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The need for a clear recycling definition in the Waste Directive
The ‘Recycling Coalition's' reaction to the Commission proposal for a directive on Waste (COM (2005) 667 final)
The Recycling Coalition represents a broad group of stakeholders covering several material streams and environmental interests, principally concerned with the promotion of recycling activities.
Within the context of the European Commission's Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of Waste and the proposed revision of the Directive on Waste (COM (2005) 667 final) the Recycling Coalition has come together to provide analysis and commentary on the Commission's proposals and contribute to the debate around future EU waste policy with particular emphasis on those aspects that are critical for an appropriate recycling legislative framework.
The Recycling Coalition welcomes the Waste Strategy's commitment that “ The long term goal is for the EU to become a recycling society, organised around the maximum recovery of materials where this makes environmental and economic sense ”.
However the Coalition is deeply concerned about the apparent contradiction between the aforementioned objective and the detail of the Commission's proposals. More specifically it believes that fundamental elements supporting a move towards a recycling society are absent, in particular:
- a clear definition of recycling.
- a waste hierarchy promoting material recycling over energy recovery
- a clearer vision of what is ‘a recycling society'
- waste stream recycling legislation and EU harmonised recycling targets as a central policy tool of EU waste policy.
Coalition Proposal:
“Recycling” means the recovery of waste back into a material cycle by processing waste into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes . It does not include , interalia , energy recovery , processes for transformation into fuel, combustion or use as a source of energy, including chemical energy, for processes involving combustion;
The attached paper (pdf) <download it here> focuses on the need to amend the recycling definition in Article 3 (g) of the Commission proposed Directive on Waste and include some background information for the above mentioned proposal.
Datum uveřejnění: 4.5.06
Poslední změna: 4.5.2006
Počet shlédnutí: 532
The need for a clear recycling definition in the Waste Directive
The ‘Recycling Coalition's' reaction to the Commission proposal for a directive on Waste (COM (2005) 667 final)
The Recycling Coalition represents a broad group of stakeholders covering several material streams and environmental interests, principally concerned with the promotion of recycling activities.
Within the context of the European Commission's Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of Waste and the proposed revision of the Directive on Waste (COM (2005) 667 final) the Recycling Coalition has come together to provide analysis and commentary on the Commission's proposals and contribute to the debate around future EU waste policy with particular emphasis on those aspects that are critical for an appropriate recycling legislative framework.
The Recycling Coalition welcomes the Waste Strategy's commitment that “ The long term goal is for the EU to become a recycling society, organised around the maximum recovery of materials where this makes environmental and economic sense ”.
However the Coalition is deeply concerned about the apparent contradiction between the aforementioned objective and the detail of the Commission's proposals. More specifically it believes that fundamental elements supporting a move towards a recycling society are absent, in particular:
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The attached paper (pdf) <download it here> focuses on the need to amend the recycling definition in Article 3 (g) of the Commission proposed Directive on Waste and include some background information for the above mentioned proposal.
Datum uveřejnění: 4.5.06
Poslední změna: 4.5.2006
Počet shlédnutí: 532