The EU aims to scale up waste-derived materials to boost the #CircularEconomy♻️ But @ec.europa.eu’s End of #Waste proposal for recycled #plastics has major gaps, especially on chemicals, risking circularity and safety🧐 Our recommendations with @rethinkplastic.bsky.social: 👉 eeb.org/en/library/e...

EU Commission, let France halt fast fashion's bloody catwalk! 😍France is taking on ultra-fast fashion with a new law targeting the most harmful commercial practices in the textile sector. But... 🤦‍♀️@ec.europa.eu has been blocking its adoption. Read the full story: meta.eeb.org/2026/01/21/f...

With 65+ NGOs, we call on @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu: don't bow to lobby pressure. Let the French law pass. ✔️It complies with EU waste and single-market rules ✔️Governments have the right to go beyond EU minimum requirements Read our press release with @amisdelaterre.org: eeb.org/en/eu-commis...

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲’𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻 😍France is taking on the most toxic practices in the textile sector, with a pioneering law addressing overproduction and holding fashion brands accountable for the soaring amounts of textile waste. BUT...🧵👇

😠The French law is now stalled, after @ec.europa.eu asked for revisions - just as #fastfashion giant #Shein met with the EU’s Environment Commissioner @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu this week. The EU must not curtail our governments from curbing #fashion overproduction! @xrfrance.bsky.social

With our members and civil society from across Europe, we urge @ec.europa.eu and @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu not to bow to lobby pressure, and to allow France to move forward with its law. Read our open letter with 65+ civil society organisations: eeb.org/en/library/n... @rreuse.bsky.social

Disposable clothing harms workers, wrecks our planet, and drives #textile #waste collectors and the second-hand market to a breaking point. The EU needs real producer responsibility schemes to change the way brands operate – and stop ultra #fastfashion's bloody catwalk. @xrglobal.bsky.social

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Member States were loud and clear: the environmental and economic impacts of ultra- #fastfashion can’t be ignored any longer. Countries support modulated fees that penalise the commercial practices driving overproduction in the #fashion sector, making polluters pay for the waste they generate.

🎶We only want: 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘨, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘨🔌 NGOs, consumer organisations, and mobility and tourism businesses are calling on @ec.europa.eu to harmonise charging plugs for electric bicycles and other light means of transport. Read our press release with @umwelthilfe.bsky.social: eeb.org/en/civil-soc...

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🚨EU's new law on vehicles misses the turn off to a greener future EU lawmakers struck a deal to overhaul car design and end-of-life rules, but concessions to the automotive industry weakened targets and delayed vital safeguards🚔 Our reaction with @umwelthilfe.bsky.social 👉 eeb.org/en/eus-new-v...

📈Soaring volumes of clothing sales mean more items being discarded, and faster - driving #textiles collectors and sorters to breaking point. ⚠️@ec.europa.eu must not curtail national action against #fashion overproduction. 🗞️Read our press release with @amisdelaterre.org: eeb.org/en/eu-commis...

Eroding vital protections will sideline people and nature, and leave Europe less competitive, less resilient and less sovereign. What does this mean for Europe's citizens and businesses? Read our press release: eeb.org/en/environme... @ec.europa.eu

🐽Europe’s waste crisis stinks, and it threatens people and nature. So why are we rolling back the laws that can save us?🤌 As @ec.europa.eu moves to dilute key health and environmental protections, including newly approved waste laws, @investigate-europe.eu reveals our landfills are out of control

@ec.europa.eu, this is not the time to dismantle the laws that protect us and the environment, but to strengthen them - so that we can all rely on clean water, fresh air, and healthy soils. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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⚠️ Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are being sold as the next big climate fix - but the reality is far less shiny. They are unsafe, overpriced, unproven, and pushed through with regulatory shortcuts and closed-door decision-making. Meanwhile, renewables are cheaper, cleaner, safer, and ready NOW.

