In a joint analysis, groups highlight ten priority areas of concern in the European Commission’s draft, which covers which sectors can be classed as ‘sustainable’ in terms of their climate impacts. The ten areas range from fossil fuels, bioenergy and hydropower to livestock and hydrogen. In many of them, the European Commission appears to have […]

Without policy intervention, by 2050 the world population is expected to be consuming resources at a rate three times higher than the Earth can regenerate. Global consumption of materials such as biomass, fossil fuels, metals and minerals are expected to double by 2060, while annual waste generation is projected to increase by 70% by 2050. […]

With the COVID-19 crisis, demand has skyrocketed for masks, gowns and other types of personal protective equipment. It might seem that we are dependent on disposable items – but reusable materials can ensure safety while allowing us to cut tonnes of waste. Reusable solutions can make a significant contribution to achieving the EU’s climate policy […]

10 million tonnes of recycled plastics reused per year by 2025: this is the target the industry has set for itself in the wake of the 2018 European Plastics Strategy[1]. This means 2.5 times more than 2016 levels. For this to happen, the Single Use Plastics Directive (‘SUP Directive’) sets minimum levels of recycled content […]

It goes without saying that if we cannot walk or cycle, and where public transport fails, electric vehicles should become the norm. Thankfully, the urgently needed shift to EVs is in the making. In 2019, 3.6% of new cars sold in Europe were plug-in hybrid electric vehicles or battery-electric vehicles, and between July and September […]