German Environmental Agency
The German Ecodesign Award 2023 goes to twelve pioneering projects
Federal Minister for the Environment Lemke and UBA Vice President Busse honour the award winners.
USDA
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Draft of the National Strategy to Reduce U.S. Food Loss and Waste
USDA, EPA and FDA release draft strategy to prevent the loss and waste of food and increase recycling of organics to support a circular economy for all, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save households and businesses money, and build cleaner communities
Stellantis
Stellantis Inaugurates its First Circular Economy Hub in Turin, Italy
Located at Stellantis’ Mirafiori Complex, the SUSTAINera Circular Economy Hub starts up with engine, gearbox, and high-voltage EV battery remanufacturing, vehicle reconditioning and dismantling, with additional activities to be added
European Parliament
Parliament adopts revamped rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging
Less unnecessary packaging and waste | Ban on “forever chemicals” in food packaging | Each European generates almost 190kg of packaging waste every year
Diana Butron
California's Governor Newsom signed the Right to Repair Act
The past October 10th Governor Newsom signed the bill SB 244, the right- to repair legislation for consumer electronics
Diana Butron
In November 2020 IKEA opened its world's first secondhand pop-up store in Sweden
This pop-up second hand store was part of IKEA's effort to become a circular business by 2030.
Diana Butron
France installs new ruling on fruit and vegetable plastic packaging
The government in France has installed a new ruling which establishes which fruits and vegetables are allowed to continue to be sold in a plastic packaging.
Diana Butron
Zero Waste Cities - Europe
Cities all over the globe have been joining the Zero Waste movement regardless of their starting point, economy, size, or any other factor.
Council of the EU
Council adopts new regulation on batteries and waste batteries
The regulation will regulate the entire life cycle of batteries – from production to reuse and recycling – and ensure that they are safe, sustainable and competitive.
Zero Waste Europe
Influential studies on reusable take-away packaging found to be biased in favour of single-use
Heavily cited studies which favour single-use over reuse often lack transparency and have implicit biases against reuse due to funders’ interests, cherrypicked scenarios and false assumptions, according to a new report by Reloop and Zero Waste Europe.
Changing Markets Foundation
Retail scandal exposes weakness of EU legal proposal
Most clothes donated to H&M, C&A and others to be saved were actually destroyed, forgotten or sent to Africa
VIVO Kommunalunternehmen für Abfall-Vermeidung, Information und Verwertung im Oberland
A new life for old treasures - a second chance for discarded items
The flea market at the Warngau recycling center brings discarded treasures directly back into the cycle.
Umwelt Bundesamt
Better recycling of boats
Digital product passport can help recycle fibre-reinforced composite materials
European Union
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
Identifying Members States at risk of not meeting the 2025 preparing for re-use and recycling target for municipal waste, the 2025 recycling target for packaging waste and the 2035 municipal waste landfilling reduction target
Studio Markus Heinsdorff
Aruhsa house, Tansania - Houses built with plastic bottles save resources
Arusha House shows how creative a free spirit can be with used plastic bottles.
European Environment Agency
Many EU Member States risk missing waste recycling targets
Reducing waste or recovering its value by extending product lifespans or recycling are key parts of Europe’s efforts to create a circular economy which contributes to the European Green Deal’s sustainability goals.
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