Staying stylish AND kind to the planet these holidays? It is possible!✨⛄💚 ⁠ This Thursday, our textile expert Emily Macintosh will speak at @wecf.org's webinar on #fastfashion and the holiday season. ⁠ Join us online on 4 December at 13:00. Register here: www.wecf.org/event/webina...

🔥 #𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 #𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 #𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻. All over Europe, communities, NGOs and youth movements are challenging a textile system built on overproduction, exploitation and waste. Curious? Discover their campaigns: meta.eeb.org/2025/11/26/a... #ewwr

⚠️𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗨 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 Today @ec.europa.eu released its updated Bioeconomy Strategy — but it lacks the ambition needed to align Europe’s resource use with the ecological limits of our planet. Our reaction: eeb.org/commissions-...

@ec.europa.eu, 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘆𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀! Turkish and European NGOs urge the EU to revoke all approvals granted to Turkish ship #recycling facilities that put workers and the environment at risk. 👉 eeb.org/eu-urged-to-...

🫵 Passionate about #repair? Mad at products designed to break? Looking for a fun and meaningful job? Our friends at @r2reurope.bsky.social are hiring a new Campaign Manager. Apply or spread the word - all info here👇 therestartproject.org/about/jobs/ @therestartproject.org #EUJobs #GreenJobs

#Plastic recyclers are under pressure Europe produces far more plastic waste than our system can handle, and #recycling alone cannot fix it Hazardous substances hinder recycling while harming people and planet The way out of this is making less, safer and longer-lasting plastics

New #Eurostat figures reveal a troubling trend: Europe’s appetite for ever more #electronics keeps growing, while collection and recycling lag far behind -fuelling mountains of #Ewaste across the EU. Read our press release with @umwelthilfe.bsky.social & @ecos.ngo: eeb.org/new-data-rev... #weee

New #Eurostat figures reveal a troubling trend: Europe’s appetite for ever more #electronics keeps growing, while collection and recycling lag far behind -fuelling mountains of #Ewaste across the EU. Read our press release with @umwelthilfe.bsky.social & @ecos.ngo: eeb.org/new-data-rev... #weee

"𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝘆". 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘁. 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁: we live in a digital space designed to fuel #overconsumption. From psychological tricks to misleading promotions, companies are finding new ways to manipulate us into buying more than we need. The #DigitalFairnessAct can help fix this... 👉 eeb.org/library/eeb-...

Last week we went on a field trip with @recyclingeurope.bsky.social to see electronics and vehicles #recycling in action! A #CircularEconomy starts with #waste prevention - but once products inevitably turn into waste, recycling allows us to recover precious resources and give them a new life... 🧵👇

❤️‍🔥 Europe has the power to reclaim its heat. It’s time to kick fossil dependence to the curb. The EU is drafting a new Heating & Cooling Strategy - a unique chance to break free from fossil dependency and make renewable, affordable heat the European standard. Here’s how 👇

𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆?🤔🛒 With @beuc.eu , we checked supermarkets in 13 countries: ecolabelled products are mostly 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 than conventional ones, but availability varies massively – from 80% of products in Denmark to just 2% in Cyprus and Greece 🧵👇

𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 The EU is betting heavily on #textile #recycling, but its potential cannot keep pace with the mountains of clothes we produce. Our planet is bursting at the seams with too much clothing. Recycling alone won’t fix it. #CircularTextilesDay

Europe’s #cars can’t be green if the steel they’re made from isn’t Almost a fifth of all #steel in the EU is used to make cars. Most of this is produced using polluting coal-power Cleaning up the steel behind Europe’s cars means clearing the air we breathe – while giving existing steel a new life

#Transparency on #chemicals in our everyday products can’t wait! With 40+ waste management, industry, and civil society organisations, we’re calling on EU leaders to uphold their commitment to chemical transparency and traceability. Read on👉 eeb.org/library/join...

