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Who lobbies the EU on Waste & Circular Economy?

Waste operators, recyclers and producers face EU rules on waste management, packaging and the shift to a circular economy. These are the EU acts most likely to apply.

Ranked by distinct disclosed European Commission meetings whose topic matches waste & circular economy keywords. 182 organisations appear across 298 such meetings. Every organisation links to the official disclosure.

  1. 1
    Cosmetics Europe11 mtgs
    e.g. 1. Critical Chemicals Alliance and Bioeconomy 2. E-commerce 3. Territorial Supply Constraints and Unfair Trading Practices 4. Deforestation Regulation 1 5. Waste Water Treatment Directivesource ↗
  2. 2
    UNESDA7 mtgs
    e.g. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Single-use Plastics Directive.source ↗
  3. 3
    FoodDrinkEurope6 mtgs
    e.g. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).source ↗
  4. 4
    European Paper Packaging Alliance6 mtgs
    e.g. Exchange of views on the upcoming Guidance document for the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulationsource ↗
  5. 5
    Zero Waste Europe5 mtgs
    e.g. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.source ↗
  6. 6
    Flexible Packaging Europe5 mtgs
    e.g. Working breakfast "Circular Economy Act & Packaging Regulation – a perspective from the flexible packaging industry, including SMEs"source ↗
  7. 7
    The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment5 mtgs
    e.g. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).source ↗
  8. 8
    Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants5 mtgs
    e.g. EU ETS review and waste incinerationsource ↗
  9. 9
    MEDICINES FOR EUROPE5 mtgs
    e.g. Extended Producer Responsibility under the recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directivesource ↗
  10. 10
    BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e. V.4 mtgs
    e.g. Urban Wastewater Treatment Directivesource ↗
  11. 11
    European Ceramic Industry Association4 mtgs
    e.g. Exchange on the upcoming Circular Economy Act, the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and the Best Available Techniques Reference document (BREF) for the Ceramics Industry.source ↗
  12. 12
    European Container Glass Federation4 mtgs
    e.g. Simplification: Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)source ↗
  13. 13
    L'Oréal4 mtgs
    e.g. Extended Producer Responsibility for Packagingsource ↗
  14. 14
    Environmental Coalition on Standards3 mtgs
    e.g. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.source ↗
  15. 15
    European Environmental Bureau3 mtgs
    e.g. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.source ↗
  16. 16
    Amcor3 mtgs
    e.g. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)source ↗
  17. 17
    SUEZ Group3 mtgs
    e.g. Water resilience, circular economy, and waste decarbonisationsource ↗
  18. 18
    FEAD3 mtgs
    e.g. EU ETS review and waste incinerationsource ↗
  19. 19
    Carlsberg Breweries A/S3 mtgs
    e.g. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulationsource ↗
  20. 20
    Pharma Deutschland e.V3 mtgs
    e.g. Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive and Water Framework Directivesource ↗
  21. 21
    Value of Beauty Alliance3 mtgs
    e.g. The Simplification on chemicals (Omnibus VI) and challenges faced by the European cosmetics industry related to different EU regulations (Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive and Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation)source ↗
  22. 22
    Stichting CEFLEX3 mtgs
    e.g. Meeting on CEFLEX suggestions to improve circularity of flexible packaging and other waste streams.source ↗
  23. 23
    The Brewers of Europe3 mtgs
    e.g. Packagingsource ↗
  24. 24
    EUROPEAN APPAREL AND TEXTILE CONFEDERATION3 mtgs
    e.g. Exchange of views on the challenges faced by the EU textile manufacturing industry and discussion on the extended producer responsibility (EPR), end-of-waste (EoW) criteria and ecodesign requirements for textilessource ↗
  25. 25
    Hazardous Waste Europe3 mtgs
    e.g. Meeting on PFAS in Wastesource ↗

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Who lobbies the EU on waste & circular economy?

Based on disclosed European Commission meetings, the most active organisations include Cosmetics Europe, UNESDA, FoodDrinkEurope, European Paper Packaging Alliance, Zero Waste Europe. 182 organisations appear across 298 disclosed meetings on these topics.

How is "Waste & Circular Economy" lobbying measured here?

By counting distinct, officially disclosed Commission meetings whose topic matches waste & circular economy keywords (waste, packaging). These are disclosed meetings, not a measure of influence, and each is linked to its official source.

Primary sources

Rankings count distinct disclosed Commission meetings whose topic matches the sector keywords; they are not a measure of influence. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU).

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