1. Outline
1. Latest News from the Commission 2. Implementation of the WFD 3. Waste Thematic Strategy 4. Next Steps and Priority needs 5. The example of Packaging

2. Latest News from the Commission
Actions:
Report on the Waste Thematic Strategy published on January 2011 – action plan to be drafted
Implementation of the WFD
Recast of the WEEE Directive
Studies
Analysis of the consistency of EU legislation (2011– 2012)
Analysis of the use of economic instruments incl. producer responsibility ( )
Preparation of the Resource Efficiency Roadmap and review of the Sustainable Production and Consumption Plan
Main messages:
As detailed before (slide 8) , the Commission has adopted recently 3 important Communications: the report on the waste Thematic Strategy, The Communication on a ‘resource efficient Europe’ and the raw material initiative
Additional actions are foreseen in the coming months to implement these Communications and to move in practice towards a ‘recycling society’. It includes:
The retail forum from which we expect clear and measurable engagements from the sector. Packaging prevention is one of the key issue to be discussed in the coming weeks
We intend to launch two analysis in the coming weeks:
one on various options to improve plastic waste management of various options for plastic waste
And the other on the use of economic instruments incl. producer responsibility schemes notably to identify the “condition for success” of such schemes
The Roadmap on resource efficiency (2011) will provide additional general targets for what concerns resource efficiency and waste management and could serve as a basis for the revision of the recycling targets
The review of the Sustainable Production and Consumption Action Plan (2012) might provide the appropriate framework for the review of the product policies (incl the ecodesign, GPP and Ecolabel) but also for consumer information (foot print of products/packaging)
Two other important rendez vous are fixed in the waste framework Directive – establishment of prevention plans by the MS for which we are developing guidance now; and review of the recycling targets in 2014
The action Plan on the waste Thematic Strategy has to be prepared following the adoption of the report on the Strategy. It might be integrated partly in the resource efficiency roadmap currently in preparation and in the revision of the SCP action plan (notably product aspects)
Review of the Packaging Directive?
The need for reviewing the Packaging Directive will be analysed in the light of the already foreseen initiatives. Obviously the review of the targets of the waste Framework Directive in 2014 will offer the opportunity to launch an in depth reflection on the combination between both Directives. 2

3. Waste Framework Directive - Implementation
Comitology
Target calculation
Ready for TAC vote
EOW criteria for important materials
Stepwise until 2012
Implementation questionnaire
TAC consultation
Notification formats Waste Management/Prevention Plans/Programs
Climate correction factor for R1 formula
Expert WG March 2011
Waste prevention indicators
Study 2011
Minimum standards for waste treatment

4. Non legislative measures
Waste Framework Directive - Implementation
Non legislative measures
Brochure on EU waste policies and WFD
published
Guidance on key provisions
TAC consultation March 2011
Guidance on R1 formula for MWI
ISC
Life-cycle methodology in waste management
Technical guidance by JRC
Commission Communication?
Assessment of Waste Management Plans and
up-date guidance on WMP
Draft finalised (consultant)
Better implementation:
Various studies on good implementation practice and the feasibility of institutional instruments
Partly finished – partly ongoing

5. Member States options to calculate the 50% target
Waste Framework Directive - Implementation
Minimum of overall
Minimum of overall
Minimum of overall
Minimum of overall
50%
50%
50%
50%
Paper,
glass,
metal,
plastic +
Other household or similar
waste streams
Paper,
glass,
metal,
plastic
All household waste
All waste from
households +
all similar waste
streams =
all municipal waste
Member States options to calculate the 50% target
This shows that the 50% target is rather political and rather broad
The minimum overlaps with packaging waste
HH waste is also WEEE
However it would be not advisable to replace the targets of the daughter dir by the 50% since they are much more specific
And the missing part is mainly biowaste: if we would set bio-waste targets the 50% target would become redundant

