ZESDE AFVAL - MATERIALENCONGRES Sportoase Leuven, 16 november 2017 Welkom WS6 Wijzigt Europa de spelregels?
Can a front-runner country find incentives in the current EU waste package? Afval- en Materialencongres VVSG-Go4Circle 16 november 2017
Package offers few incentives for upscaling existing national policies Focus on capacity building within EU Focus on EU equal level playing field for existing policies no scaling down Recycling targets for municipal waste, packaging waste Mandatory separate collection: no TEEP derogation Extended producer responsibility European end of waste criteria Landfill: ban and reductiontargets Incineration capacities Cohesionfunds: taking account of waste hierarchy
Focus on (binding) EU instruments for circular economy Indicators going beyond waste: material leakage, resource productivity, Stimuli for prevention: reuse targets, eco-design, Financial instruments: VAT for recycled content, Circular procurement: criteria, targets EoW EU wide criteria: eg. for plastics Innovation policies for circular business models
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ZESDE AFVAL - MATERIALENCONGRES Sportoase Leuven, 16 november 2017 Nadine De Greef, Secretaris FEAD, European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services WS6 - Wijzigt Europa de spelregels?
Circular Economy and the role of the private waste management industry A number of positive elements: The new legally binding targets for recycling and landfill diversion The emphasis on better implementation of waste legislation The promotion of eco-design The emphasis on ensuring that EU funded projects contribute to a circular economy and must be in line with the waste hierarchy
Circular Economy and the role of the private waste management industry A number of aspects to be improved: Balance between supply and demand side measures Create resilient markets for recycled materials to ensure the required investments Identify ways to better reflect the externalities caused in the price of virgin materials; to recognize the benefits of using recycled materials
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ZESDE AFVAL - MATERIALENCONGRES Sportoase Leuven, 16 november 2017 Vanya Veras, Secretaris Generaal Municipal Waste Europe WS6 Wijzigt Europa de spelregels?
Workshop 6 SHOULD EUROPE CHANGE THE RULES? 16 NOVEMBER 2017 Vanya Veras SECRETARY GENERAL
Municipal waste treatment in 2015 EU 28 + Switzerland, Norway and Iceland Graph by CEWEP, MUNICIPAL WASTE TREATMENT (2015) Source: EUROSTAT 2017 100% 90% 17% 18% 16% 19% 19% 4% 12% 20% 16% 8% 17% 18% 6% 16% 14% 4% 6% 10% 16% 10% 5% 7% 5% 4% 2% 7% 8% 13% 16% 16% 6% 7% 21% 17% 9% 80% 70% 60% 30% 48% 32% 34% 27% 27% 31% 25% 26% 25% 28% 28% 27% 46% 22% 26% 31% 26% 26% 26% 16% 23% 17% 21% 18% 14% 12% 12% 19% 3% 21% 11% 3% 32% 26% 21% 4% 50% 18% 13% 93% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 27% 26% 32% 59% 51% 53% 47% 44% 39% 9% 1% 1% 1% 1% 3% 35% 21% 32% 48% 34% 18% 30% 23% 24% 26% 18% 12% 42% 44% 49% 53% 54% 55% 55% 81% 81% 82% 82% 68% 73% 67% Landfill Waste-to-Energy Recycling Composting 47% 53% 3% 67% * : 2014 data (most recent data available) **: 2012 data (most recent data available)
CHANGE OF MINDSET ON WASTE: RESOURCES CHANGE IN FLOW OF PROFIT: REUSE, RECYCLING CHANGE THE RULES? PARTNERSHIPS KNOWLEDGE PLATFORMS, ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADDRESS STRUGGLES OF HIGH LANDFILLING COUNTRIES RULES ON EPR: TO FRAME AND GUIDE COOPERATION REALISTIC CALCULATION METHOD & MEASUREMENT POINT HIGH RECYCLING TARGET TO PROMOTE HIGH QUALITY RECYCLING
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: ADOPT CIRCULAR MINDSET: COOPERATE WITH MANUFACTURING SECTOR & NEW TECHNOLOGIES CURRENTLY BLOCKED IN SEVERAL UNHELPFUL DEBATES: E.G. WASTE/NON-WASTE : MANUFACTURERS CARES ONLY THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE RAW MATERIALS THEY NEED AT RELIABLE QUALITY AND QUANTITY E.G. SHIPMENT: OPENING UP INTRA-EU BORDERS TO SORTED, DRY RECYCLABLES E.G. REMOVING SUBSIDIES FROM PRIMARY MATERIALS AND REMOVING VAT FROM RECOVERED MATERIALS TO SUPPORT THE SHIFT IN MANUFACTURERS BUYING PATTERNS OUR ANSWER IS YES, ADAPT TO THE CHANGE THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING
ZESDE AFVAL - MATERIALENCONGRES Sportoase Leuven, 16 november 2017 Sarah Nelen, Hoofd van Unit Waste Management & Secondary Materials DG Milieu Europese Commissie WS6 Wijzigt Europa de spelregels?
Circulaire Economie Het EU Actie Plan Sarah.Nelen@ec.europa.eu Zesde Afval- en Materialencongres Leuven 16 November 2017
4 actie domeinen 5 Prioritaire sectoren Construction & Demolition
Ecodesign Working Plan 2016-2019 BREFs - industrial sectors EMAS EU Ecolabel Refit False Green Claims On-line sales of goods Legislative proposals on waste Revised fertilisers regulation Guidance for water planning
Revised legislative proposals on waste 65% target recycling municipal waste by 2030 10% target to reduce landfill of municipal waste by 2030 75% target recycling packaging waste by 2030 One calculation method Prevention Simplification
EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste Contribution EU Bioeconomy Strategy to the circular economy Report on critical raw materials and the circular economy Pre-demolition audits Recycling protocol CDW Level(s)- sustainable buildings 22
2017- What's next? Plastics Strategy Interface product-chemical-waste legislation Monitoring Framework Legislative proposal to promote water reuse European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform 23
Plastics Strategy
EU-wide minimum requirements for urban waste water reuse for agriculture irrigation *Encourage efficient, safe and cost-effective water re-use *Increase the recycling of nutrients contained in waste water in agriculture *Contribute to growth and jobs creation by stimulating innovative technologies and water infrastructure
Meer weten over de circulaire economie? http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ circular-economy/index_en.htm 26
ZESDE AFVAL - MATERIALENCONGRES Sportoase Leuven, 16 november 2017 Panelgesprek WS6 Wijzigt Europa de spelregels?
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