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Fédération Européenne des Activités de la Dépollution et de l’Environnement
European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
Europäischer Verband der Entsorgungswirtschaft
European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
Landfilling in the EU:
The 2030 perspective
Nathalie BuijsFEAD - European Federation of Waste Management and
Environmental Services
STOA workshop on Circular Economy – Brussels, 15 June 2016
European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
Management of municipal waste in the EU
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Source: Eurostat (2014)
European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
Revision of the Landfill Directive
Commission proposal:
• Landfill diversion target (municipal waste): 10% by 2030
• No interim targets (25% target by 2025 deleted)
• By 2024, consider restrictions to the landfilling of “non-hazardous
waste other than municipal waste”
• Landfill ban for separately collected waste
European Parliament (ENVI Committee):
• “Phasing out” instead of “reduction” of landfilling
• Landfill diversion targets (municipal waste): 25% by 2025 and 5% by
2030 (limited to residual waste)
• Landfill ban for paper, metal, plastic, glass, bio-waste, wood and
textile (waste “to be” separately collected)
• Alignment with the Malagrotta case
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European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
How to achieve the targets?
Push measures
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• EU leadership is key: need for binding landfill diversion targets at
EU level and close monitoring by the Commission to check progress
towards the target.
• Exchange on best practices / Best Available Techniques: technical
assistance of frontrunners to Member States lagging behind.
• Financial support to divert waste from landfill and build a proper
waste management infrastructure (EU funds, role of the private
sector).
FEAD position on landfilling:
Only wastes for which no environmentally sound or economically practicable
recycling or recovery operations exist should be landfilled.
At the same time, landfilling should remain available for those wastes
where it is the most sustainable option.
European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
How to achieve the targets?
Pull measures
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• Pull measures to boost the market for secondary raw materials
are crucial to increase recycling and hence divert waste from
landfills, e.g. green public procurement, reduced VAT for secondary
raw materials, recycled content requirements…
• Eco-labelling rules to incorporate indications of recycled content
and recyclability.
FEAD position on the Circular Economy Package:
The achievement of a true circular economy will need to cover a full circle
starting with eco-design thereby ensuring that the amount of waste which
cannot be recycled is reduced to a minimum. Supply side measures alone
such as recycling or landfill diversion targets will not deliver a more
circular economy. Regulatory changes and economic instruments are also
needed on the demand side to create more sustainable and resilient
markets for secondary raw materials.
European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
The next steps
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• Negotiations on the Circular Economy Package to continue under
the Slovak EU Presidency…
• In the meantime, the Commission is conducting a study on
treatment of municipal waste before landfilling:
• Analysis of the implications of the Malagrotta ruling (C-323/13)
• Assessment of current practices regarding treatment before
landfilling in the Member States
• Investigation of Member States’ landfills (visits in 18 selected
Member States)
• Recommendations to improve implementation