make products or packaging heavier. Under EU waste law, however, waste must be prevented in order of priority [“Waste hierarchy”, Art. 4 Framework Waste Directive (2008/98/EC)]. Manufacturers should [...] implement the EU waste law, EU-wide criteria will be established to determine when a material no longer has to be classified as waste by the Member States but as recycled material [“end-of-waste status”, Art [...] use as well as waste management – [Action Plan for the Circular Economy COM(2015) 614, p. 2–4, see cepPolicyBrief No. 2016-6] - to safeguard resources, - to avoid or reduce waste completely or as
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February 1997 on a Community strategy for waste management7 insisted on the need for promoting waste recovery with a view to reducing the quantity of waste for disposal and saving natural resources, [...] volume of waste. new (4) This Directive supplements the general EU waste management legislation, such as Directive 2008/xx/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste9. It refers [...] the Directive including the definitions of waste and general waste management operations. The definition of collection according to Directive 2008/xx/EC on waste includes the preliminary sorting and preliminary
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of end-of-waste criteria for certain waste streams. In addition, the market for secondary raw materials is to be strengthened by standards that ensure a high quality of the collected waste. In principle [...] materials recycled from waste – such as recycled plastics. In March 2020, the EU Commission presented its new EU Circular Economy Action Plan, which envis- ages various amendments to EU waste legislation, including [...] protected from “greenwashing”. • Separate collection systems for waste should be harmonized to ensure effective collection and sorting of waste. • In order to create a “well-functioning” EU internal market
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estimated waste industry revenue increase €0.1bn Greater EU high tech and manual work, estimated waste industry revenue increase €0.6bn Higher EU high tech and manual work, estimated waste industry [...] of products as business waste would avoid problems of 'dual use' waste, when where business equipment very similar to consumer equipment (like IT equipment) enters domestic waste and its treatment paid [...] The WEEE Directive aims to tackle improper treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). This is the fastest growing waste stream in the EU, producing 8.3-9.1million tonnes in 2005
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approach to reducing food waste along the supply and consumption chain. Furthermore, since most food waste is produced by households, the EU Commission should put household food waste reduction at the heart [...] food waste reduction only relate to its volume and will not provide information about the cost. Since most food waste is produced by households, the EU Commission should put household food waste reduction [...] label should be established at EU level. (2) Since most food waste is produced by households, the EU Commission should put household food waste reduction at the heart of its policy. Farm to Fork
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approach to reducing food waste along the supply and consumption chain. Furthermore, since most food waste is produced by households, the EU Commission should put household food waste reduction at the heart [...] food waste reduction only relate to its volume and will not provide information about the cost. Since most food waste is produced by households, the EU Commission should put household food waste reduction [...] label should be established at EU level. (2) Since most food waste is produced by households, the EU Commission should put household food waste reduction at the heart of its policy. Farm to Fork
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Overall waste generation is stable in the EU, however, generation of some waste streams like construction and demolition waste, to sewage sludge and marine litter is still increasing. Waste electrical [...] for waste prevention and recycling, as well as public investments in modern facilities for waste treatment and high quality recycling. Milestone: By 2020, waste is managed as a resource. Waste generated [...] 2. Turning waste into a resource Each year in the European Union we throw away 2.7 billion tonnes of waste, 98 million tonnes of which is hazardous. On average only 40% of our solid waste is re-used
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s for B2B and B2C waste was to reflect that much B2C waste went to landfill, whilst most B2B waste was already separately collected commercially. This difference between the waste streams has now d [...] estimated waste industry revenue increase €0.1bn Greater EU high tech and manual work, estimated waste industry revenue increase €0.6bn Higher EU high tech and manual work, estimated waste industry [...] of products as business waste would avoid problems of 'dual use' waste, when where business equipment very similar to consumer equipment (like IT equipment) enters domestic waste and its treatment paid
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s for B2B and B2C waste was to reflect that much B2C waste went to landfill, whilst most B2B waste was already separately collected commercially. This difference between the waste streams has now d [...] estimated waste industry revenue increase €0.1bn Greater EU high tech and manual work, estimated waste industry revenue increase €0.6bn Higher EU high tech and manual work, estimated waste industry [...] of products as business waste would avoid problems of 'dual use' waste, when where business equipment very similar to consumer equipment (like IT equipment) enters domestic waste and its treatment paid
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establishing the organised waste market in 2009. The aim is to set up various online waste transaction platforms which are meant to bring together all producers of non-hazardous waste and material consumers [...] ion modes. Moreover, the 50% rise of the waste water tax targeting phosphorus and nitrogen gives incentives to discharge less polluted water. Regarding waste, several changes are foreseen. The main [...] various by-products from extraction of natural resources and of construction demolition waste and reduction of waste material from processing slate gravel. Initiatives are too recent to be consistently
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