26.04.2012 − The European Commission announced on Thursday that it will refer four member states to the European Court of Justice because of their failure to transpose the revised Waste Framework Directive (WFD)» more

12.04.2012 − Hungary will have to delay passage of its controversial waste management bill which would deprivatise the waste management sector beginning in 2013. Three EU member states, Austria, France and Germany, have» more

04.04.2012 − Intermediary dealers must name the waste generator on shipment documents, even if this discloses business secrets and results in financial harm for the merchant, the European Court of Justice has ruled.» more

30.03.2012 − The flood of waste plastics out of the European Union continues unabated. According to the most recent Eurostat figures, the 27 EU Member States exported around 3.36m tonnes of plastic waste in 2011.» more

26.03.2012 − The European Commission has put forward a draft Regulation on ship recycling meant to cut down on ship breaking at substandard facilities with inadequate safety and environmental controls.» more

23.03.2012 − The European Commission has set Poland a two-month deadline to bring its legislation on the management of end-of-life vehicles (ELV) in line with the EU ELV Directive. Announcing plans to send» more

15.03.2012 − The European Commission has launched an open consultation on the EU's 7th Environment Action Programme (7EAP). At its focus are the priorities of future environment policy to be set in the next programme» more

13.03.2012 − Private households, industry, retailers and the catering sector discard almost 11 million tonnes of food waste in Germany each year, according to a study conducted by the University of Stuttgart which was» more

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