Zero Waste Europe

ZWE

Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) is the European network of communities, local leaders, experts, and change agents working towards a better use of resources and the elimination of waste in our society.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Zala Tomašič (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Nov 2025 · Recycling

Response to Circular Economy Act

6 Nov 2025

Meeting with Matthieu Moulonguet (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra) and

27 Aug 2025 · Carbon Farming and Carbon Removal Certification

Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2025 · CE Act

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

2 Jul 2025 · EU Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament) and SYSTEMIQ LIMITED

2 Jul 2025 · Fossil-Free Plastic Production in Belgium and Europe

Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and

1 Jul 2025 · Circular and toxic-free plastic

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and

30 Jun 2025 · Simplification agenda, EPR and waste prevention in WEEE

Meeting with Sabine Pelsser (Head of Unit Health and Food Safety)

24 Jun 2025 · Discussion on the FCM Regulation and understanding the importance of the implementation of existing EU rules.

Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment)

12 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on Circular Economy Act and end-of-waste

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

10 Jun 2025 · Circular Economy Act

Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment)

20 May 2025 · Exchange of views on Circular Economy Act

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament) and

23 Apr 2025 · Environmental action

Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment)

8 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on the Circular Economy Act

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Feb 2025 · Kreislaufwirtschaft

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Feb 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Paul Speight (Head of Unit Environment) and

16 Jan 2025 · Restrictions under REACH

Meeting with Annalisa Corrado (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Dec 2024 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Lynn Boylan (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Nov 2024 · Chemical recycling, Packaging and Packaging Waste, Food Contact Materials, Single Use Plastics

Meeting with Jeannette Baljeu (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Sept 2024 · Waste Framework Directive

Meeting with Ralf Kuhne (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides) and

16 Apr 2024 · On circular economy and improving cabin waste management.

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič) and

16 Apr 2024 · Circular economy and improving cabin waste management

Meeting with Rachel Smit (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean), Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius) and

16 Apr 2024 · Circular economy and improving cabin waste management

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič) and

9 Apr 2024 · European Green Deal and sustainable resource management

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Feb 2024 · Relevant Circular Economy Policies

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Feb 2024 · circular economy, elections, reuse, recycling

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament) and EDANA AISBL

8 Dec 2023 · Waste Framework Directive

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Dec 2023 · Proposal for a targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and

16 Nov 2023 · Green Deal

Meeting with Róża Thun Und Hohenstein (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

29 Sept 2023 · Waste Framework Directive revision

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

22 Aug 2023 · Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

3 Jul 2023 · Packaging Waste

Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

21 Jun 2023 · Stakeholder meeting on WFD revision

Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and

8 Jun 2023 · Definitions, quotas, system requirements – How reuse measures need to be designed within the PPWR?

Meeting with João Pimenta Lopes (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

5 May 2023 · Embalagens e resíduos de embalagens, alteração do Regulamento (UE) 2019/1020 e da Diretiva (UE) 2019/904, e revogação da Diretiva 94/62/CE

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and European Environmental Bureau

2 May 2023 · Circular economy and plastics, in particular proposal for the Packaging and packaging Waste Regulation

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau

28 Apr 2023 · Packaging Waste

Meeting with Pär Holmgren (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Mar 2023 · Textile Strategy (staff level)

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau

29 Mar 2023 · Packaging Waste

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Mar 2023 · Mixed waste sorting, circular economcy

Meeting with Frédérique Ries (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

9 Feb 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament) and

7 Feb 2023 · Chemical recycling

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau

3 Feb 2023 · packaging waste

Meeting with Frédérique Ries (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Oct 2022 · Remise de pétition contre la pollution plastique au Commissaire Timmermans

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

23 May 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

12 May 2022 · Waste Shipment Regulation

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Mar 2022 · Persistant Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and

9 Feb 2022 · Circular economy and non-toxic plastics

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

9 Feb 2022 · Circular economy and non-toxic plastics

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and R CUBE NORD

2 Feb 2022 · Delivering on circular economy and moving to reuse solutions

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and

26 Jan 2022 · To discuss opportunities for a swift and effective transition to reuse and practical steps to achieve it, as well as EU initiatives on packaging and sustainable products.

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

20 Jan 2022 · RED waste

Meeting with Ralf Kuhne (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides) and

10 Dec 2021 · VTC meeting on Circular economy and non-toxic plastics

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

2 Dec 2021 · Circular economy and promotion of reuse

Meeting with Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius) and Union of European Beverages Association

8 Jun 2021 · Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

8 Jun 2021 · Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and

8 Jun 2021 · Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes

Meeting with Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius) and ClientEarth AISBL

23 Feb 2021 · Implementation of the EU Plastics Strategy and single use plastics

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and ClientEarth AISBL

23 Feb 2021 · Implementation of the EU Plastics Strategy and single use plastics

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and ClientEarth AISBL

17 Nov 2020 · circular plastics economy and single-use plastics

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

26 Aug 2020 · Circular economy, reuse and single-use plastics

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and

16 Jun 2020 · European Green Deal, new circular economy action plan and the circular plastics economy

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

6 Nov 2019 · discussion on sustainability and plastics

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

18 Oct 2018 · discussion on Plastics Strategy

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

5 Oct 2018 · discussion on the implementation of the Plastic Strategy

Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

19 Jul 2018 · misalignment between JASPERS-financed projects in some central/eastern Europe MS and COM policy orientations in the waste management

Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and Seas At Risk vzw

15 May 2018 · Plastics Strategy

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

13 Apr 2018 · discussion on single-use plastics legislation

Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and

13 Apr 2018 · Single use plastic

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

30 Jan 2018 · Exchange of views regarding strategy on plastics

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

6 Nov 2017 · Discussion on EU Plastics Strategy

Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and

26 Oct 2017 · Plastic strategy

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)

27 Jun 2017 · Circular Economy Package, international and european cooperation

Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and

10 Mar 2015 · Circular Economy