The Council adopted its position (‘general approach’) on the targeted revision of the waste framework directive, with a focus on food and textile waste. The general approach aims to prevent waste from ...

Europe leads the way in the collection and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) as well as setting standards for the reduction of toxic substance content in EEE. These efforts ...

EU lawmakers are set to give a final green light to a law on slashing the mountains of food wasted in Europe each year, and curbing the environmental impact of fast fashion.Following negotiations ...

The European Parliament Committee on Environment published its draft report on the proposal for a directive amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste, commonly known as the Waste Framework Directive (WFD ...

The food industry will have to ensure that most of its waste in future is not sent to landfill, if changes to a proposed European Union (EU) waste directive by the European Parliament are accepted by ...

The European Commission announced on Tuesday it intends to begin infringement proceedings against member states failing to meet current waste management targets by sending them letters of formal ...