Only a small minority of European Union countries are on track to meet the bloc's recycling goals for municipal waste, including reuse and recycling for packaging waste such as plastics, metals and ...

Waste management market growth is supported by sustainability-linked financing in emerging economies and mandatory recycled-content rules for plastic packaging in the EU and US, as circular economy ...

In this article, we look at the latest provisions in relation to battery waste management and the extended producer responsibility regime as well as labelling. It is important to note, that as ...

From August 2026, the European Union will begin enforcing a single set of packaging rules across all member states as the PPWR becomes applicable.

RIGA/STRASBOURG, France - A Soviet-era rubbish dump in a swamp on the outskirts of Riga was once an obstacle to Latvia's European Union membership. Now, it's becoming a model of the resource use and ...

The European Union (EU) has supported the federal government in its bid to achieve sustainable waste management in line with the United Nations (UN) international zero-waste agenda. The EU, in ...

The inclusion of waste-to-energy plants in the EU ETS would effectively make carbon capture and storage (CCS) mandatory for incinerators in Europe, increase costs for municipalities, and make the most ...

Today the Council adopted its negotiating mandate to start talks with the European Parliament on a proposal to update EU legislation on cross-border waste shipments. The aim is to ensure that ...

The EU noted that waste pollution does not only significantly threatens human well-being and economic prosperity, but was also part of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and ...