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It’s time to discover and learn more about the people behind Zero Waste Europe’s work and magic! In this edition of our #MeetTheTeam series, we sat down with Nanna Bille Cornelsen, one of our Communications Officers, who has been at Zero Waste Europe since April 2022. How did you come to join Zero Waste Europe? […]

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On using materials strategically and rethinking consumption in Europe Waste generation in Europe has remained stable over the past decades. Despite years of recycling targets and environmental legislation, the total volume of waste produced across the EU has only decreased very slightly by 0.5% between 2010 and 2022 and reached 5 tonnes per capita in […]

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As Europe prepares to introduce Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes for textiles, an important question remains: will EPR be enough to tackle the growing textile waste crisis? This question was at the centre of the international conference “Will Extended Producer Responsibility Be Enough?”, organised by Ekologi brez meja (Ecologists Without Borders) and Zero Waste Europe […]

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Between April-June this year, ZWE welcomed a new intern student with the team in Brussels, Milagros Carrera. This was funded and part of an Erasmus+ internship offer. In this blog, Milagros shares some of her reflections and experiences of being part of our team here in Brussels for 3 months.  We start with an English […]

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What happens when you bring over 60 activists, policy experts, changemakers and overall great human beings together in one place to discuss zero waste for three days? MAGIC. The Network-Wide Gathering (NWG) is not only an opportunity for connection, strategy and learning, but also an important reminder of what we do, why we do it […]

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