The European Commission adopted an ambitious Circular Economy Package, an EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy, which includes revised legislative proposals on waste to stimulate Europe’s transition towards a circular economy which will boost global competitiveness, foster sustainable economic growth and generate new jobs.
The proposed actions will contribute to “closing the loop” of product lifecycles, from production and consumption to waste management and the market for secondary raw materials, and bring benefits for both the environment and the economy.
The revised legislative proposals on waste set clear targets for reduction of waste and establish an ambitious and credible long-term path for waste management and recycling.
These are the key elements of the revised waste proposal include:
- A common EU target for recycling 65% of municipal waste by 2030.
- A common EU target for recycling 75% of packaging waste by 2030.
- A binding landfill target to reduce landfill to maximum of 10% of all waste by 2030.
- A ban on landfilling of separately collected waste.
- Promotion of economic instruments to discourage landfilling.
- Simplified and improved definitions and harmonised calculation methods for recycling rates throughout the EU.
- Concrete measures to promote re-use and stimulate industrial symbiosis – turning one industry’s by-product into another industry’s raw material.
- Economic incentives for producers to put greener products on the market and support recovery and recycling schemes (eg for packaging, batteries, electric and electronic equipments, vehicles).
Click here to download the legislative proposals on waste that have been adopted.
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