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The impact of the reuse economy on workers in the delivery sector

As momentum builds across Europe for systems that prioritise reuse over single-use plastics, it’s vital to ask: who’s carrying the weight of this transition? Break Free From Plastic Europe partnered with Fairwork to explore this question, focusing on the experiences and rights of delivery workers—those on the frontlines of many emerging reuse models. The discussion […]
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The impact of the reuse economy on workers in the delivery sector

As momentum builds across Europe for systems that prioritise reuse over single-use plastics, it’s vital to ask: who’s carrying the weight of this transition? Break Free From Plastic Europe partnered with Fairwork to explore this question, focusing on the experiences and rights of delivery workers—those on the frontlines of many emerging reuse models. The discussion […]
Written by Laura Díaz Sánchez, Break Free From Plastic | April 7, 2025
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Webinar: Towards safe and sustainable food contact materials in European healthcare

Register for the Food Contact Webinar on March 4th, organized by #breakfreefromplastic member Health Care Without Harm. Food contact materials (FCM) play an important role in food services in healthcare. They are used in a range of common catering products, including food and beverage containers and cutlery and help ensure...

Estelle Eonnet
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Case Study: The story of RePack

How do Zero Waste and online shopping work together?
RePack is a closed-loop system that can reduce e-commerce packaging by 96% while providing the same seamless consumer experience as with a disposable service.

Read the case study by Zero Waste Europe.

Estelle Eonnet
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Greenpeace's #ReuseRevolution

For years, corporations and retailers have blamed each other for the plastic waste polluting our world. But it’s time for them to work together to create something beautiful—refillable and reusable systems to deliver their products and a world free from plastic pollution. Individuals can take action by celebrating businesses that...

Estelle Eonnet
October 27, 2022
 | by Bethany Keeley

ANEC Chooses Reuse!

ANEC is the European consumer voice in standardisation, with members representing national consumer organisations from across 33 countries. To bring the voice of the consumer to the campaign ANEC has joined #WeChooseReuse as a supporting partner.  For consumers to be able to further reduce single-use packaging and single-use consumer products, their access to reuse systems […]
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October 18, 2022
 | by Lamiaa Biaz

#WeChooseReuse reiterates campaign demands in the run up to the EU revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

Single-use packaging (including plastic, aluminum, paper) is contributing  to the triple climate, biodiversity, and pollution crisis. In 2018, the level of packaging used in Europe reached new heights, with a record of 174kg of packaging waste per person (1). To enforce and strengthen current EU policies, the European Commission is reviewing the Packaging and Packaging […]
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Packaging at the core

How does packaging relate to chemicals, food waste, waste trade and climate change? The relationship is closer than people may think. Overall production of packaging and packaging waste has steadily grown over the past 20 years.  2018 in Europe saw a record 174 kg of packaging waste per person. Between 2009 and 2019, paper & […]
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June 16, 2022
 | by Bethany Keeley

Ekologi brez meja wins support for reuse from Slovenian decision-makers

For inspiration on how to engage decision-makers, our #breakfreefromplastic Slovenian member Ekologi brez meja offers their effective engagement process, which gained support from three Slovenian MEPs for reuse – Irena Joveva, Milan Brglez and Franc Bogovič. With the right support and conditions, reuse can thrive in Europe, and lead to a much needed effective reduction […]
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June 15, 2022
 | by Bethany Keeley

Realising Reuse Across Slovenia

Written by Žaklina Žnajder, Ekologi brez meja.   Reuse is one of the most effective waste prevention measures. We can do a lot on an individual level, and we can be even more successful if the local community helps us. As we celebrate World Refill Day on June 16 2022, we took a closer look at […]
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