April greetings, dear Reader!

Spring is here, and we at Zero Waste Europe are very happy to welcome it after a long and cold winter season. This is especially the case as with spring comes also the in-person gatherings: in March, ZWE organised a conference on mixed waste sorting, and in May, we will be opening the doors to another, this time focusing on waste prevention in costal regions.

Highlight of the month

Upcoming conference: "Zero waste at the coast: Lessons on waste prevention for policy-makers"

Put a mark in your calendar on 17 May, 2023, to join our next conference in Brussels, "Zero waste at the coast: Lessons on waste prevention for policy-makers".

During the conference, we’ll be looking at some of Europe’s best practices for preventing marine litter from coastal turism and recreational activities. The event will bring together the local actors behind these best practices with representatives from Brussels, to better understand how local actions can inform key upcoming legislative decisions on plastic waste.

The conference is hosted by ZWE and Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) on behalf of the Interreg Europe funded CAPonLITTER project, which aims to convene coastal stakeholders in 7 regions to improve public policies that result in the prevention of marine litter.

Want more #ZeroWasteCities?

We have compiled a short list of things we think you might find useful, like:

Our most recent conference on mixed waste sorting (MWS) with Reloop, which looked into how MWS can be used as an additional tool for the material recovery and re-circulation of Europe’s resources. See the replay

This short stakeholder survery for LIFE BIOBEST, a LIFE Preparatory Project which aims to identify best practices along the bio-waste management chain. Join the network

A webinar hosted by the UN on the International Day of Zero Waste exploring the role of cities, featuring our colleague Manon Jourdan. Watch it here

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