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A Brussels based association promoting the circular economy by representing Europe’s private resource and waste management industry.

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FEAD by numbers

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National waste
management associations

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Private waste
management companies

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Employees
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Recycling and
sorting centres

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Controlled
landfills

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Composting
sites

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Waste-to-Energy
plants

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billion

Euros in investments
per year

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What our industry does

Creates jobs

Enables the circular economy

Provides secondary raw materials which are preferable to virgin materials

Ensures a cleaner environment

Promotes the safe treatment of hazardous waste

Plays a considerable role in climate protection through prevention of methane and CO2 emissions

Allows all other economic actors to operate and/or do business by dealing with their waste in an environmentally responsible way.

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Our latest positions

May 23
Position

Joint Letter to Member States: An EU binding biomethane target in the Gas Regulation is critical to support strategic energy autonomy and climate objective

Ahead of the start of the trilogue on the Gas Decarbonisation Package, we call on Member States to support an ambitious and binding EU-level biomethane target of 35 bcm in 2030 in the Gas Regulation, in line with the REPowerEU Plan. Member States would be free to declinate according to their structural characteristics, resources potential and energy transition strategies.

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May 03
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FEAD calls for recognition of Waste-to-Energy activities in the EU Environmental Taxonomy for Sustainable Investments

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the opportunity to comment on the EU environmental taxonomy and the EU’s ambition to steer investments to achieve its climate and environmental goals. The EU is at the global forefront of the fight against climate change and most […]

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April 27
Position

FEAD urges strong recycling industry in response to ENVI vote on EU Textiles Strategy

Brussels, 27 April 2023 – FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes today’s vote in the European Parliament’s ENVI committee, expressing overall satisfaction with the direction of the report and the table amendments. We welcome the Parliament’s view to ensure long-lasting, reusable, repairable, recyclable, and hazard-free textile products in the EU market and highlight the […]

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