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

Have you read it yet? 🤓💚🍃

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

While many parts of the world are swamped in plastic waste, the global treaty negotiations trying to commit to collectively solving the problem is swamped by corporate lobbyists. Will private interests derail common interests, again? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

With 601 civil society organizations, we urge governments to #BeatPlasticPollution On August 5-14, world leaders will meet in Geneva to negotiate the global #PlasticsTreaty If they get it right, it could be one of the most significant environmental agreements in history! @breakfreefromplastic.org

𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀? When it comes to #cars, the answer is yes, if they are treated correctly😇 As the EU updates its rules for #vehicles, from design to disposal, we look into the measures we need to make the treatment of end-of-life vehicles more circular.

🚨𝗘𝗨 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 #𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 @press.consilium.europa.eu has just voted to weaken a crucial regulation to make vehicles more sustainable, from design to end-of-life management Read our press release with @umwelthilfe.bsky.social & @ecos.ngo👇 eeb.org/member-state...

⚠️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗿 – 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 ‘Simplifying #SingleMarket rules’ is the new mantra in Brussels, and a cornerstone of the new EU #SingleMarketStrategy. But who will benefit? At what cost? And what does it mean for the #CircularEconomy? 🧵👇

🚨Job alert🚨 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 #𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆! Some of the topics you'll be working on: 🖥️electronic waste 🚗 vehicles 🗑️landfills ♻️the EU's new Circular Economy Act All info here: eeb.org/policy-assis...

A powerful morning of ideas, solutions, and urgent calls to action at the European Parliament: our event with Fern, @denkhausbremen.bsky.social sky.social, @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social & @oxfameu.bsky.social explored how the EU #Bioeconomy Strategy can drive sustainability, equity, and resilience 👇

🚨Today, +230 civil society organizations welcome the renewed commitment of +90 countries to forge a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution and protect human health and the environment by addressing the full life cycle of plastics 🌍✊ www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/06/11/n...

💸 How can your country spend climate money wisely? Our Policy Matrix maps out which measures can cut emissions, support people in energy/transport poverty & deliver real impact. 🎯 The aim? Smart, fair, effective climate action. ⏳ With Social Climate Plans due soon, EU states must get this right.

🚨We call on @europarl.europa.eu to advance the plenary vote on EU waste laws Postponing the vote of another 4 months means delaying the establishment of crucial Extended Producer Responsibility schemes Read the joint letter👉 eeb.org/library/ngos... @ecos.ngo @rreuse.bsky.social @zerowasteeurope.eu

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘀 🙅‍♀️ The EU must end the destruction of unsold goods and ensure there are no loopholes that might permit it to return through the back door Read our joint position with @ecos.ngo and @rreuse.bsky.social: eeb.org/library/no-e...

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 #𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 #B𝗲𝗮𝘁P𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰P𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻👀 In 2 months, governments will reconvene to negotiate a Global #PlasticTreaty The EU must ensure the treaty is capable of delivering meaningful change. How?👇🧵 @rethinkplastic.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org

This spring, car producers and their association ACEA were fined a total of €458 million for forming a anti-recycling cartel As the EU develops new rules for car design and #recycling, we and @umwelthilfe.bsky.social demand more transparency and accountability Read on👇 meta.eeb.org/2025/06/03/b...

Single-use #packaging waste is a major contributor to global #PlasticPollution At our latest event with Switch-Asia, we looked at how the EU packaging law can inspire action to #BeatPlasticPollution worldwide - starting with prevention and reuse #WorldEnvironmentDay @rethinkplastic.bsky.social

A #CircularEconomy can help solve some of Europe's most pressing challenges What are the impacts of EU circularity policies on Asia-Pacific? And how can we build successful partnerships? Join our #EUGreenWeek webinar with SWITCH-Asia Official to find the answers: switch-asia.eu/event/the-eu...

👖What happens to the clothes we donate? Chances are, they might be packed up in a bale with hundreds of other cast offs and exported to a country such as Ghana... ...at a very high cost for local communities and nature💔 Read on👉 meta.eeb.org/2025/06/02/e...

