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A Brussels based federation 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
in total

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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

January 18
Position

FEAD feedback to the draft Commission Regulation on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 282/2008

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the draft regulation in its intention to promote the development of new recycling technologies and to harmonise the scope and controls on all stages of plastic recycling, facilitating recycled Food Contact Material (FCM) to be placed on the […]

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January 17
Position

FEAD feedback to the Commission’s proposal for a revised Waste Shipment Regulation

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the possibility to provide feedback on the proposed revision of the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR). This revision should bring clarity, simplification, efficiency, and effectiveness to the waste shipment rules, and establish a distinction between hazardous and non-hazardous waste, […]

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December 22
Position

FEAD Press release to the CEEAG 2022 – A proper level playing field for the recycling sector is needed to achieve a circular economy

Brussels, 22 December 2021 – FEAD welcomes the Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy 2022 (‘CEEAG’) endorsed yesterday by the European Commission, that provide the necessary framework to align public support with the Green Deal objectives. But FEAD is very concerned with the fact that the recycling sector is not listed […]

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