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Secondary waste is waste generated from different sources and of different nature, i.e. waste generated in a process that is known as a waste treatment operation; it includes residual materials...

Exciting News from the EU! This week, the European Council and European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on a proposal for regulating packaging and packaging waste. Why is this important? Because...

Context EU waste policy aims to reduce waste and in particular packaging waste. By 2023, 70% of all packaging shall be recycled to support the EU’s transition...

Are you a packaging, waste management, waste sorting or waste sorting labels professional? Are you interested in taking part in a participatory design workshop to co-design...

This report proposes a systematic analysis of all EU publications on the circular economy available in the database of the Publications Office of the European Union until December 31, 2022. Main...

Municipal solid waste management systems vary greatly across Europe. However, due to the Waste Framework Directive and the Circular Economy Action Plan, they share...

The Commission launched a public consultation on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive, including setting of EU food waste reduction targets.

Data on treatment (landfilled, incinerated, recycled or composted) of the collected municipal waste by city on the last year available. Data on collected waste expressed in thousand tons, whereas...

Data on treatment (landfilled, incinerated, recycled or composted) of the collected municipal waste by country on the last year available. Data on collected waste expressed in thousand tons, whereas...