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This week, the @EU_Commission adopted new measures to prevent the destruction of unsold clothes & shoes. 🚫 What counts as 'destruction'? Recycling, energy recovery & disposal (landfill). ✅ What doesn't'? Preparation for reuse - checking, cleaning & repairing products.

♻️ What happens after household hazardous waste is collected? Join the Hazards Out Workshop for practical EU examples on safe handling, treatment & recovery of #HazardousWaste 🇪🇺 🗓 11 Feb 2026 | 11:00 CET | Online 👉 lnkd.in/dqRUHYFm

Highlights from our conference Circularity in Practice! 🇮🇹♻️ @gruppo_a2a , @assoambiente & FEAD brought together the sector to discuss how Europe can accelerate #circular & industrial objectives in the new political term. For a more detailed recap 👉 lnkd.in/evqTR89s

@JessikaRoswall If we want circularity to truly be at the core of our industrial policy, we must realign the rules so that Europe’s recyclers — not imported materials — form the backbone of our circular economy.

@JessikaRoswall At the discussion, we highlighted a simple but urgent truth: this is not a failure of ambition, but of market design.

🛑 Europe is facing a paradox: despite ambitious policies, our circularity rate remains stagnant and in plastics, the very symbol of circularity, recycling capacity is declining.

🌍 FEAD is one of the 24 organisations forming the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP) Coordination Group for the 2025–2028 mandate!

Register now 👉 bit.ly/4mXgs2v

🎤 Speaker reveal! Our 24 September workshop on Household Hazardous Waste will start with a panel on paint recycling featuring: ✨ Cynthia van Westerhuizen - Markus, Manager Technical Experts and Quality at AkzoNobel ✨ Erik Wegh, Commercial Director at InterChem

Full house today at FEAD! We hosted Committee 2 (Material Recovery) & Committee 3 (Energy Recovery) — with great exchanges with @EU_Commission officials on the Circular Economy Act & EU climate policy. Thanks to all who joined us!

FEAD calls for: ✅ 25% recycled plastic target ✅ post-consumer waste only ✅ ATFs role recognised ✅ Inclusive PRO governance

The Council has adopted its position on the #ELVR — but key issues remain. Diluted targets & timelines risk undermining circularity in 🇪🇺’s auto sector. 🔗bit.ly/4625Byr

🚨 On the eve of #WorldEnvironmentDay, let's spotlight our 3rd policy ask for the #CEA: Harmonised #EoW rules to push Europe’s circular transition. We need: ✅ EU-wide EoW criteria ✅ Industry-led reports ✅ Mutual recognition ✅ Legal clarity Our recs: bit.ly/4lUNQ9W

🎙️She stated: 'European companies are global leaders in recycling and recovery, this must be fully recognised. We need a sustainability index that prioritises materials treated and recycled in Europe, driving demand for recovered resources'. #EUGreenWeek

🌱 Green Week 2025 is underway! At today’s session “The Circular Economy Act: Making Circular Markets Work”, FEAD President Claudia Mensi joined a panel moderated by Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea 🇪🇺 (DG Environment) to discuss how to make circular products competitive.

@assoambiente 🔗 Learn more about them: assoambiente.org

🇮🇹 Buona Festa della Repubblica! To mark Italy’s national day, we’re spotlighting our Italian full member, @assoambiente, the national association representing companies that provide environmental services and operate in the Circular Economy.

Sesión 3 de #Recuwaste2025 - #Residuos, #EconomíaCircular y Transición energética: ¿Trilema o Círculo Virtuoso? --> Hacia un mundo menos global, como nos afectan las nuevas normas de traslado de residuos Magnífica ponencia de Aizea Astor Hoschen , senior Legal and Policy Officer en European Waste Management association (#FEAD - European Waste Management Association). linkedin.com/posts/moisesme… @FEADinfo @Recuwaste

Our Dutch Member, DWMA, highlights that this shift undermines climate goals and circular economy ambitions and urges the Dutch Government to reconsider the tax and explore fairer alternatives.

📢 In the Dutch's government Green Growth Package, the previously announced 567 million euros 'circular plastic tax' has disappeared! However, its cost has shifted directly to the waste sector, impacting citizens and businesses alike. 📄 Learn more: bit.ly/4kc1jIK