Resource justice

Brussels, February 14, 2013 – Europe is failing to manage its resources sustainably, unnecessarily sending valuable materials to incineration and landfill, according to a report published today by Friends of the Earth Europe. [1] The European Union currently landfills and incinerates 60% of municipal waste. Valuable materials which could be recycled or re-used are being …

Aluminium, cotton and lithium needlessly wasted – new reportRead more  

Europe’s land footprint is 640 million hectares a year – an area equivalent to 1.5 times the size of Europe itself. This is the land required to make everything that we consume, from food to material products to fuel. Friends of the Earth Europe’s conference addressed Europe’s land footprint, its causes, and solutions to the …

Reducing Europe’s land dependency and its impactsRead more  

On the 3rd December, Friends of the Earth Europe will be holding a conference discussing the causes of, and solutions too, Europe’s excessive land footprint. The half-day conference, ‘Resource Efficiency in Europe: reducing Europe’s land dependency and its impacts’, taking place in the conference hall of The Press Club, Rue Froissart 95, Brussels, will discuss the …

Conference: Reducing Europe’s land dependency and its impactsRead more  

In Europe, we are currently consuming an area of land one and a half times the size of our continent. This amount is increasing and as a continent Europe is putting more and more pressure on the limited land the planet has left. This is pushing up food prices, driving land-grabs, contributing to climate change …

Over 4000 demand reduction in Europe’s land useRead more