THE REVIEW OF THE WASTE TARGETS Jean-Pierre Hannequart Director General IBGE / President ACR+ COR, 19/02/2013

FOCUS ON 3 QUESTIONS DO WE NEED WASTE TARGETS AND OF WHAT KIND? WHY THE 50% OBLIGATION OF THE WASTE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE MUST BE REVIEWED? WHICH GLOBAL TARGETS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE?

DO WE NEED WASTE TARGETS AND OF WHAT KIND ? A waste policy without targets is unclear and create uncertainties for all the waste stakeholders A waste hierarchy (which is the main basis of the EU waste policy) without targets is non-effective For the implementation of a waste hierarchy at 5 levels we need 5 kinds of targets

WHY THE 50%OBLIGATION OF THE WFD MUST BE REVIEWED? = 4 different potential calculation methodology

“SIMILAR” waste = ??? “ RECYCLING” = home composting ??? co-processing??? downcycling ??? WHY “ PREPARING FOR REUSE + RECYCLING “ ??? = various interpretative questions WHY THE 50%OBLIGATION OF THE WFD MUST BE REVIEWED?

Cf. ACR+ BENCHMARK of -100 kg 600 kg/inh/y500 kg/inh/y Waste generation EU 15 in kg/inh/y (with prevention) -100 kg or -15% ACR+ waste prevention webinar, 29 January 2013 WHICH TARGET FOR MSW PREVENTION?

ACR+ BENCHMARK OF – 100 KG Generation (kg/hab./y) Potential waste reduction (kg/hab./y)* 1BIO-WASTE22040 Green scaping 9010 Smart gardening Act against food waste3010 Home, community & on-site composting PACKAGING15025 Encouraging refillable/returnable bottles3512 Promoting tap water62 Encouraging reusable bags21 Fight against excess packaging PAPER WASTE10015 Reducing unwanted & unaddressed mail154 Encourage dematerialisation through ICT759 Reducing kitchen, tissue and towel paper102 4BULKY WASTE5212 Promote clothes & other textiles waste prevention154 Promote furniture waste prevention204 Promote WEEE prevention174 5NAPPIES & OTHER WASTE788 Swap to reusable nappies and incontinence pads182 Other municipal waste prevention strategies

WHICH TARGET FOR MSW (PREPARING FOR) REUSE ? Cfr 4 EU legal “activities” : 1. product (or component) used again for same purpose (= reuse) 2. product (or component) used again for other purpose (= product management?) 3. waste reuse with « light » pre-processing (= preparing for reuse) 4. waste reuse with « heavy » pre-processing (= recycling)

WHICH TARGET FOR MSW (PREPARING FOR) REUSE ? Waste Generated (preparing for) reuse potential Bottle (kg)3512 Bags (kg)21 Paper (kg)1003 Bulky (textile, furniture, EEE, …) (kg) 5212 Nappies (kg)182 TOTAL (kg/inh/year)20730

WHICH TARGET FOR MSW RECYCLING ? RECYCLING RATE = ??? The total amount of waste collected for recycling? The total amount of waste (sorted and) effectively prepared for recycling? The total amount of secondary materials incorporated in some products?

WHICH TARGET FOR MSW RECYCLING ? MSW RECYCLING PERFORMANCE 2009 (COM(2013)6) Austria70% Germany66% Belgium/Netherlands60% Portugal20% Greece18%

WHICH TARGET FOR MSW RECYCLING ? EU27: 500 kg/inh % Dry recycled: 24% % Composted: 18% DRY RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING PERFORMANCES 2009 ( EUROSTAT) The highest rates for recycling were reported by Germany ( 48 %, 274 kg per capita), Sweden ( 36 %, 171 kg per capita) and Belgium (36 %, 175 kg per capita), whereas Austria ( 40 %, 235 kg per capita) and the Netherlands ( 28 %, 144 kg per capita) reported the largest shares of composting.

PREVENTION Au moins 15 % - Reduction target - Reuse /Preparing for reuse target RECYCLING 70 % - Biowaste recycling target - Dry recycling target OTHER 30 % - (Energy) recovery target - Final disposal target 500 kg 0 kg 60 kg (10%) 125 kg (25%) 225 kg (45%) 125 kg (25%) 30 kg (5%) 25 kg (5%) WHICH GLOBAL TARGETS FOR MSW? By 2020 (Except derogations)!

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