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

Brussels, 07 May 2024 – Ahead of the 2024 European elections, FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, has published its manifesto, calling for circular resources for a European Industrial Deal and proposing the establishment of a Circular Material Use Act. The manifesto serves as a call to action for the next term of European Institutions. […]

Brussels, 18 April 2024 – Today, the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted in favour of MEP Jutta Paulus’ motion for a resolution objecting the draft Commission Implementing Decision on the mass balance approach under the Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD). The undersigned organisations – business organisations, associations, and […]

Brussels, 25 March 2024 – The new Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) was adopted today by the Council. Although most of the current rules will continue to apply for a defined transition period of two to three years, depending on the provision, today marks the final step of the formal adoption of the new regulation, which […]

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association representing the private sector waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the JRC technical proposal for EU-wide end-of-waste criteria for plastic waste. The proposal is in line with the feedback already provided during the consultation process and should facilitate intra-EU trade of recycled plastics. However, FEAD points out […]

Recovered Aggregates result from the mechanical processing of a mixture of mineral based demolition waste and waste from the production of mineral construction products and selected demolished types of material such as concrete, aggregates, bricks, asphalt and other minor materials (“Input Materials“). Essentially, the manufacturing process mechanically crushes the Input Materials to produce a granular […]

The undersigned Associations, representing the recycling and waste management industry at European level, support the general objective of the Stockholm Convention to eliminate Persistent Organic Pollutants and its EU Implementation under the POPs Regulation. With this paper, we would like to express our joint views regarding the EC draft delegated act amending the Annex I […]