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Tag: waste prevention

  • Open letter to the European Commission: Calling for urgent action to tackle the waste crisis

    ECOS and 47 organisations have signed an open letter to EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, calling for urgent action in order to tackle the waste crisis. The signatories criticise the narrow scope of the latest revision of the Waste Framework Directive and identify key areas for further development. NGOs urge the Commission to adopt legally binding, European-level quantitative targets for municipal solid waste prevention.

  • New Joint Paper – Why we need waste prevention targets now

    ECOS has joined other NGOs and representatives of waste treatment operators to create this joint paper, which shows the lack of effectiveness of existing waste prevention policies. We need European level quantitative waste prevention targets, as well as effective national measures. This joint position paper also highlights manufacturers’ role in reducing resource use and the size of the circular economy loop. Lastly, it offers some clarity on the differences between waste prevention and recycling, emphasising that recycling is lower in the European waste hierarchy than prevention.

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