MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Recycling Europe

Business / industry · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Recycling Europe appears in 31 declared MEP meetings (22 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

31
declared meetings
with current MEPs
22
MEPs met
€800,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
7.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Recycling Europe’s main objectives are to promote and represent, at EU level and in Brussels, the interests of the European recovery and recycling industries, including recyclers. To this end, Recycling Europe: - Provides its members with information, analysis, and advice on EU regulatory and policy developments relevant to recycling activities - Represents and advocates the industry’s positions at EU level…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 31 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats1239%
European People's Party619%
Renew Europe516%
Greens/EFA413%
The Left310%
European Conservatives & Reformists13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (15 in 2026).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
1
2024
2
2025
12
2026
15

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Pierfrancesco Maran
3 meetings · S&D
Pascal Canfin
3 meetings · Renew
Delara Burkhardt
2 meetings · S&D
Sara Matthieu
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Bruno Tobback
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
22 Jul 2026Pascal CanfinCircular Economy Act
15 Jul 2026Bruno TobbackCircular Economy Act, Recycling and Industrial Accelerator Act
7 Jul 2026Jens GiesekeCircular Economy Act
25 Jun 2026Dario TamburranoIndustrial Accelerator Act
22 Jun 2026Pierre JouvetIndustrial Accelerator Act
1 Jun 2026Laura Ballarín CerezaIndustrial Accelerator Act
27 May 2026Bruno TobbackSecuring Europe's clean transition through e-waste circularity
26 May 2026Lynn BoylanCircular Economy Act and WEEE Directive Revision
13 May 2026Pierfrancesco MaranCircular Economy
13 May 2026Pierfrancesco MaranCircular Economy Act
16 Apr 2026Delara BurkhardtEPR
23 Mar 2026Ana VasconcelosENVI Omnibus_EPR
19 Mar 2026Ana VasconcelosENVI Omnibus_EPR
18 Mar 2026François KalfonCircular Economy Act / Industrial Accelerator Act
6 Feb 2026Sara MatthieuVisit to the site and talk about recycling policies

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