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Webinar on the Pulp and Paper industry and its #BigBadBiomass investments in Europe

Biofuelwatch and EPN International present: Webinar on the Pulp and Paper industry and its #BigBadBiomass investments in Europe 19th October, 14:00 – 15:00 CEST (12.00 UTC, 13.00 BST, 15.00 EEST) Pulp and paper companies are increasingly investing in biomass plants which burn sometimes very large quantities of wood additional to the energy needs […]

International Day of Action on Packaging #MakeThrowAwayGoAway

European citizens want less waste, be it plastic or paper On September 12th 2023, European citizens and organizations from all over the world joined hands to say we need to Make Throw Away Go Away. From Spain to Poland to France, from Germany to Portugal to Sweden, from Indonesia to Italy, from Germany to Finland […]

Zero waste heroes – European businesses making reuse a reality

The European businesses making reuse a reality.

Unwrapping a disaster – The human cost of overpackaging

The human cost of overpackaging

NGO perspectives on the urgent need to reduce paper packaging in the EU

The EU is currently revising its rules around packaging and packaging waste. It is important that such legislation
aims to do away with single-use rather than driving material substitutions like replacing single-use plastic with single-
use paper.

Fears that forest biomass burning will expand to fulfil the EU’s renewable energy target, with serious implications for forests and climate

In a decision made today, EU negotiators have rejected the European Parliament’s call to constrain the burning of forest wood for energy.

Australia’s historic decision puts pressure on EU to exclude forests biomass from RED II

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2022 BRUSSELS/SYDNEY – With a world leading move, Australia has excluded native forests from eligibility as a renewable energy source under the national Renewable Energy Target, increasing pressure on Europe to exclude forest biomass from the Renewable Energy Directive. Peg Putt, Coordinator for Forests, Climate and Biomass at the Environmental […]

Featured Member: Greenish

Greenish is an Egyptian foundation that aims to achieve sustainable development. Peter Gerhardt from EPN reached out to Mohamed Kamal, Co-Managing Director at Greenish. Why did you become an environmentalist? We have a massive issue with waste in Egypt. I spent part of my childhood in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, where this problem is less severe, and […]

Featured Member: Greenpeace

Greenpeace is one of the most visible environmental organisations in the world. Peter Gerhardt from EPN reached out to Grant Rosoman, Senior Advisor, Forest Solutions at Greenpeace International. Why did you become an environmentalist? I was always interested in forests, growing up in New Zealand, surrounded by nature. The key trigger was witnessing deforestation and desertification and […]