Researchers, civil society groups, and business representatives gathered in Brussels on the 20 June to call for a ‘Materials Framework Directive’ to limit global temperature increase to 1.5°C. Our event “Material world: The EU’s path to a 1.5°C future”, hosted in collaboration with Zero Waste Europe, was held to discuss [...]
On Thursday 30 May, in Madrid we were delighted to launch our report analysing the realities of the separate collection of single use plastic bottles in Spain. The report was a seven-month collaboration between ourselves, Zero Waste Europe and Spanish experts with a detailed knowledge of waste management in Spain. [...]
The heat pump sector has the investments and capacity to meet the EU’s target to install 30 million heat pumps or more by 2030, a new study has found by heat pump market specialists at Eunomia Research & Consulting. Supply chain bottlenecks will be resolved by 2025 and manufacturers can [...]
The EU needs to consider the impact of their environmental legislation on third countries or risk exacerbating unbalanced trade relations, hurting local economies that are reliant on EU markets and missing out on opportunities for enhanced trade, according to a new report today by the European Environmental Bureau. Identifying the [...]
The textile industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world, responsible for over 10% of global GHG emissions. In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of the textiles industry, leading brands (Adidas, Bestseller, C&A, H&M Group, Inditex and VF Corp.) have come together with the Policy [...]
Reloop and Zero Waste Europe have published today a new study by Eunomia Research and Consulting which shows that applying sorting systems to mixed waste (MWS) prior to thermal treatment and landfilling can significantly support Europe’s climate objectives and contribute to achieving ambitious plastics and municipal waste recycling targets. The [...]
The UK Government has announced plans to ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery, with a consultation set to be launched in the autumn. The proposed ban follows plans by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to do the same and builds on England’s ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds [...]
The Association of the Greek Manufacturers of Packaging and Materials (AGMPM) and ourselves are calling for the Greek Government to implement a non-profit deposit return scheme (DRS) to give Greece the best chance of reaching new recycling targets in the EU Single Use Plastic (SUP) and Packaging and Packaging Waste Directives. [...]
