The EU taxonomy has led to the exclusion of energy recovery from waste. It seems necessary to discuss this again with the EU >>>

The EU strictly regulates all plastic waste shipments within Europe and OECD member states.

EU rules on the shipment of waste within and beyond EU borders, to protect the environment and public health.

Many EU communities rely on nearby Swiss facilities for efficient waste treatment.

On April 23, the Chamber of Deputies approved Bill No. 580/22, which provides for the imposition of fines on anyone who disposes of waste on public roads or in other unauthorized locations.

An option to prevent possible waste diversion from municipal waste incineration?

The Commission has proposed an amendment to the Market Stability Reserve Decision to strengthen the instrument that ensures a stable, well-functioning carbon market.

As European industrial manufacturers, Waste-to-Energy (WtE) technology suppliers directly contribute to the Act’s objectives and play a key role in enhancing Europe’s strategic industrial capabilities.

Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider and California Governor Gavin Newsom met today at the Munich Security Conference to spotlight the national and economic security risks of climate change and highlight how the transition to clean energy reduces risk while protecting communities and growing economies.

How can our built environment become healthier, more climate-friendly, and more resource-efficient?

With EU leaders meeting on 12 February to discuss competitiveness, civil society organisations are sounding the alarm.

France has implemented a new environmental labeling system for clothing, commonly referred to as the “EcoScore” and officially named “environmental cost” (coût environnemental), as part of national legislation aimed at measuring the impact of textile products.

Following today’s High-Level Dialogue on the Circular Economy Act, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) warns that the European Commission is heading in the wrong direction – and that there is still time to correct the course.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released its 2025 Annual Report today, highlighting progress made last year on key environmental challenges through international cooperation despite ongoing global geopolitical tensions.

Following a vote by Parliament, the EU will have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% in 2040 compared with 1990 levels, to achieve a climate neutral EU by 2050.

The Delegated and Implementing Acts will support businesses in complying with new requirements.

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, today elected Ambassador Julio Cordano, of Chile, as the next INC Chair during the third part of the fifth session (INC-5.3).

Emissions trading proves its worth as a driver of cost-effective, energy-efficient technologies

Hapag-Lloyd has announced that Effective February 16, 2026 a completed Letter of Indemnity (LOI) is mandatory for shipments of plastic scraps and metal scraps

By recognizing all three options for defossilization (biomass, recycling, CCU) as equivalent, as well as the equivalence of mechanical and chemical recycling of plastics and biomass, the economy would have the opportunity to develop technology competition and select the most economically advantageous options.

Even if a solid assessment of GHG emissions is made, inclusion of WtE in EU-ETS is questionable before landfills for biodegradable waste are faded out Europe-wide, as it would risk to set wrong Incentives.

Restriction dossiers have now been drawn up that consider the substance class as a group and aim to minimise emissions of PFAS into the environment and the associated risk

This paper explores the policy instruments and incentive models that can effectively support CDR deployment.

The European Commission has today adopted an amendment to the Guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading post-2021 (‘ETS State aid Guidelines')

A recent article details the complex web of misdeclarations and corruption that keeps the flood of Europe’s plastic waste flowing into Türkiye

The shutdown of private recycling plants will lead to an immediate domino effect, paralyzing the national waste system.

By using renewable biological resources from land and sea and providing alternatives to critical raw materials, the EU will move forward towards a more circular and decarbonised economy and can decrease dependence on fossil imports