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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 federations

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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
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Waste-to-Energy
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Euros in investments
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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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September 22
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FEAD & ČAObH joint event on Greater Energy and Material Security in EU Countries

Prague, 22 September 2022 – FEAD, the voice of Europe’s private resource and waste management industry, alongside its Czech member, the Czech Association of Circular Economy (ČAObH), organised a successful event on Greater Energy and Material Security in EU Countries. The hybrid event hosted prominent politicians, experts, and high-level EU officials including Virginijus Sinkevičius, European […]

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September 15
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FEAD welcomes Commission announcement on the launch of a Critical Raw Materials Act

Brussels, 15 September 2022 – FEAD, the voice of Europe’s private resource and waste management industry welcomes the announcement by the Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen regarding the launch of a Critical Raw Materials Act. In her 2022 State of the European Union (SOTEU) address [1] on 14 September, Commission President Ursula von der […]

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July 27
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The waste management sector is not at its full capacity of producing energy

Brussels, 27 July 2022 – Whereas Member States reached yesterday a political agreement on a voluntary reduction of natural gas demand by 15% this winter, and the European Commission has recently presented the REPowerEU Plan in response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the waste management sector […]

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