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

Brussels, 26 June 2025 – The European Commission adopted yesterday a new State aid framework accompanying the Clean Industrial Deal (CISAF) to help Member States support the development of clean energy, industrial decarbonisation and clean technology. Contrary to the call[1] of FEAD and other stakeholders, circular economy measures have not been included in this new […]

Brussels, 17 June 2025 – FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes the Council’s adoption of a General Approach on the proposed End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation (ELVR), but underlines several problematic clauses that need to be remedied during the Trilogue. While acknowledging the importance of progress in the legislative process, FEAD warns that diluting minimum recycled […]

Brussels, 21 May 2025 – Industry, business associations, public authorities, and civil society unite in a new coalition calling for green public procurement to drive sustainable construction through smarter public spending in the EU: ‘Buy Better to Build Better’. A new coalition on green public procurement (GPP) — Buy Better to Build Better (BBBB) — […]

The Buy Better to Build Better Coalition (BBBB) brings together forward-thinking stakeholders from industry, public authorities and civil society, under a shared commitment to mainstream public procurement as a core lever in driving decarbonisation and competitiveness of the EU construction sector. We welcome the opportunity to provide feedback and targeted evidence over the importance of […]

FEAD strongly welcomes the proposal in the call for evidence for the upcoming Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act to assess incentives for uptake of clean carbon feedstock, including recycled waste and recovered energy. The geopolitical climate, disruptions to global supply chains, and increasing competition for critical inputs have exposed Europe’s dependence on finite resources. At the […]

A full inclusion of MWI installations in the EU ETS without any complementing additional measures is not suitable to achieve emission reductions in the waste management sector. WtE has hard-to-abate emissions that cannot proactively be mitigated by the operators in any other way than with carbon captures. Without this, the only way to reduce emissions […]