EWWR awards ceremony took place on 4 June in Brussels, at the European Committee of the Regions. The names of the most commendable waste reduction awareness-raising initiatives carried out in November 2025 were announced.
The ceremony was opened by François Wakenhut, Head of Unit for Circular Economy & Secondary Raw Materials at DG Environment, European Commission; Sergio Pérez García from the European Committee of the Regions; and Françoise Bonnet, Secretary General of ACR+, who welcomed participants to this celebration of the European Week for Waste Reduction.
Following this, the conference was structured around four thematic panels moderated by Serena Lisai, Project Manager at ACR+ and European Coordinator of the EWWR
- Communication that Prevents Waste
- Youth Leading the Change
- Waste Reduction with Social Impact
- Giving Electronics a Second Life While Empowering Communities
During these sessions, the finalists presented their initiatives, 15 outstanding and creative waste reduction actions shortlisted by the EWWR jury from a pool of 51 nominated initiatives, selected from over 13,100 actions. The sessions were further enriched by contributions from invited experts.
Five winners were awarded, one in each of the following categories: publication administration and organisation, business/industry, association/NGO, educational establishment, and citizens.
EWWR 2025 Awards winners
Out of the 15 finalists pre-selected by the EWWR Jury in April 2026, five actions were awarded during the ceremony. They are:
Don’t Hide Myself, I’m Transparent implemented by Navarra Waste Consortium is the winner of Public administration and organisation category, awarded by Sergio Perez Garcia, European Committee of the Regions.
AMSA RAEE-Lab Project implemented by A2A S.p.A. is the winner of Business/industry category, awarded by Paolo Campanella, FEAD.
Learn, Act, Live Better implemented by ELECTROCYCLE is the winner of Association/NGO category – awarded by awarded by Giulia Lodi, Zero Waste Europe.
Race Against Waste implemented by Race Against Waste is the winner of Educational establishment category, awarded by Rianne Driessen, Saxion University.
Healthy Planet implemented by Edit Mária Bóka is the winner of Citizen(s) category, awarded Frederik Ceulemans, Alderman of Brussels City.