Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks or cotton buds, will be banned in the EU under plans adopted on Wednesday (24 October)....
Plastic carrier bags and other pollution in ocean - ©AP Images/European Union-EP Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery or cotton buds, making up over 70%...
Waste management affects everybody. Recent estimates by the World Bank point to an increase of annual waste generation from 2.01 billion tonnes in 2016 to 3.40...
The European Commission is launching the first ever European Sustainability Award, to recognize the efforts and creativity of European people, businesses and organisations who work towards...
Member states of the European Union have approved a set of ambitious measures to make EU waste legislation fit for the future, as part of the...
As part of the EU Nature Action Plan for nature, people and the economy the European Commission has issued two guidance documents on energy transmission infrastructure...
Although municipal waste only accounts for less than a tenth of the more than 2.5 billion tonnes of waste generated in the EU every year, it...