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Event: Re-use targets – why they matter and how to make them work
20 April 2015 - European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels EESC Trèves Building, 7th floor, room TRE 7701, 74 rue de Trèves, 1040 Brussels (map) Current EU waste policy fails to adequately promote waste prevention and preparation for re-use activities....
Spain first EU country to mandate re-use of electrical goods
Spain is the first European country to require a proportion of some types of waste electrical and electronic products (WEEE) to be prepared for re-use rather than recycled or burned. The move last month to introduce a separate national quantitative target for re-use,...
New French legislation pushes for longer-lasting products
A new law in France has been passed that will oblige product retailers to inform the customer about how long spare parts will be available for the products they buy. Published in December 2014, the new law, could help to improve the chances that goods will be repaired...
Re-use more, throw less campaign saves 700 tonnes from the trash
During European Week for Waste Reduction (24-28 November), 79 re-use centres in 5 EU countries collected 709 tonnes of goods and re-used 79 tonnes. These are goods that would otherwise have been wasted. The campaign forms part of RREUSE's call for the EU to include...
RREUSE urges Juncker not to withdraw waste package
RREUSE and a coalition of non-governmental organisations have written to the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker asking him to maintain the Circular Economy Package. The letter was sent in response to an internal memo that suggested the package,...
Re-use targets can create 300,000 new jobs in Europe
300,000 new jobs could be created in Europe if separate re-use targets are included in the Circular Economy Package according to a new report published today. The research for the European Environmental Bureau by Dr. Jane Beasley and Ray Georgeson sets out a number of...
10 key steps towards resource efficient Europe and how to set reuse targets
With the European Clean-Up Day just around the corner RREUSE together with a group of environmental NGOs have issued a 10 point joint statement calling for real ambition in the current revision of EU waste policy. With enormous amounts of re-usable products and...
WEEE compromise far from convincing for the European re-use sector
Following today’s Parliamentary vote in Strasbourg, RREUSE is hugely disappointed about the lack of ambition of the compromise second reading position reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the WEEE Recast. The measures agreed will severely hinder...
RREUSE statement on the ENVI Committee vote on the WEEE Recast
As an organisation representing European social enterprises and networks, whose main activities are primarily re-use and recycling, we very much welcome the result of the ENVI Committee vote today on the WEEE Recast. In order to increase the amount of re-use...