6. Waste Thematic Strategy Report – Main Conclusions
Report published on 19 January 2011
First signals are showing:
Limited progress in terms of Waste prevention
Encouraging progress for recycling, less landfilling
Remarkable differences between Member States
Main Conclusions includes:
Continue efforts to improve knowledge-base
Ensure full implementation of existing acquis
Make full use of performing instruments
Ensure better synergies between waste and Resource policies, Product policies and Climate policies
Improve EU recycling markets
Main messages: 5 main mines of actions
Ensure full implementation of existing acquis: some key EU targets might not be met on time – need to set in place prevention National Strategies
Full use of Economic instruments: optimal combination of legal/economic instruments leads to large passing of EU minimum targets, Common EU approach needed for the application of the producer responsibility principles
Better link between waste and:
Resource policies: future recycling targets to be defined according to resource needs
Product policies: new product design to increase integration of recycled material, limited use of critical/impacting resource, increased recyclability
Climate policies: new focus on avoided indirect emissions
Improve EU recycling markets: better standardization, improved market conditions
Improve knowledge: development of new tools/scenarios linking resource needs, waste management, environmental impacts, effect of legal/economic instruments 6

7. SOME TARGETS IN EU WASTE LEGISLATION
min recovery
min recycling
collection rate
Packaging
2008
60%
55%
Cars
2015
95%
85%
100%
Electronics
2006
70%
50%
min 4 kg per inhabitant per year
Batteries
2011
50% to 75% (efficiency)
2012
25%
2016
 45%
Tyres
0 landfill of tyres
Biowaste diverted from landfills
reduction to 75% of the 1995 level
2009
reduction to 50% of the 1995 level
reduction to 35% of the 1995 level
New targets
Separate collection: at least paper/metal/plastic/glass
(WFD)
2020
50% household waste
70% construction and demolition waste
Biowaste target?
Conclusion:
Before setting any new targets (biowaste) and revising existing targets we need a longterm vision of the development of targets until 2020
Future targets have to be coherent.
In 2014 we will have the opportunity to propose a coherent strategy

8. Next steps and future needs
Gather relevant data for EU legislation
Waste generation by categories
Application of the waste hierarchy - Focus on Prevention, reuse, recycling, recovery
Gaps for specific waste streams – batteries, C/D waste, WEEE categories, Mining waste
Export of waste
EU 27 + accession/candidates + annual basis
How to measure progress towards a recycling society?
Evaluation of the waste management plans/programs?
Main messages: 5 main mines of actions
Ensure full implementation of existing acquis: some key EU targets might not be met on time – need to set in place prevention National Strategies
Full use of Economic instruments: optimal combination of legal/economic instruments leads to large passing of EU minimum targets, Common EU approach needed for the application of the producer responsibility principles
Better link between waste and:
Resource policies: future recycling targets to be defined according to resource needs
Product policies: new product design to increase integration of recycled material, limited use of critical/impacting resource, increased recyclability
Climate policies: new focus on avoided indirect emissions
Improve EU recycling markets: better standardization, improved market conditions
Improve knowledge: development of new tools/scenarios linking resource needs, waste management, environmental impacts, effect of legal/economic instruments 8

9. Next steps and future needs
Ensure validity/reliability of statistics
More than 100% recycling – packaging
Some MS seems to meet all min EU target but still landfill more than 70%
Confront waste generation/treatment/EU targets
Divergences between Ministries/Agencies
Statistic’s on Economic instruments
Data on relation between waste policies and:
Resource policies, Product policies, Climate policies
Environmental impacts of materials
Main messages: 5 main mines of actions
Ensure full implementation of existing acquis: some key EU targets might not be met on time – need to set in place prevention National Strategies
Full use of Economic instruments: optimal combination of legal/economic instruments leads to large passing of EU minimum targets, Common EU approach needed for the application of the producer responsibility principles
Better link between waste and:
Resource policies: future recycling targets to be defined according to resource needs
Product policies: new product design to increase integration of recycled material, limited use of critical/impacting resource, increased recyclability
Climate policies: new focus on avoided indirect emissions
Improve EU recycling markets: better standardization, improved market conditions
Improve knowledge: development of new tools/scenarios linking resource needs, waste management, environmental impacts, effect of legal/economic instruments 9

