Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste Europe Congress in Gipuzkoa

jm — Tue, 08 May 2012 22:00:50 +0000

Program in Euskera click here.

Complete program in English click here.

Programme Friday 10th

Friday morning – visit to Usurbil & Hernani pioneer municipalities in Gipuzkoa in the implementation of door-to-door separate collection with results of more than 85% waste diversion.

19h Open Conference in the Donostia City Hall:

On the road to [...]

The Renewable Energy House in Brussels goes Zero Waste!

jm — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:38:13 +0000

The Renewable Energy House (REH) headquarters 20 associations working in Brussels to promote renewable energies in front of the European Union. It currently houses 100 people and it preaches by example running the whole house completely on renewable energies. Now it also decided to be the first office building in Europe to go Zero Waste!

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Annual Zero Waste Europe meeting in Gipuzkoa – 11-13th May 2012

jm — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:45:02 +0000

The European network of Zero Waste groups will be meeting in Donosti (San Sebastian), spanish Basque country, from 11th to 13th May 2012.

This meeting will bring together activists, waste experts & policy-makers from all over Europe with the participation of observers from outside the continent.

This event will combine site-visits with public events and [...]

Castelbuono – the town where even donkeys’ walk the Zero Waste path

jm — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:58:31 +0000

Creativity is at the core of a Zero Waste strategy. Sometimes this implies creating new processes and using innovative technologies but some other times it just requires combining the existing tools to create a low-tech win-win situation to reduce waste, create occupation, save money and increase sustainability. The example of Castelbuono is a good prove [...]

Zero Waste, a revolution in progress

jm — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:40:50 +0000

Paul Connett, one of the Zero Waste gurus, together with the leaders of the Zero Waste network in Italy, Patrizia Lo Sciuto and Rossano Ercolini have just published a book “Rifiuti Zero, una revoluzione in corso-“ (Zero Waste – a revolution in progress).

Since its launch the book has been presented in Naples with the [...]

Meeting on Zero Waste good practices in Sicily, Italy

jm — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:59:53 +0000

The Italian Zero Waste network is organising a public event with politicians, experts and activists on the 24th of March in Alcamo, Italy.

You can find the program of the event here.

Zero Waste & Taxes – shift from labour to resource use

jm — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:11:21 +0000

How much is your waste worth? Are prices real? Sure you’ve asked yourself how can apples that have travelled 6,000km be cheaper than apples produced 20km away… What about salaries? What does this have to do with waste?

Well, waste markets, like any other market follow price signals. If the cheapest option is to [...]

Creation of the association of Italian Zero Waste communities in Capannori, Italy

jm — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:30:34 +0000

Last weekend (3-5/02/12) mayors and representatives of Italian Zero Waste municipalities met in Capannori, Italy, to formally create the association of Italian Zero Waste communities. Despite the difficult weather conditions which made it impossible for some representatives to participate in the event, the turnout was very good and balanced with mayors coming from the northest [...]

Zero Waste creates many JOBS!

jm — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:28:00 +0000

One of the strongest points in favour of Zero Waste is the social impact not only on education but also on job creation. In the EU we are approaching the sad figure of 24 million unemployed; in countries such as Spain almost one out of every four is jobless and this figures doubles if [...]

Overwhelming support in the EU for plastic bag ban

jm — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:54:49 +0000

Over 70% of respondents to a European Commission public consultation have voted in favour of a ban on the distribution of plastic bags. Green groups such as Seas at Risk and EEB say the Commission should now act on this overwhelming support and implement a ban across Europe.

The public consultation was intended to explore [...]