09.02.2012 − The conciliation committee of the two chambers of Germany’s parliament reached agreement on the revision of the country’s waste legislation on Wednesday. The updated law is to strengthen» more

08.02.2012 − Municipal waste volumes generated in Europe fell in 2010 for the third year in succession. According to the latest figures released by the European statistics office Eurostat, the 27 EU» more

31.01.2012 − The separate collection of recyclable materials from households organised by Swiss municipalites involves lower net costs than the collection and management of residual waste. However, the majority» more

26.01.2012 − Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece and Italy will receive second warnings from the European Commission due to their failure to implement EU waste legislation correctly and in time. If member states» more

19.01.2012 − The European Parliament approved the compromise for recasting the EU Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) with an overwhelming majority by a show of hands on Thursday. The positive » more

13.01.2012 − Full implementation of EU waste legislation would save €72 billion a year, increase the annual turnover of the EU waste management and recycling sector by €42 billion and create over 400,000 jobs by 2020, » more

22.12.2011 − After lengthy discussions the European Parliament and the Council agreed to a new WEEE Directive on Wednesday. The talks were the fourth and final attempt to reach a second-reading deal on the proposed recast. » more

16.11.2011 − European Union member state representatives have approved rules that will give Romania expanded powers to object to imports of certain types of waste destined for recovery until the end of 2015. These special » more

26.10.2011 − "A spectacular sucess" is how Katharina Kummer Peiry, the executive secretary of the Basel Convention, describes the 10th conference of the parties, which was held last week in Cartagena» more

07.10.2011 − The position of the European Union at the upcoming 10th conference of the parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and the final assessment of» more

06.10.2011 − The European Parliament's Environment Committee has again voted in favour of setting a collection target of 85 per cent of arisings in the recast of the EU Directive on Waste Electrical» more

21.09.2011 − Minimum recycled material rates, durability and reusability criteria and extensions of producer responsibility for key products are among potential measures which the European Commissions plans to» more

15.09.2011 − Around 89m tonnes of food is wasted every year in the European Union, which corresponds to around 179kg per person. This estimate, however, does not include the waste generated by the agriculture and fishing» more

19.08.2011 − German conservative MEP Karl-Heinz Florenz has called for a Europe-wide minimum collection target of 85 per cent of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) arisings after 2016» more

27.07.2011 − The German market for managing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) continues to be shaped by intense price competition, according to the latest EUWID market report. » more

15.07.2011 − The European Commission has formally launched antitrust proceedings against the Austrian waste management company Altstoff Recycling Austria (ARA) AG, the Brussels authority announced on 15 July 2011. » more

29.06.2011 − Reacting to recent media reports on the waste management crisis in Naples and the Campania region, EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik said he is “very concerned that so little, if any, progress had been» more

16.06.2011 − The EU Commission will send a second warning to five member states, because they failed to provide information on the implementation of the revised EU Waste Framework Directive.» more

23.05.2011 − The EU Commission is considering how best to reduce the use of plastic carrier bags, European Commissioner for Environment Janez Potocnik said. In an online consultation the Commission would like to know from » more

12.05.2011 − Around 1.3bn tonnes of food produced for human consumption is lost or discarded during the post-harvesting processing every year. This volume is about one third of the worldwide food production» more

31.03.2011 − The proposed EU Regulation defining criteria when iron, steel and aluminium scrap cease to be waste has been adopted on Thursday and will be directly applicable in all member states after its publication in the» more

31.03.2011 − The German federal government approved a proposal to amend the country’s basic waste management law, the Closed Substance Cycle and Waste Management Act, on 30 March. » more

25.03.2011 − In a first-instance judgment handed down on 22 March, the European Court has rejected an application filed by the Austria packaging waste recovery organisation ARA (Altstoff Recycling Austria AG). » more

15.03.2011 − After wide-ranging discussions, the EU member states' environment ministers finally reached political agreement on amendments to the EU Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)» more

09.03.2011 − Austria's Environment Ministry has published a draft version of the country's Federal Waste Management Plan for 2011. The draft forecasts total waste arisings in the country to increase from 53.5 million tonnes» more