RREUSE, together with ACR+ and Zero Waste Europe, calls on EU and national policy makers to take urgent action to prevent the collapse of the used textile value chain. In less than two months, separate textile waste collection will become mandatory in the EU. This new...
RREUSE joined a diverse coalition of NGOs, EU organisations, and sustainable businesses in writing an open letter to Members of the European Parliament ahead of the upcoming Commissioner hearings. The letter calls for stronger circular economy policies in Europe, as...
Public finance is a critical driver in the transition of our economies towards quality jobs, decarbonisation, circularity, and addressing widespread calls for more investment, innovation, and productivity. However, without harmonised social and environmental standards...
RREUSE has joined a coalition of environmental organisations in urging a prompt revision of the Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive to curb Europe’s escalating e-waste generation. Recent Eurostat data shows a staggering 98% increase in the...
RREUSE joins the Fiscal Matters Coalition and other stakeholders to urge the European Parliament Members (MEPs) to champion the creation of a Next Generation 2.0 fund. The extra public investment capacity created by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) has...
Today marks the EU's overshoot day. If the rest of the world consumed resources at the same rate as the EU, we would run out of all the natural resources the planet can provide for the entire year by May 3rd. On this significant day, RREUSE and 317 civil society...
Together with over 80 organisations and academics, RREUSE co-signed the open letter initiated by the Fiscal Matters Coalition to call on higher social and environmental public investments as a key priority for the 2024 - 2029 EU mandate. The letter, addressed to all...
RREUSE has joined forces with over 100 organisations to demand an EU legislation on Sustainable Resource Management. This collective endorsement reflects a shared vision and commitment to address the fundamental challenges at the root of the global crisis and to...
RREUSE joins more than 20 organisations of the European Alliance for a Just Transition in calling on the Council of the EU to put a strong policy framework for a just transition at the heart of the next European Union’s political agenda.The next EU cycle should...
Over 80 leaders from international networks, NGOs, and national organisations from 18 European countries have joined their voices in an open letter. Focusing on the urgent issue of textile waste, RREUSE and co-signatories call on policy makers to unlock the potential...
With this letter, RREUSE and 16 partner organisations call on EU Member States and the Council to support the provisions on the social and due diligence dimensions of the ESPR, which were approved by a large majority of the European Parliament in July 2023.
RREUSE, along with 10 other NGOs and business associations, urges EU lawmakers to incorporate waste prevention and local re-use as guiding principles into future EPR schemes for mandatory textile separate collection.