The 13th of April presented a great opportunity for RREUSE to join the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sincevicius’s to the Kringwinkel re-use sorting centre for textiles in Aalst, Belgium, along with several actors active in the sector of re-use, repair, and recycling,.
The “New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe’s resource independence”, stemming from the European Green Deal and presented by the European Commission today, contain a set of promising initiatives to save resources, advance the implementation of the waste hierarchy whilst taking into account social impacts.
Our thoughts are with all Ukrainians during these darkest and most saddening of days. Social enterprises stand for peace, for helping those most in need, and for always being there in times of crisis.
The OECD has released a very important policy brief regarding the social economy’s contribution to the circular economy. RREUSE warmly welcomes this initiative, which rightly voices social enterprises’ pioneering role in expanding circular economy practices.
As Christmas approaches, toy manufacturers and stores repeatedly warned about possible shortages and longer delivery times. Soaring shipping and raw materials costs disrupted the supply chain, inducing uncertainty, price rises and reduced choice in the run-up to...
RREUSE warmly welcomes the European Commission’s publication of the Social Economy Action Plan (SEAP), establishing a 9-year framework to ensure social economy actors are appropriately recognised and further supported within Europe’s low carbon, circular and digital...
Repairers, refurbishers and recyclers, alongside environmental NGOs, call on the European Commission, Parliament and Council to adopt ambitious requirements in the Battery Regulation to enable battery removal, replacement and repair for consumer electronics and LEVs....
While many people still perceive Black Friday as an opportunity, the Green Friday Collective is back this year – more motivated than ever – with the firm intention of debunking the myth: NO, Black Friday is not a good deal. Black Friday is the commercial tradition...
Whilst children require certain products to go to class and learn, many of these goods have a limited lifespan, often being used for one single year before ending up in landfill. But this is not the only pitfall of the back-to-school period: school supplies are...
Building on resilience, innovation and circularity amidst global pandemic 2020 was a relentless year, marked by global fear, uncertainty and instability. For social enterprises active in circular services, COVID-19 severely disrupted existing activities, placing...
The European Commission released a second edition of ‘Buying social: A guide to taking account of social considerations in public procurement’. The guide reflects developments having been put forward by the EU Public Procurement Directive of 2014. It provides...
As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, RREUSE will be holding its first episode of the series Let's get talking on 8 June 2021 @ 3:00 pm CET. In this episode, Adam Minter will be joining us to explore the social dimension within the circular transition. The...