About us

Municipal Waste Europe started operating 1 June 2008.

The members are national public waste associations and similar national or regional associations.

The members are presently:

  • Österreicher Städtebund, Austrian Cities and Towns, Austria
  • Interafval, Flandern, Belgium
  • RenoSam, Danish Waste Association, Denmark
  • JLY, Jätelaitosyhdistys, Finnish Solid Waste Association, Finland
  • VKSimVKU, Germany
  • Sambands íslenskra sveitarfélaga, Icelandic Association of Local Authorities, Iceland
  • Federambiente, Italy
  • NVRD, the Netherlands
  • Avfall Norge, Waste Management Norway, Norway
  • EGSRA, Portugal 
  • Avfall Sverige, Swedish Waste Management, Sweden
  • LARAC, United Kingdomn 

More members are welcome, please contact the secretariat.

Municipal Waste Europe will:

  • raise attention to municipal waste management in Brussels
  • promote public responsibility for waste
  • promote the policy of the network towards the EU and others
  • provide information in concentrated form to and from the members of the network
  • provide examples of success from local and regional systems
  • promote public involvement in the waste market according to market rules.

STATUTES

History

The basic policy of Municipal Waste Europe
Waste managemnet is a service of public and general interest, a basis for civilisation, environmental control and health protection.
The local and regional responsibilities are fundamental to arrange a basic level of public services.
The municipal waste responsibilities, specifically the municipal control of the system for waste management, is necessary to provide long-term waste services.
General needs are to be provided through collective systems. Individual choices for individual needs, not for action that concerns and affects everybody.

 

  

Austrian Cities and Towns, Austria

Interafval, Flanders; Belgium 

RenoSam, Danish Waste Association, Denmark

JLY, Jätelaitosyhdistys, Finnish Solid Waste Association, Finland

VKSimVKU, Germany

Sambands íslenskra sveitarfélaga, Icelandic Association of Local Authorities, Iceland

Federambiente, Italy

NVRD, the Netherlands

EGSRA, Portugal (no page)

Avfall Norge, Waste Management Norway, Norway

Avfall Sverige, Swedish Waste Management, Sweden

LARAC, United Kingdom

The Board
meetings 2010:
20 January, Telephone
7 April, Telephone
23 June, Brussels
27 October, Telephone

The Policy Committee
meetins 2010:
2 March, Rome
11 May with General Assembly, Brussels
13 September, Brussels
23 November; Brussels

Internal Seminars on
WEEE: 10 May 2010
Biowaste: 10 September 2010