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Europe’s resource reduction plan doesn’t measure up

Brussels, September 20, 2011 – A plan unveiled today to tackle Europe’s dependency on imported resources does not go far enough to end the region’s over-consumption of the world’s water, land and other materials. The Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe [1] acknowledges that major increases in Europe’s resource efficiency are needed to compensate for …

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Lufthansa’s green claims don’t fly

Brussels/Berlin/Hamburg, July 15, 2011 – Lufthansa launches its first controversial bio-fuelled flight today, amidst outcry from green groups [1]. Fuelling aeroplanes with biofuels presents Lufthansa and the aviation industry with a convenient smokescreen, greenwashing their image, facilitating the airline industry’s expansion plans and diverting political attention from the real need to cut air travel in …

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NEW REPORT: Half a million new jobs could be created in Europe by recycling more

Brussels, September 14 – At least 500,000 new jobs would be created in Europe if countries recycled 70% of their waste finds a new study, ‘More Jobs, Less Waste’, launched by Friends of the Earth today. [1] This is the recycling rate already achieved by Flanders in Belgium. President of the European Commission José Manuel …

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NEW REPORT: Europe’s water use putting world under pressure

Brussels, November 3, 2011 – Europe’s material consumption is threatening the world’s water supply, according to new research launched today by Friends of the Earth Europe and the Sustainable Europe Research Institute. [1] The findings come with a warning that Europe is neglecting the catastrophic consequences that water stress and scarcity will have in Europe …

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Europe wastes its resources: €5 billion thrown away every year

Brussels, 7 October – Europe throws away resources worth over 5 billion euros every year by landfilling or incinerating materials that could be recycled, Friends of the Earth Europe reported today [1]. At the same time, Europe is importing ever-increasing quantities of materials from the rest of the world [2]. Dr Michael Warhurst of Friends …

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EU raw materials initiative: industry interests undermine sustainable resource use

Brussels, 5 November 2008 – Friends of the Earth Europe has expressed severe concerns about the ‘Raw Materials Initiative’ announced today by the European Commission [1] which it says will have a detrimental effect on the environment and developing countries. The plan outlines ways that the European Union, member states and industry could avoid raw …

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