E-commerce must be safe! Together with 60+ NGOs, industry, and retail associations, we demand stronger EU rules to: ✅close dangerous loopholes in online trade ✅guarantee #ProductSafety ✅protect the environment ✅ensure fair competition Read our full statement👉 eeb.org/library/clos... #ecommerce

The European Parliament has voted on two crucial laws to curtail food and textile #waste, and make the #automotive sector more circular. How did it go? Not so great... 🧵👇 #CircularEconomy #FoodWaste #Fashion #Textiles #Vehicles

100,000+ #EUEcolabel products are ready for green procurement! #PublicProcurement represents 14% of the EU’s GDP and is a key driver of sustainable markets Join us on 10 October to hear how the EU Ecolabel is bringing green #PublicProcurement within reach: environment.ec.europa.eu/news/webinar...

🚨 Food waste, textiles, vehicles: European Parliament falls short of real solutions As @ec.europa.eu prepares a new #CircularEconomyAct, amidst a deregulatory push and a deepening #waste crisis, today's votes fall short of the bold action Europe needs Our press release: eeb.org/parliament-v...

🚘 Vehicles: The Parliament caved to #automotive industry pressure, weakening proposals meant to boost circularity and reduce environmental impacts across the whole lifecycle of cars.

🌽 Food: For the first time, the EU will have binding #FoodWaste reduction targets - but they are nowhere near the commitment to halve waste across the supply chain.

👕 Textiles: #ExtendedProducerResponsibility schemes will hold brands accountable and support municipalities and the #SecondHand sector facing a flood of discarded clothes. But they must also address overproduction and provide support to non-EU countries impacted by EU used #textiles exports.

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲? 𝗪𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 🫶 But we also love the feeling of a brand new notebook to fill with inspiring project and campaign ideas! Hopefully, your employer has stocked up on #EUEcolabel stationery and paper products... (🧵👇) #backtoschool #backtowork #paper @ec.europa.eu @beuc.eu

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Are renewables really killing villages... or reviving them?

⚠️𝗘𝗨 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗲-𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 In Nigeria, used electronics from Europe create opportunities, but also a growing e-waste crisis. Aliyu Umar Sadiq shares what really happens when EU used products reach Africa, with insights from local experts: meta.eeb.org/2025/08/26/w...

World leaders have just wasted a chance to deliver the #PlasticsTreaty we need, but the fight to #BeatPlasticPollution goes on across the world The EU has a new packaging law to prevent packaging waste and promote reuse. What do these rules mean for the Asia-Pacific region? eeb.org/library/eu-p...

Destroying unsold goods is a shocking waste of our precious resources⚠️ The EU #Ecodesign law banned the destruction of unsold #textiles... ...but a raft of potential exceptions risk allowing companies to easily side-step the ban, and keep overproducing and destroying short-lived products 🧵👇

𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗: (𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿) 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿 If you know financial management, budgeting and reporting, understand EU and international standards, and wish to work for a better future where people and nature thrive together, this job is for you. 📅 Apply by 4 September ℹ️ All info here: eeb.org/senior-finan...

Today, world leaders resume negotiations on a global #PlasticsTreaty. With @breakfreefromplastic.org and hundreds of citizens and civil society organisations from across the world, we demand a strong, legally binding treaty that puts people and the planet before polluters. 🌍✊ Are you with us?

The #CircularEconomyAct must align resource use with EU environmental and climate objectives Civil society organisations demand: 🎯 Science-based targets on resource use 🔄 Keeping products and components in use ⚠️ Safe material circulation Read our letter to @ec.europa.eu: eeb.org/library/join...

🔥 BREAKING: Heat pumps now outsell gas boilers in Germany! A major climate milestone - and proof that fossil-free heating works when policy delivers: ✅ National ban on fossil fuel boilers in new buildings ✅ Strong EU-level renewable heating rules ✅ Public funding to help households make the switch