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
Response to Amendments to Taxonomy Delegated Acts
26 Mar 2025
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
Response to Fitness check of how the Polluter Pays Principle is applied to the environment
7 Dec 2022
Meeting with Frédérique Ries (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Oct 2022 · Remise de pétition contre la pollution plastique au Commissaire Timmermans
Response to Commission Early Warning Report on Waste
28 Jul 2022
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
Response to Measures to reduce the release of microplastics in the environment
17 Jan 2022
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
Response to Proposal for a legislative act to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas and coal sectors
26 Jan 2021
Response to Revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives 2008/50/EC and 2004/107/EC
12 Jan 2021
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and ClientEarth AISBL
17 Nov 2020 · circular plastics economy and single-use plastics
Response to Sustainable Products Policy Legislative Initiative
16 Nov 2020
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
26 Aug 2020 · Circular economy, reuse and single-use plastics
Response to Chemicals strategy for sustainability
19 Jun 2020
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and
16 Jun 2020 · European Green Deal, new circular economy action plan and the circular plastics economy
Response to Commission proposal for the revision of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions
17 Apr 2020
Response to FuelEU Maritime - Green European Maritime Space (legislative proposal)
9 Apr 2020
Response to Review of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on Shipments of Waste
8 Apr 2020
Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan
20 Jan 2020
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
Response to Communication from the Commission updating the 2012 European Bioeconomy Strategy
20 Mar 2018
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