Zero Waste Europe

Material use and waste generation show no signs of significantly decreasing in the EU, and it is clear that ambitious measures are required to remedy this. The Rethink Plastic Alliance is therefore advocating for an EU Circular Economy Act that truly rises to the challenge and reflects the urgent need to reduce, reuse and recycle materials.

Zero Waste Europe welcomes the European Commissions plan to adopt a Circular Economy Act (CEA) in 2026 (Q3) and its ongoing call for evidence and public consultation, but would like to highlight the following: On the framing, while we agree that boosting recycling and improving the market for secondary raw materials are essential to strengthen Europes competitiveness and resource resilience, the current framing…

The Rethink Plastic Alliance asserts that decarbonisation and defossilisation should be at the core of the proposed Regulations objectives. In our feedback, we set out how this should be reflected with regard to plastic production, a sector that is already facing significant challenges both in terms of overcapacity and because of the huge impacts of its full supply chain on the environment, climate and the health of…

Zero Waste Europe welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to revise the Climate and Environmental Delegated Acts with the aim of improving clarity, usability and legal certainty. While simplification is valuable, it must always preserve environmental ambition.

Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to revise the Climate and Environmental Delegated Acts. We strongly support efforts to enhance clarity, usability, and legal certainty within the EU Taxonomy. However, we underline that simplification must not come at the expense of environmental integrity.

As the European Union seeks to meet both climate and circular economy goals while boosting its competitiveness, the extension of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) presents a unique opportunity to introduce financial incentives that simultaneously address carbon leakage and drive the transition toward a truly circular economy.

The priority for the Rethink Plastic Alliance is to ensure that the evaluation of the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) further reinforces - rather than undermines - the ongoing environmental objectives and pollution-prevention measures.

Feedback on the Environmental Omnibus Feedback from the Rethink Plastic Alliance to the European Commission’s Communication on “Simplifying for Sustainable Competitiveness” (Environmental Omnibus). About Rethink Plastic The Rethink Plastic Alliance is a coalition of leading European NGOs advocating for ambitious EU policies to tackle the growing crisis of plastic pollution.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) acknowledges that reducing administrative burden can be beneficial in some cases. However, simplification should be strictly limited to genuine administrative improvements (such as, for example, avoidance of data duplication and harmonisation of reporting obligations across different legislations), in order to ensure that core policy objectives continue to be fully pursued.

The Rethink Plastic Alliance welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the EU Ocean Act. We believe the Ocean Act is an opportunity to establish a coherent legislative framework with clear targets to reduce marine plastic pollution, while ensuring that existing legislation is effectively implemented and funded appropriately, and that additional measures to address microplastics are adopted.

Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Implementing Decision proposal for calculating, verifying, and reporting recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles.

The Rethink Plastic Alliance welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the Commissions draft Implementing Decision. In the attached document, we outline a number of concerns with the draft that we believe would endanger the transition to a clean, non-toxic circular economy.

Zero Waste Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the implementing decision laying down common rules for calculating, verifying and reporting on recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles. Since the adopted methodology will be the first of this type, it will create a precedent for the upcoming legislative pieces.

Zero Waste Europe welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence on the upcoming initiative on a CO market and infrastructure in the EU. We recognise that carbon management will play a role in the EUs 2040 and 2050 climate objectives.

The do no significant harm (DNSH) principle should become a robust and consistently applied eligibility condition across the 20282034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Experience from the current MFF and from recovery instruments demonstrates that DNSH has often been applied unevenly across funds, sectors and implementation channels.

The Rethink Plastic Alliance welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Commission's draft Implementing Regulation to set harmonised End-of-Waste (EoW) criteria for plastics in the EU. Overall, we welcome the proposed EoW criteria for plastics but we urge the EU to strengthen the criteria for eligible inputs and control mechanisms to ensure genuine circularity.

Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the implementing regulation establishing EU-wide End-of-Waste (EoW) criteria for plastic waste. The introduction of an EU-wide EoW framework for plastics is a positive and necessary step towards the development of a market for plastic recyclates in the EU.