CME hosted EU Green Week Partner Event on how reuse drives circular economy
On 4 June 2025, Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME) hosted its first EU Green Week Partner Event in Brussels. The “CME Breakfast: Meet Marketplaces Making Circular Economy Work”, brought together policymakers, experts, and industry leaders to discuss the role of the European reuse sector in driving circular economy and the key...
CME Breakfast – Meet Marketplaces Making Circular Economy Work
Join us for a morning of networking and discussion with online classifieds marketplaces promoting sustainable practices, reuse, and circularity. Connect with industry leaders and explore how the European recommerce sector shapes a more sustainable future. As part of EU Green Week 2025, this breakfast event will explore the important role...
CME Launches EU2030 Roadmap for Circular Economy
CME Launches EU2030 Roadmap for Circular Economy On 30th January 2024, Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME) unveiled its EU2030 Roadmap, which outlines the crucial role that online second-hand marketplaces have in promoting a circular economy and enabling the twin green and digital transitions. The event brought together policymakers,...
Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME) Unveils EU2030 Roadmap
Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME) Unveils EU2030 Roadmap Brussels, 30 January 2024. On 30 January, Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME), a coalition representing Europe’s foremost online second-hand marketplaces, brought together a varied audience of EU policymakers, civil society, and industry representatives for the launch...
EVENT : When tech meets sustainability
Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME) is delighted to invite you to our event “When tech meets sustainability – How can the future policy framework boost the second-hand economy”. Join us on 30 January 2024 at 16:30 at the L42 Business Center, Rue de la Loi, 42. Secure your spot by registering now Event programme: 16:30 –...
CME welcomes Environment Committee report on ESPR
CME welcomes the European Parliament’s ENVI report on the ESPR recognising the second-hand classifieds industry’s key contribution to the circular economy Brussels, 15 June, 2023. Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME) welcomes the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) report adopted on 15 June by the European...
Repair, reuse, and redesign: CME member stories
Last year, people sold over 26 million used items, saving 4.2 million tonnes of materials and 34 million tonnes of CO2-eq emissions on platforms run by CME member OLX Group. People using Schibsted’s platforms, another CME member, potentially saved 1.2 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by buying and selling on their...
CME welcomes agreement on balanced new product safety rules
Brussels, 29 November 2022: Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME) welcomes the agreement reached on 28 November by negotiators of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). CME fully supports the efforts to modernise the rules for all economic operators (manufacturers,...
Wallapop joins the Classifieds Marketplaces Europe coalition
Brussels, 21 November 2022: Wallapop, a Spanish leading online platform for selling and buying reused goods becomes the latest member to join Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME). Founded in Barcelona in 2013, and now operating in Spain, Italy and Portugal, Wallapop aims to encourage a more human and sustainable consumption model...
CME hosts first event on the role of circular consumption in meeting EU Green Deal targets
Brussels, 28 October 2022: Classifieds Marketplaces Europe this week brought together a varied audience of EU policymakers, civil society, and industry representatives to discuss circular consumption, ESPR and other issues. Speakers included MEP Arba Kokalari, Rozalina Petrova, Member of the Cabinet of the EU Commissioner for...
