The EU Parliament has just endorsed new rules to make the automotive sector more circular, but the deal fails to:
๐reduce the number and size of vehicles on our roads
๐prioritise durability, repair and reuse
๐hold producers accountable for vehicles exported outside the EU
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Is your phone built to be repaired, or replaced?๐คณ
In the EU, we have the #RightToRepair certain devices when they break or wear out - but it's not always easy.
Yet, repair is a cornerstone of a #CircularEconomy, reminded our @evamariabille.bsky.social at today's webinar with #SwitchAsia.
๐ Electronics aren't cheap, and not only for our wallet: full of precious resources, the cost lands on people and planet too!
We need:
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Long-lasting and repairable products
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Access to spare parts and #repair info
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Affordable repair
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A ban on anti-repair practices
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Letter to EU leaders on competitiveness and deregulation
In the name of #simplification & #competitiveness, EU laws that keep our air and water clean and protect our health and nature are being eroded at record speed.
These laws give businesses clarity and stability, while safeguarding the ecosystem our economies depend on.
So we wrote to EU leaders...
Winning the #competitiveness game requires embracing the strong standards that favour European frontrunners, not dismantling them.
On 12/2, EU leaders will discuss competitiveness. We call on them not to make Europe a taker of rules set elsewhere.
๐ eeb.org/en/library/l... #deregulation
The #RightToRepair is gaining momentum in Europe and Asia, and is now enshrined in EU laws.
What does it mean for Asian business selling in the EU?
We'll discuss this and much more at our next online event with SWITCH-Asia.
Join us on 12 February at 9am CET.
Sign up๐ switch-asia.eu/event/the-eu...
This week, we talked #CircularEconomy with Commissioner @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu.
With @rethinkplastic.bsky.social, @ecos.ngo and @zerowasteeurope.eu, we highlighted that EU policy must focus on #waste prevention, reuse, repair, and non-toxicity.
We look forward to continuing this dialogue!
The EU aims to scale up waste-derived materials to boost the #CircularEconomyโป๏ธ
But @ec.europa.euโs End of #Waste proposal for recycled #plastics has major gaps, especially on chemicals, risking circularity and safety๐ง
Our recommendations with @rethinkplastic.bsky.social:
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EU Commission, let France halt fast fashion's bloody catwalk!
๐France is taking on ultra-fast fashion with a new law targeting the most harmful commercial practices in the textile sector. But...
๐คฆโโ๏ธ@ec.europa.eu has been blocking its adoption.
Read the full story: meta.eeb.org/2026/01/21/f...
With 65+ NGOs, we call on @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu: don't bow to lobby pressure. Let the French law pass.
โ๏ธIt complies with EU waste and single-market rules
โ๏ธGovernments have the right to go beyond EU minimum requirements
Read our press release with @amisdelaterre.org: eeb.org/en/eu-commis...
๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
๐France is taking on the most toxic practices in the textile sector, with a pioneering law addressing overproduction and holding fashion brands accountable for the soaring amounts of textile waste. BUT...๐งต๐
๐ The French law is now stalled, after @ec.europa.eu asked for revisions - just as #fastfashion giant #Shein met with the EUโs Environment Commissioner @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu this week.
The EU must not curtail our governments from curbing #fashion overproduction!
@xrfrance.bsky.social
With our members and civil society from across Europe, we urge @ec.europa.eu and @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu not to bow to lobby pressure, and to allow France to move forward with its law.
Read our open letter with 65+ civil society organisations: eeb.org/en/library/n... @rreuse.bsky.social
Disposable clothing harms workers, wrecks our planet, and drives #textile #waste collectors and the second-hand market to a breaking point.
The EU needs real producer responsibility schemes to change the way brands operate โ and stop ultra #fastfashion's bloody catwalk.
@xrglobal.bsky.social
Make big oil & plastic lobbyists uncomfortable today:
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New year, new reading...
Our friends at @rethinkplastic.bsky.social are launching a brand new newsletter. Have you signed up yet?๐
Last week, 66 civil society organisations also called on @ec.europa.eu to support national actions to ensure Extended Producer Responsibility schemes rein in the most harmful commercial practices in the #textile sector.
Find out more๐
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Member States were loud and clear: the environmental and economic impacts of ultra- #fastfashion canโt be ignored any longer.
Countries support modulated fees that penalise the commercial practices driving overproduction in the #fashion sector, making polluters pay for the waste they generate.
๐A common charger would make light means of transport easier to use, cheaper to maintain, and better aligned with EU #CircularEconomy and sustainable mobility goals
๐It would also reduce unnecessary safety risks and #ewaste
Read our letter to @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu๐
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๐ถWe only want: ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ถ๐จ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ถ๐จ๐
NGOs, consumer organisations, and mobility and tourism businesses are calling on @ec.europa.eu to harmonise charging plugs for electric bicycles and other light means of transport.
Read our press release with @umwelthilfe.bsky.social: eeb.org/en/civil-soc...
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๐จEU's new law on vehicles misses the turn off to a greener future
EU lawmakers struck a deal to overhaul car design and end-of-life rules, but concessions to the automotive industry weakened targets and delayed vital safeguards๐
Our reaction with @umwelthilfe.bsky.social ๐ eeb.org/en/eus-new-v...
๐ฃ60+ European and French NGOs call on @ec.europa.eu to support a draft French law that seeks to rein in the most harmful commercial practices in the fashion sector - and not to hamper it.
โ๏ธRead our letter: eeb.org/en/library/n... @amisdelaterre.org
๐Soaring volumes of clothing sales mean more items being discarded, and faster - driving #textiles collectors and sorters to breaking point.
โ ๏ธ@ec.europa.eu must not curtail national action against #fashion overproduction.
๐๏ธRead our press release with @amisdelaterre.org: eeb.org/en/eu-commis...
Eroding vital protections will sideline people and nature, and leave Europe less competitive, less resilient and less sovereign.
What does this mean for Europe's citizens and businesses?
Read our press release: eeb.org/en/environme... @ec.europa.eu
๐ฝEuropeโs waste crisis stinks, and it threatens people and nature. So why are we rolling back the laws that can save us?๐ค
As @ec.europa.eu moves to dilute key health and environmental protections, including newly approved waste laws, @investigate-europe.eu reveals our landfills are out of control
@ec.europa.eu, this is not the time to dismantle the laws that protect us and the environment, but to strengthen them - so that we can all rely on clean water, fresh air, and healthy soils.
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So why pour public money into nuclear tech that might not deliver before 2040?
Europe doesnโt need costly distractions.
It needs transparency, accountability, and energy solutions that actually work.
Read our joint response to the EU commission with @ntweurope.bsky.social
โ ๏ธ Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are being sold as the next big climate fix - but the reality is far less shiny.
They are unsafe, overpriced, unproven, and pushed through with regulatory shortcuts and closed-door decision-making.
Meanwhile, renewables are cheaper, cleaner, safer, and ready NOW.
