Articles

• Advocacy for the 2024 European elections
  19 June 2024, by Pauline

  Available in french. We call on the heads of delegation of the parties elected at the European elections to raise waste management to the highest international level. Improving waste management is a necessity in the context of the Agenda 2030; its implementation depends on stronger European advocacy.

• Position Paper: Waste-to-Energy Facilities
  28 November 2025, by Lucia Lopez

  In the context of ongoing debates on energy recovery from waste, the French Solid Waste Partnership (FSWP) is publishing a position paper on the role of waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities within waste and resource management systems. This document is primarily intended for public decision-makers and international institutions.
  This position papers recalls that the primary mission of the public waste management service is control waste streams in order to minimize their impacts on health (…)

• Position Paper on Circular Economy and a 2050 Vision
  4 June, by Lucia Lopez

  Circular economy is not an end in itself. Its ultimate goal is not to “increase recycling” or “close loops”, but to build a future where value creation is decoupled from environmental bads —including resource extraction, and waste generation.
  In public debate, circular economy is often reduced to recycling. However, recent international work – in particular the ISO 59004 norm, adopted in 2024, which breaks down the “10R” principle* into 13 actions ordered according to the life cycle – (…)