Zero Waste Europe

Ready for our yearly #SummerReads?🌞 All summer long, we'll suggest publications, blogs and articles perfect for your 🏖️, 🛤️ or 🥾🏞️ adventures! First up is Esra Tat's start-of-the-year blog on working for change amid adversity: https://zurl.co/clJr

🔑 Unlock the potential of your #biowaste management with the #LIFEBIOBEST guideline on governance and economic incentives! 💸    This comprehensive guideline offers insights on:  ✅ Building strong organisations and fostering public confidence  ✅ Managing data effectively and engaging stakeholders  ✅ Using financial tools like taxes, charges, and subsidies  ✅ Measuring success with KPIs    Whether you're a municipality, recycling entity, or technical practitioner, this guideline provides the tools to optimise your #organics management!    Explore the guideline 👉 https://zurl.co/J12K

🎙 Gear up for our upcoming #webinar on #reuse systems! Join the ReuSe Vanguard Project (RSVP), Zero Waste Europe, and the Mission Zero Academy (MiZA) on 8 October 2024 for an exclusive 1:1 chat with Aarhus municipality’s Simon R. S. Rossau about the innovative 'Rotake Reusable' project. By joining this webinar, you will get: - The opportunity to learn from Simon’s extensive experience and insights as a city official playing a leading role in the ideation, development, and management of this 3-year trial project. - A better grasp of the challenges faced by city officials and strategies to overcome them when kickstarting and expanding initiatives like the 'Rotake Reusable' project. - Insights on onboarding HoReCa actors to ensure their commitment to the system; structuring public tenders for reuse; measuring progress; or installing reverse vending machines in public spaces. Register ASAP to guarantee your spot!

🚨 Urgent action needed on methane emissions! 🚨 We can't ignore the ‘gassy’ elephant 🐘💨 in the room any longer. Methane is silently wreaking havoc on our climate and health, and it's time to sound the alarm! Did you know that #methane warms our planet a staggering 80 times more than CO2 over a 20-year period? This invisible threat is fueling the climate crisis and polluting the very air we breathe. But here's the good news: we have a golden opportunity to make real change. As new MEPs prepare to take their seats, we're calling on them to step up and tackle methane head-on. We need bold action across all sectors - from agriculture to energy, with a crucial focus on eliminating #biowaste in landfills. It's time for binding bio-waste collection targets, zero #landfilling of untreated waste, and recognition of methane as a key air pollutant. 👉 https://zurl.co/KzcY The future of our planet and our health is at stake. We can't afford to wait. Join us in demanding action! Reach out to your incoming MEPs and tell them to make methane matter. Together, we can push for a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable Europe 🌍💚 #MethaneMatters #ForkToFarm

🤯 The EU has not honoured its 2020 commitment to chemical sustainability. That's not good enough. 😏 That's why we're putting leaders' lives on 'easy mode' with our recommendations. - 🏭 Phase out harmful chemicals; - ♻️ Boost transparency; - 👶 Protect vulnerable groups. Together, we can make the #EUHealthDeal a reality. To learn more, check out the full recommendations below 👇

What do Comune di Parma, Comune di Milano, Agència de Residus de Catalunya , Pallars Sobirà, Krk Island (Ponikve Krk ), Bratislava - hlavné mesto SR, Partizánske, Sligo County Council, and Kreis Borken have in common? 🤔 They’re all frontrunners when it comes to public participation and awareness of their local bio-waste management schemes! 🧑🏫📢 Learn more about their lessons learned in the latest #LIFEBIOBEST guideline on comms and engagement: https://zurl.co/xzQf

Have you met Jack? 🤝 A driving force behind the world's first #ZeroWasteCities Certification 🏘️🌍, it's hard to be involved in European #zerowaste implementation without crossing paths with Jack McQuibban. The most fun part of his job as Head of Local Zero Waste Implementation? Exploring reports and data-filled KPIs to extract key recommendations for improvement for cities and municipalities supported by ZWE. Sounds like the perfect match to us! Read Jack's interview: https://lnkd.in/d5SRj6m9 #MeetTheTeam

🤝 Zero Waste Europe has joined the European Alliance for a Just Transition! ZWE's contribution to the Alliance focuses on just transition and environmental justice principles in waste management and resource use approaches. The Alliance is an informal group of civil society organisations, social and environmental movements, and political parties that share a common vision for a transition to climate-neutral societies that is just, fair, sustainable, safe, and benefits all. This includes reshaping our economies, creating a new world of work, planning, and acting locally. We aim to tackle inequalities, mainstream Just Transition through policy, recognise the role of education in the transition, deliver global climate justice, and draw on human rights frameworks and science. 🌐 Learn more on the Alliance's website: https://lnkd.in/dDmKsKah #justtransition #circulareconomy #zerowaste #resourceuse #gozerowaste

Dust off the composters and put out the kerb-side kitchen waste bins, because #LIFEBIOBEST has published a set of brand-new #organics guidelines that are sure to enhance your city’s #biowaste management! 👷 The four guidelines explore: - Separate collection 🍎 https://zurl.co/ZeDA - Governance and economic incentives 💸 https://zurl.co/kSM0 - Compost and digestate production 🌱 https://zurl.co/WiOy - Communication and engagement 📢 https://zurl.co/nX6b #MethaneMatters #ForkToFarm

🗣 "𝗥𝗲𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 (𝗯𝗶𝗴) 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿." 🏙 As seen during our recent visits to Rotterdam and to the 2024 Reuse & Refill Fair, cities like Paris, Leuven, Ghent, Berlin, Barcelona, and Aarhus – all part of the wider ReuSe Vanguard Project (RSVP) sphere – are actively exploring and implementing similar reuse systems. They are signalling an all-around commitment to reuse across Europe. 📰 Discover how the reuse revolution is happening in these cities, and check photos and videos from our time in Rotterdam and the Fair in Paris, in 𝗭𝗪𝗘'𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 by Nathan Dufour and Larissa Copello de Souza 👇 #reuse #wechoosereuse #zerowaste #gozerowaste #paris #rotterdam #leuven #ghent #barcelona #berlin #aarhus #reusesystems #circulareconomy