Joint Letter on Municipal Waste Incineration in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
Reloop and partners call on EU policymakers to maintain municipal waste incineration in the EU ETS to support recycling, reuse and resource efficiency.
Strengthening transparency in EPR through the Circular Economy Act
Examine the case for stronger transparency in EPR governance and fee-setting to improve accountability and market confidence.
Strengthening monitoring in EPR through the Circular Economy Act
Learn why stronger monitoring frameworks are essential for effective EPR enforcement, compliance and fair competition.
Strengthening audits in EPR through the Circular Economy Act
Explore how stronger audit requirements can improve transparency, data quality and enforcement in Extended Producer Responsibility systems.
Strengthening penalties in EPR through the Circular Economy Act
Discover how effective penalty frameworks can deter non-compliance and strengthen EPR enforcement.
Inside Slovakia’s Deposit Return System
Slovakia’s Deposit Return System (DRS) for single-use beverage containers officially launched on January 1, 2022.
Inside Austria’s Deposit Return System
Austria’s mandatory single-use deposit return system started on 1 January 2025, and within its first year reached a 81.5% collection rate, with around 1.4 billion containers collected.
Position paper: Reforming EPR through the Circular Economy Act
This position paper calls for governance reform focused on transparency, monitoring, audits, and penalties to ensure EPR systems deliver credible environmental outcomes, fair cost allocation, and a functioning internal market.
Reforming EPR through the Circular Economy Act
This briefing examines how EPR schemes are governed across the EU and whether current legislation ensures transparency, accountability and fairness.
Inclusion of waste incinerators under the EU ETS and its impact on waste management fees
This paper aims to assess the impact on waste management fees of including waste incinerators into a carbon pricing system by looking at four European countries.