11 Feb

How to seriously lessen your carbon footprint when you move

8 Jan

Moving Toward a Zero Waste Lifestyle

2 Dec

Meet the winner and the runners-up of the EWWR Photo Contest

20 to 28 November 2021

A campaign to Reduce

TAKE PART

GET INSPIRED

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) encourages all Europeans and not only to carry out awareness-raising actions about sustainable resource and waste management during a single week in November.

Browse our actions database and discover all the actions of the lastest EWWR edition!

Registrations for EWWR 2021 will open in September 2021.

Six Awards to be won

Every year, the EWWR awards the most outstanding actions during its Awards Ceremony. Find out more and discover the champions of the 2019 edition!

One thematic focus every year

In 2020, the EWWR will put a spotlight on invisible waste. Do you know what it is?

Driven by public authorities

Since 2009, public authorities from different countries have been supporting the campaign and making it grow year after year. Discover our history!

Six Awards to be won

Every year, the EWWR awards the most outstanding actions during its Awards Ceremony. Find out more and discover the champions of the 2019 edition!

One thematic focus every year

In 2020, the EWWR will put a spotlight on invisible waste. Do you know what it is?

Driven by public authorities

Since 2009, public authorities from different countries have been supporting the campaign and making it grow year after year. Discover our history!

coordinators

countries involved

actions in 2020

editions so far…

Our message

The European Week for Waste Reduction works with the waste hierarchy. We promote REDUCING consumption, REUSING products and materials, and RECYCLING waste. We also feature clean-ups.

Find out more

Take part

Get INVOLVED

Discover how to participate

Explore the ACTIONS Database

Because every action counts!

Our THEMES

Waste prevention in all its forms… check them out!

Let’s Clean Up Europe

Join or organise a clean-up action!

Get inspired

Ideas HUB

Looking for an idea to organise your EWWR action? You may find it here.

REDUCE WASTE in everyday life

Good habits to make your trash bin lighter

Communication tools

A range of tools are available to support you in carrying out your EWWR action!

A lot of memories in more than 10 years of history

Browse our photos and videos to get a taste of the best EWWR moments and promotional material.

EWWR 2019 Awards Ceremony

“3Rs” videos

Photo gallery (on Flickr)

See ALL videos (Youtube channel)

Best practice of the month

The best practice of the month is the action “Raising awareness from El Vallín High School”, finalist in the Educational Establishment category of EWWR 2019.

To the case study

Our supporters

ARC+

ADEME

AICA

ARC

Bruxelles Environnement

Eastern Midlands Waste Region

European Commission

European Committee of the Regions

Gouvernemente Princier Principaute de Monaco Direction de l’Environnement

Lipor

Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V.