Target Review M. Sponar DG Environment, Unit C2
Roadmap on Resource Efficiency Adopted in September aspirational objectives Full implementation of the EU waste acquis Waste generation per capita in decline Recycling and reuse are economically attractive and at 'max feasible level' Energy recovery limited to non-recyclable materials Landfilling virtually eliminated
7 th EAP Adopted by the Commission by December 2012 Based on the RE Roadmap principles and targets Additional focus on hazardous waste Effective use of market based instruments Measures to improve eco design Currently discussed in the Council and Parliament, final adoption in 2013
Target Review Objective 'translate' Roadmap and 7 th EAP aspirational targets into legislation Method "two phases" (scoping, in-depth assessment), supporting contract Scope Review clauses in 3 Directives (Landfill, WFD and Packaging) Timing Proposal by 2014 – stakeholder consultation in 2013 – IA in 2014
Issues 1.Statistics & Calculation methods &Simplification 2.Waste Hierarchy 3.Targets 1.Reinforced targets 2.New targets for new waste streams 4.Use of economic instruments 5.Planning
Source: Eurostat 2012
Related initiatives Supporting contract : Signed on 7/12/2012, 14 months: 7/2/2014 Modelling EPR guidance Ex-post evaluation
Thank you for your attention ! Additional sources of information: DG ENV waste website: Resource Efficiency: Eurostat Databases: Study on economic instruments: EEA: