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

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FEAD represents the
entire value chain

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FEAD by numbers

0

National waste
management federations

0

Private waste
management companies

0

Employees
in total

0

Recycling and
sorting centres

0

Controlled
landfills

0

Composting
sites

0

Waste-to-Energy
plants

0

billion

Euros in investments
per year

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.

Latest news & events

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Our latest positions

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) for the textile value chain – Joint Position Paper

In the light of the upcoming regulatory requirement to separately collect textile waste in all EU Member States by 2025 and the expected publication of the EU Textiles Strategy, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is being assessed by policymakers at EU and Member State level as a potential instrument to promote sustainable textiles and textile waste […]

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FEAD Press Release – “Fit for 55” Package

Brussels, 16 July 2021 – FEAD welcomes the package of proposals aimed at making the EU “fit for 55” and deliver the crucially needed change to achieve a fair, competitive and green transformation. In line with the EU Green Deal’s objectives, the waste management sector renews its commitment on climate and circular economy objectives, by […]

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Waste Management: combining circular economy with the zero-pollution ambition

Brussels, 01 June 2021 – In response to the EU’s zero-pollution ambition, FEAD has held a successful online debate on the role waste management can play in combining circular economy and zero-pollution objectives at EU level The debate, initiated by FEAD President, Peter Kurth, was joined by representatives of the EU institutions: Luis Carretero Sánchez, […]

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