Despite its size, the Netherlands is one of the world’s top plastic waste exporters. With Rotterdam as a key hub, vast amounts of plastic flow—often untraceably—to countries with poor recycling infrastructure. Weak enforcement and legal loopholes make this a high-profit, low-risk business. Where does all that waste go, and who pays the price?

The entry into force of the revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on February 11th 2025 brings large changes in the way packaging is managed in Europe. In this article, we give an overview of the main provisions of this Packaging regulation.

Together with other NGOs, we urge the European Commission to include the plastics and polymer sector in the upcoming work plan under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).

In this open letter issued to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Fair Resource Foundation and 50+ organisations call for immediate revision of the Food Contact Materials (FCM) Regulation.

Coca-Cola, Unilever, Lidl are the main culprits for the pollution of the Flemish Coast in Ostend. Not families with children, nor tourists. Fair Resource Foundation joined forces with Proper Strand Lopers and City to Ocean to hold producers accountable.

Over the past five years, the EU has made significant progress in developing policies and legislation to promote a more circular economy, notably through the Circular Economy Action Plan. However, the percentage of circular material use in the EU has essentially stagnated, increasing only marginally from 10.7% in 2010 to 11.5% in 2022.

Tuesday 15 October was the official launch of Platform Weeffouten with the symposium ‘Together towards environmental policies that work!’

After the success of the first Reusable Packaging Fair, we would like to invite you to the next edition on Tuesday 19 November 2024 at Congrescentrum 1931 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The Reusable Packaging Fair is partly organised by Mission Reuse, a collaborative project between Natuur & Milieu, Enviu and Fair Resource Foundation.

This paper is the fourth of a series with the goal of elevating the discussion on producer responsibility for packaging, pushing it to a higher level, and stimulating better policy making. In this paper, we explore the governance of the Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) that collectively manages the individual producers’ responsibilities in relation to EPR objectives.