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Ana Oliveira
@anaoliveira0519.bsky.social
Brussels-based wordsmith ✍️💬 | Head of Communications and resident nerd at @zerowasteeurope.eu 🌍 | Convinced European 🇪🇺 | Views are my own.
Right, let’s revive this account. I may or may not have forgotten my password for the past 8 months 😅
January 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Wondering what it’s like to belong to a movement like the one powered by @zerowasteeurope.eu?

The answer may very well be in our latest video 😜
🌍 Why join a network?
Hear the answers of our members & allies from Bulgaria to Catalonia.
🎥 Watch the full video: zurl.co/aXZbE

Celebrating 25 years with @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social, the global zero waste & environmental justice movement! #GAIA25 🎉

📍Next stop: Montenegro for our annual gathering!
May 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This baby is finally out 💚

(Proud editor post)
📖 The 2024 Zero Waste Europe Annual Report is out!

2024 was a year of political pushback, global disruptions, and mounting pressure on our environment.

Yet we showed that, when people unite around a vision of sufficiency, resilience, and wellbeing, real change happens. 💚

Read the Annual Report 👇
Zero Waste Europe - Annual Report 2024
Our 2024 Annual Report celebrates the power of community-led change and the many ways in which cities, communities, and campaigners across Europe are making zero waste solutions a reality.
zerowasteeurope.eu
April 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
About last week’s adventure in Barcelona 😎
In 2025, we've aligned the co-organisation of the Zero Waste Festival in Barcelona (together with @rezerocat.bsky.social) with the UN International Day of Zero Waste.

Many Festival sessions reflected this Day's 2025 focus on textiles and fashion 👚🧶

📰 Read our blog post for all the highlights!
Weaving change: the 2025 Zero Waste Festival and the ZWE network’s contributions to the UN International Day of Zero Waste
In 2025, we aligned the co-organisation of the Zero Waste Festival in Barcelona with the observance of the UN International Day of Zero Waste (which this year focused on textiles and fashion). Read ou...
zerowasteeurope.eu
March 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Did you know we have enough clothes right now to dress the next 6 generations?

Let’s do more with what we already have, instead of chasing the next fad.

First step: be more mindful of what we produce (and then consume). Is it really needed? If not, then why are we creating it in the first place? 🤔
🌍 In 2 weeks it's International Day of Zero Waste, focusing on #textilewaste, a fast-growing crisis fueled by fast fashion.

The problem?
🔹 Overproduction of low-quality clothes
🔹 <1% recycled
🔹 Harm of communities in the Global South

The solution? Mindful resource use! 👉 zurl.co/w2aWa
@unep.org
March 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Halfway through #Yellowjackets S3 and I really have to give kudos to Sophie Nélisse. I cannot watch teen Shauna anymore without feeling an uncontrollable urge to either slap her or throw her in jail without possibility of parole.
March 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The fight goes on.

International Women’s Rights Day 2025
March 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Join the Global Deposit and Return Platform launch on 13 March 2025 at 14h00 CET.

The Platform will connect experts, legislators, stakeholders, and resources worldwide to implement recycling and reuse DRS Systems for beverage packaging with a just transition.

Registration: zurl.co/E3izl
February 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Having to come to the EU neighbourhood in the middle of a national strike is like pulling teeth out with no anaesthesia.
February 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Ana Oliveira
📢 Breaking: The #LIFEBIOBEST project has just released a new guidance for the EU to unlock the full potential of bio-waste management in Europe!

[Full video available via the thread] 📺👀
1/3
February 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Introduce yourself in four movies
January 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Reposted by Ana Oliveira
What does 1T of second-hand clothes look like? 👗⛰️

This morning, social enterprises unloaded a small mountain of second-hand textiles in front of the EP to call for action to protect the #reuse market from being destroyed by fast fashion.

Put #SecondhandFirst – read the open letter 👇
zurl.co/WPj5c
January 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
About yesterday ♥️
In awe* of our design sprint yesterday with @awestudio.bsky.social!

We had a full day together with tons of creative thinking, strategising, and alignment of goals for a very special future project 🤩

How might we get there? You'll have to stay tuned to find out...

*yes, we did make that pun 🙈
January 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So proud of this video baby. I strongly recommend you check out the full version 😘
“I had 2 options: bow my head or fight. And I've chosen to fight”✊

Imagine a Europe where every community takes charge of its environment.

European citizens are partnering w/ scientists & using biomonitoring to discover the harmful effects of waste incineration. Full video: www.thetruetoxictoll.eu
January 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
With more and more people leaving Twitter for Bluesky (yay!), this is your friendly “welcome tip”of the day: Likes do not do anything for engagement here.

If you really want to show support or appreciation for someone’s content, Share it 🔁

You’re welcome 😘
January 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Your eyeliner cap falling down the sink drain = tell me it’s Thursday without telling me it’s Thursday
January 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Wise words from @esradt.bsky.social to start our working year!
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." - Arundhati Roy's

In 2025, ZWE and our work priorities will continue to share the stories of resilience, regeneration, and radical hope.

Read @esradt.bsky.social's blog: zurl.co/nvg7c
January 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Based on a real crime that happened in my hometown back in 2006. Very emotionally difficult to read if you already know how everything ended, and even if you don’t.

Only available in PT and DE, as far as I know.

TW for transphobia, violence, and drug use, among many others.

#Booksky📚
January 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Reposted by Ana Oliveira
Did you know it takes centuries for the average plastic to break down?

Plastic later turns into persistent microplastics that harm our systems.

We must make reuse the new normal across the globe.

ZWE is joining @zerowasteasia.bsky.social for the International Zero Waste Month. Join us too!
January 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Current read.
Always more of a challenge than fiction but always worth it.

#booksky 📚
January 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Finished Arcane and I can now say it’s beautifully animated and the plot is very good, although S1 is miles ahead of S2 for me.

The soundtrack was amazing throughout and it goes immediately to my playlist.
December 22, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Woodkid. Freya Ridings. Sting. Arcane is so amazing as a show but I am living for the soundtrack they’ve put together ♥️

Still not done with S2 so no spoilers, please.

(Yes yes I know I’m not mentioning Imagine Dragons, but that earworm is the least impressive of all songs so far).
December 20, 2024 at 8:46 PM
I feel like the playlist admin at Rogier metro station has contributed more to my knowledge of Italian music than the two years I lived in Italy.
December 20, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Reposted by Ana Oliveira
As we wrap 2024 up, we want to thank you for your support over the past months.

Our Director @esradt.bsky.social has a special message to share on our behalf: zurl.co/IL7L3 😁 💚

We will celebrate our progress, recharge our batteries, and be back in January.

Have a restful holiday season! 💫
December 18, 2024 at 4:02 PM
If we don’t draw the line at contaminated food or affected children playground areas, then I do have to wonder if that line exists at all.

It’s time to stop #incineration once and for all.

Read the latest @zerowasteeurope.eu and ToxicoWatch report for more information 👇🏻
What have we found near the Turna na Bodvou cement kiln (Slovakia)?

- Toxic dioxins in 🐔 eggs exceed EU limits.
- Lead & arsenic contaminate playground soil.
- Scary PFAS levels in local water streams.

Authorities must ensure a safe, healthy environment.

🔗Our full report: zurl.co/910Eg
The True Toxic Toll - 2nd biomonitoring report in Turna na Bodvou, Slovakia
This report presents the findings of the second phase of a multi-year biomonitoring study (2023–2025) conducted in 8-11 May, 2024.
zurl.co
December 12, 2024 at 1:26 PM