Hi there, dear Reader!

March is the “month of expectations" and indeed we are busy preparing a series of events and publications for these upcoming weeks. The International Zero Waste Day campaign will accompany us throughout March, where we will share a series of reports and stories on four topics: prevention, useful policies, new economies and thriving communities.

Looking at the European landscape, we're thrilled to bring you valuable insights on how municipalities can tackle textile waste in their communities, since EU legislation will require mandatory separate collection of textiles from 2025. We also want to shine a light on the town of Gusinje, Montenegro, that despite the numerous challenges, managed to implement strategic measures for waste reduction and recycling.

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Empowering municipalities: methods for locally collecting, sorting, and repurposing textile waste

With the EU-wide mandatory separate collection of textile waste set to take effect in 2025, municipalities now have the opportunity to synchronise textile collection with the waste hierarchy, thereby fostering local reuse and repair systems.

This paper offers insights into successful textile waste collection practices across Europe, emphasising the importance of tailoring collection methods to citizens' needs, ensuring quality sorting for reuse, and establishing effective governance structures. As the paper showcases, municipalities play a crucial role in driving local reuse efforts by implementing data reporting requirements, setting performance indicators, and integrating collection and reuse policies within broader frameworks.

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In just 30 months, the city of Gusinje, Montenegro, achieved remarkable progress towards zero waste through citizen participation and strategic measures. Read the Story of Gusinje.

Our month-long campaign leading up to the International Zero Waste Day on 30 March was launched this week. Throughout March will be focusing on four topics, this week is about prevention, publishing the report on how cities can reduce waste at the local level.

This March we’ll be busy with two events: the #LIFEBIOBEST workshop on Bio-waste on 13-14 March in Lyon and the training on crafting city-wide plastic prevention & reuse strategies on 18-20 March in Berlin. Stay tuned and keep an eye on our social media channels for the latest updates!

Zero Waste Europe gratefully acknowledges financial assistance from the European Union: Commission Directorate General (DG) Environment. The sole responsibility for the content of this newsletter lies with Zero Waste Europe. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the funder mentioned above. The funder cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

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