On 2 July 2014, the
European Commission published its "
circular economy package."
As part of this package, the Commission adopted the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste , 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment,
COM (2014) 397 final.
The proposal aims, inter alia, to
- Increase the recycling/re-use of municipal waste to 70% in 2030;
- Increase packaging waste recycling/re-use to 80% in 2030 - with material-specific targets set to gradually increase between 2020 and 2030 (to reach 90 % for paper by 2025 and 60% for plastics, 80% for wood, 90% of ferrous metal, aluminium and glass by the end of 2030);
- Phase out landfilling by 2025 for recyclable waste (including plastics, paper, metals, glass and bio-waste) in non-hazardous waste landfills – corresponding to a maximum landfilling rate of 25% for municipal waste;
- Reduce food waste generation by 30% by 2025 (aspirational target);
- Introduce an Early Warning System to anticipate and avoid possible compliance difficulties in Member States;
- Introduce modified reporting obligations.
The review of EU waste legislation is on the CoR Subsidiarity Work Programme 2014 and a CoR opinion on this initiative is scheduled to be adopted at the February 2015 plenary session.
The following questionnaire on subsidiarity and proportionality-related issues is submitted to partners of the Subsidiarity Monitoring Network, REGPEX partners and members of the Subsidiarity Expert Group. The consultation runs until 6 October 2014 and the outcome will be forwarded to the rapporteur of the CoR opinion, Mariana Gâju (RO/PES) as well as to the European Commission.
Main findings and conclusions of the report are available in:
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