The EU must face up to its own #textile waste! Discarded clothes exports from Europe have enormous social and environmental impacts in receiving countries in Africa and Asia With @ecos.ngo, we call on the EU to take responsibility for its #TextileWaste exports. Read on: eeb.org/library/rede...

We’ve got the tech We’ve got the money Now we need the political will 💪 EU countries have the tools to decarbonise fairly and leave no one behind. Check out our latest report on how many heat pumps for low-income households could be financed through the #SocialClimateFund 🎯 Next stop: June 2025

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺!❤️‍🔥 This week, our members gathered to elect a new Board, welcome 12 new organisations to the EEB family, and chart together our way forward as Europe's largest and most diverse network of environmental NGOs. #EEB25

Ramping disinformation, shrinking civic space, growing threats to democracy, political short-termism and deregulation are daunting, but we won't stop pushing for the green and social deal that our world so urgently needs, and for an economy that respects planetary boundaries Are you with us? #EEB25

Read more about #EEB25 annual events 👇 eeb.org/eeb-2025-ann...

Today we join recycling industries, civil society groups and think thanks in calling for stronger targets on #RecycledSteel in #vehicles♻️🚗 New research shows that such targets are both feasible and effective It's key that they are included in the new Vehicle Regulation now! eeb.org/library/civi...

Steel is among the largest contributors to vehicles' environmental footprint👣 The good news is: recent research by the Institut Mobilités en Transition shows that high-quality recycled steel can be recovered from old car and used for new ones♻️ Watch on👉https://vimeo.com/1083544436/5f94a6843d

🔥 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍? 🔥 📢 New EEB study: Just one-third of the EU’s Social Climate Fund could ✅ Deploy 20M heat pumps ✅ Cover every energy-poor household in 9 EU countries ✅ Cut EU gas use by 11% Carbon revenues = a game changer for homes 📘 Read the report: www.coolproducts.eu/heating-and-...

🌍 We’re hiring a (Senior) Finance Officer! Join the EEB – Europe’s largest environmental NGO network. Full-time, permanent role in Brussels. Use your finance skills for public good + sustainability. 📅 Apply by 2 June 2025 🔗 More info: eeb.org/jobs

What does the EU packaging law mean for Asia? What are its reach and economic impact? How will this change the products made in Asia and imported to EU - but also those that are placed on Asian markets? Join our next webinar on 28 May, 9:00 CEST, to find out👇 www.switch-asia.eu/event/the-eu...

Today the EEB marched with thousands of NGO workers, union members and citizens in Brussels against austerity cuts that harm essential services, people and planet. ✍️ Working in an NGO? Sign the open letter: bit.ly/FairCSO 📆 Next mobilisation: 22 May #FairCSOs #StopAusterity

It’s time to drive the shift towards a truly circular automotive industry. How? Strong rules for dismantling and clear quality standards for recycled materials can unlock the potential of reusing components from old vehicles - and closing the loop for critical materials. (🧵👇)

🌼The greenest purchase is always the one we don’t make - but when in need for something new, we can let the EU Ecolabel guide our sustainable choices. 🏅Why? Because the EU's official sustainability label brings out goods and services of proven environmental excellence. #WhyEUEcolabel #EuEcolabel

#Greenwashing deceives consumers and harms sustainable businesses by creating unfair competition. As EU leaders resume the talks on the #GreenClaims law, we call on them to: 🟢ban the most misleading claims, including on 'climate neutrality' 🟢require maximum transparency and independent verification

Thank you, Pope Francis, for your strong leadership in defence of our common home. Now more than ever, this legacy must keep guiding our environmental and climate action to answer "both the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor.” #popefrancis #franciscus #earthday

We all deserve better care!🤱 Finding products that are healthier for us and the environment is especially important when it comes to intimate hygiene items that have close and prolonged contact with our bodies. But how to identify them? Our hint👉 environment.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-ecol... @beuc.eu

🗞️ The new Ecodesign Working Plan is out - but it falls short of promises. The plan unveiled today by the @ec.europa.eu is an important first step towards making products sustainable by design, yet it does not live up to the hard-won promises in the EU #Ecodesign law. 🧵👇