Despite legislative steps forward over the past five years, efforts to transform Europe’s largely linear, ‘throw-away’ economy into a circular one will require further bold action and strong implementation of existing measures.

ESWET welcomes the recent opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) “From waste plants to resource plants” about transforming waste management to prioritise resource recovery and circularity.

ESWET welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission on the proposed Delegated Act (DA) and Annex concerning greenhouse gas (GHG) emission savings for low carbon fuels.

Of the 30,000 fast food restaurants and six billion meals served per year, two million tonnes of waste were generated in the country.

“EU ETS - Does increasing the cost of waste incineration in Europe promote global methane emissions?”

From the public's point of view, acceptance of a new waste-to-energy plant depends on whether material recycling is promoted at the same time and how regional emissions change as a result of the project.

Professor Huang Qunxing Delivers Insightful Lecture on Waste-to-Energy Innovations at Columbia University

About 20 thousand tons of plastic flowed in the river per year. Solely this river contributed 2% of the total plastics in the oceans.

On 23 September, the European Commission adopted the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2493.

On 12 September, the European Court of Justice ruled that Slovakia had failed to comply with its obligations under Directive 1999/31/EC regarding landfill waste.

Numerous safety violations have been detected at the fast-growing landfill. It’s part of a larger pattern of problems with how the U.S. handles waste.

There is a need to promote collaboration between the governments of Europe and the LAC region for capacity building and training in all matters related to technologies for the integrated and sustainable management of municipal waste.

This paper explores the application of circular economy principles as a waste management strategy. The paper also examines the challenges and opportunities in adopting circular economy principles.

The mayor of New York city claimed the use of garbage cans as a game changer for the city as they will eliminate billions of kilograms of waste from the streets.

The fifth payment request covers important steps in the delivery of 14 reforms and 22 investments that will drive positive change for citizens and businesses in Italy in areas including competition law, public procurement, waste and water management, justice, the spending review framework, as well as secondary and tertiary education.