bio-waste management. Main comments are summarized in Annex1. Box 1: What is bio-waste? "Bio-waste" is defined in the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) as "biodegradable garden and park waste, food [...] from 18% up to 60% - of municipal solid waste (MSW). The bio-waste part of MSW comprises two major streams: green waste from parks, gardens etc. and kitchen waste. The former usually includes 50-60% water [...] scenario – projected bio-waste generation 2008 - 2020 5.3.2. Bio-waste management Concerning bio-waste management, as shown in Figure 2, the amounts of landfilled bio-waste are expected to drop c
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hazardous substances in plastic waste and - plastic waste in the oceans. ► Food waste – In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted a target of halving worldwide food waste at retail and consumer [...] addition to circular waste management [COM(2015) 595, see cepPolicyBrief] they relate to - product design, - secondary raw materials, - plastics and plastic waste, - food waste and - research and [...] in the EU. ► Plastics and plastic waste – The Commission criticises the fact that (p. 13) - less than 25% of plastic waste is recycled, - 50% of plastic waste still goes to landfill and - large
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(p. 9). ► Plastic waste in the oceans – 150 000 to 500 000 tonnes of plastic waste enter the oceans from the EU every year. That is (p. 3–4) - 0.5% to 2% of all the plastic waste from the EU, - 3% [...] future (p. 5) - less plastic waste leaks into the environment – particularly the oceans – and - the EU’s dependence on crude-oil imports is reduced. ► Recycling plastic waste – Plastics made by recycling [...] States can oblige manufacturers to bear the costs of waste management for the products which they bring onto the market (Art. 8 and Art. 14 (2) Waste Framework Directive [2008/98/EC], see cepPolicyBrief
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Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (Recast) Abstract ► Objectives and subject matter – The adverse impact of waste from electrical and electronic equipment [...] it, so that it is classified as "waste" under EU law [revised Art. 3(a) and (b) in conjunction with Art. 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC]. – Directive 2002/96/EC (waste electrical and electronic equipment [...] Scope – The Directive regulates the waste management of electrical and electronic equipment. This includes the "collection", "treatment", recovery and disposal of waste equipment. – The Directive is valid
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with the Community strategy for waste management set out in Council resolution of 7 May 1990 on waste policy ( 1 ) and Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste ( 2 ), the management of packaging [...] packaging waste should include as a first priority, prevention of packaging waste and, as additional funda mental principles, reuse of packaging, recycling and other forms of recovering packaging waste and [...] disposal of waste; Whereas energy recovery is one effective means of packaging waste recovery; Whereas targets set in Member States for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste should be confined
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with the Community strategy for waste management set out in Council resolution of 7 May 1990 on waste policy ( 1 ) and Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste ( 2 ), the management of packaging [...] packaging waste should include as a first priority, prevention of packaging waste and, as additional funda mental principles, reuse of packaging, recycling and other forms of recovering packaging waste and [...] disposal of waste; Whereas energy recovery is one effective means of packaging waste recovery; Whereas targets set in Member States for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste should be confined
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onwards 3 Waste management Revised legislative proposal on waste Dec 2015 Improved cooperation with Member States for better implementation of EU waste legislation, and combat illicit [...] revised Waste Shipment regulation 2016 onwards Promotion of industry-led voluntary certification of treatment facilities for key waste/recyclate streams 2018 onwards Initiative on waste to energy [...] onwards Food waste Development of a common methodology and indicators to measure food waste 2016 Stakeholders platform to examine how to achieve SDGs goals on food waste, share best practice
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municipal solid waste and 80 % recycling of packaging waste by 2030, based on a solid reporting method preventing the reporting of discarded waste (landfilled or incinerated) as recycled waste, using the [...] recycling rates are 65% for municipal waste and 75% for packaging waste. Under the "high" variant the final recycling rate are 70% for municipal waste and 80% for packaging waste. Additional variants on the [...] the wide differences in waste management performance across the Member States. Some Member States also mentioned that waste prevention and reuse, which are at the top of the waste hierarchy, were not
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municipal solid waste and 80 % recycling of packaging waste by 2030, based on a solid reporting method preventing the reporting of discarded waste (landfilled or incinerated) as recycled waste, using the [...] recycling rates are 65% for municipal waste and 75% for packaging waste. Under the "high" variant the final recycling rate are 70% for municipal waste and 80% for packaging waste. Additional variants on the [...] the wide differences in waste management performance across the Member States. Some Member States also mentioned that waste prevention and reuse, which are at the top of the waste hierarchy, were not
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transport and treatment of the resulting waste, - measures to clean up plastic waste, - measures to raise user awareness of the appropriate disposal of plastic waste. – This obligation to establish EPR [...] objectives – Every year in the EU, 150,000 to 450,000 tonnes of plastic waste ends up in the sea [SWD(2018) 254, p. 10]. – This plastic waste may [p. 1] - endanger marine animals and birds and - also damage [...] of [Art. 7 in conjunction with Annex Part D] - appropriate waste disposal options, - the negative environmental impacts of inappropriate waste disposal, - the presence of plastics in the product. –
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