 30th Birthday, Humusz! 🎂♻️ This year marks three decades of tireless work by our amazing member, Humusz Szövetség, in making zero waste a reality in Hungary and beyond! 💚 Read the full article here 👉 https://zurl.co/nOYae Here’s to many more years of sustainable change 😊

We’re very happy to announce the start of the #STICT project: Strengthening the circular implementation of circular textiles in the EU 🪡🧵 Funded by the Laudes Foundation, STICT is a two-year project that aims to bring together communities and decision-makers to establish and replicate local best practices in #textile waste management, including shaping emerging EPR systems. Over the next two years, ZWE will partner with our local members Zero Waste Belgium (BE), Zero Waste Estonia SA (EE), Ekologi brez meja / Ecologists Without Borders Association (SI), and TEXroad, experts in #textilewaste data 📈 STICT will work to identify and support solutions that transform how Europe handles textiles—unravelling the textile waste challenge one stitch at a time 🧶 Learn more via the link in the comments 👇

Our new #LIFEBIOBEST guidance proposes three legally binding targets for EU bio-waste management:  🗑️ Amount allowed in residual waste  ✅ Quality standards for bio-waste entering recycling facilities  🙋 Total residual waste generation per capita    Learn more via the link in the comments 👇

Can reuse be the key to more efficient and impactful logistics? 📍At the Zero Waste Festival, we will share good practices and successful experiences from all over Europe. 🎯 Reuse: spaces for reflection. 🌍 European challenges and progress. 🥤 Events and festivals: towards zero waste. 🏙️ Municipalities in action: building local reuse systems. Discover reuse opportunities for different sectors addressing the throwaway culture. Register for the Festival until 13 February with the code FESTIVAL_50 to get 50% off your ticket: www.zerowastefestival.org ------ - with Rezero

🚀 30 municipalities, 10 countries, 1 mission: a future without single-use plastic! These cities have joined the ERIC project to make change happen at the local level. The first step? A plastic prevention plan to track and reduce plastic entering our cities every day. Spotlight on Catalonia! Two cities are taking action with: 🔹 "Take a step, bring your container" campaign 🔹 Free municipal reusable nappy service 🔹 Reusable food containers for schools Discover their stories & watch the video, link in the comments below 👇 Rezero Ayuntamiento de Viladecans #CitiesAndCommunities #SingleUseFreeCities

📢The Zero Waste Festival is back on 26-27 March 2025 - get your tickets now! 💡 Get ready for two days packed with talks, panel discussions, exhibitions, and practical sessions about big topics like the fast fashion crisis, Deposit Return Systems, and living within planetary and social boundaries.We’ll also reveal this year’s Rezero Awards winners, celebrate Zero Waste Candidate and Certified Cities and Business with the Mission Zero Academy, and celebrate with great live music! 🎤 🎫 Check out the full programme and buy your ticket with 50% discount (code FESTIVAL_50) until 13 February at https://lnkd.in/eTKD2Kvd 🔄 Join the conversation and help transform Barcelona - and Europe - into a hotspot of bold ideas and real progress towards #zerowaste!  #FestivalResiduZero ----- - with Rezero and Mission Zero Academy

📢 Breaking: The #LIFEBIOBEST project has just released a new guidance for the EU to unlock the full potential of bio-waste management in Europe! With 18 Member States at risk of missing 2025 recycling targets and 74% of kitchen waste still being burnt or buried, we need urgent policy action. Our new guidance offers a comprehensive roadmap for policymakers to transform #biowaste management across Europe ♻️ Together with the #guidance, we've created an explainer video that breaks down the current challenges and opportunities in European bio-waste management. Check the comments for direct links to the guidance and video (incl. subtitles in 11 EU languages) 👇 LIFE Programme CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency European Commission ENT ACR+ | Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management European Compost Network e.V. Consorzio Italiano Compostatori - CIC Manon Jourdan Jack McQuibban Nanna Bille Cornelsen Ana Oliveira

The #LIFEBIOBEST project is all about knowledge-sharing and unlocking potential 🥇      Our #webinars on #biowaste management play a major part in this (and can, of course, be streamed at any time)!    High-density collection: https://zurl.co/n6Iw  Regulations and technology: https://zurl.co/KtMh