10. 2012 – Waste
Thematic
Strategy
Review
Impact
Assessment
2011/2012
Actions
Use of economic Instruments
Coherence EU legislation
Evaluation 8 Waste Plans
Climate and waste
Guidance prevention
Modelling?
2014: Recycling
Targets Review
WFD and Landfill Directive
for biodegradable waste
9/1- Report on the
Waste Thematic Strategy
Focus on Implementation
Product Polices
Sustainable Material Management
Links with Resource and Climate
2013: Nat.
Prevention
Plans ?
6th EAP
Valid until 2012
Evaluation to be
finalised
Includes a section on waste
th EAP
WG on SMM
ISG on sustainable
Material
Management
26/1- A resource-efficient
Europe – Flagship initiative
Under 2020 Strategy
Roadmap resource-efficient Europe
New EU biodiversity strategy for 2020
Commodity/raw materials markets
References to recycling, Ecodesign, GHG
Circular economy, 0 landfill and 15%
Prevention for modelling
July Roadmap
on Resource Efficiency
Vision on 2050 targets
Material approach
Use of economic instruments
2012: Review of the SCP
Action Plan
Include resource efficiency
in Product policies
Review of the Ecodesign
Directive
SCP action plan
Ecodesign, Ecolabel
GPP
Retail Forum
Main messages:
As detailed before (slide 8) , the Commission has adopted recently 3 important Communications:
The report on the waste Thematic Strategy
The Communication on a ‘resource efficient Europe’
The raw material initiative
Additional actions are foreseen in the coming months to implement these Communications. It will be important to ensure full consistency between the different actions foreseen in the coming years.
It is not yet decided whether a review of the waste Thematic Strategy will be done in 2012 – it might be integrated into the next Environmental Action Plan (if any) but also partly in the resource efficiency roadmap currently in preparation and in the revision of the SCP action plan (notably product aspects)
The retail forum is also another important initiative from which we expect clear and measurable engagements from the sector. Packaging prevention is one of the key issue to be discussed in the coming weeks
Two other important rendez vous are fixed in the waste framework Directive – establishment of prevention plans by the MS for which we are developing guidance now; and review of the recycling targets in 2014
2011/12 (?) - Eco
Innovation
Partnership
Focus on critical materials
Innovation to increase
Recycling, improve mining
LCA approach
10 pilot projects
2/2 – Raw Material Initiative
Includes 3 pilars:
EU’s trade strategy
Sustainable extraction
Resource efficiency
and recycling 10

11. Optimal case : Packaging
Total packaging waste generation in the EU (kg/year/capita)
Source: EEA 2009,Eurostat 2010
Main messages:
On the front of quantitative prevention, there was a modest decrease of packaging generation (7% between 2000 and 2008) but the trend is not very marked
There was a relative decoupling of packaging waste generation with household consumption (which has increased by 16% during the same period) – which is an encouraging signal. But no absolute decrease of packaging generation
This might be linked with the limited application of the ‘essential requirements’ as defined in the Directive- even if we have limited information on their real application. The ‘essential requirements” are principles not easy to ‘translate’ into measurable requirements. CEN has developed standards which are applied on a voluntary basis. Progress seems limited and very dependent on the Member States willingness to control
For what concerns qualitative prevention, progress have been accomplished notably on the heavy metal contents of packaging. This might be linked with the clarity and enforceability of the limit values 11

12. Packaging waste management
Source: EEA 2009, ESTAT 2010
Main Messages:
The evolution of packaging waste treatment at EU 27 level is positive: in 8 years, recycling has increased from 50% to 61%. In the same time, disposal has decreased from more than 40% to less than 30% (27%)
Energy recovery seems to remain relatively stable
All together, recycling rates of packaging are relatively high compared to other waste streams even if there are still possibilities to do more and there are large differences between MS (see next slide)

13. Packaging waste management – 2008
Recovery Target 2008
Recycling Target 2008
Source: Eurostat Waste Data Centre 2010
Main messages:
There are significant differences between MS : In 2008, 15 Member States had met the 2008 target to recycle 55% of packaging put on the market. The 12 New Member States have transitional periods to achieve this target (see dates on the slide). We will carefully analyse the situation of the remaining MS as well as the statistics provided by the other MS
We would like to better understand why there so significant differences between Member States and take all necessary measures to ensure to increase MS performances – with a clear focus on ‘lagging behind’ MS
In a first analysis it seems that ‘top MS’ like Germany, Belgium, Austria, Luxembourg have in place an efficient producer responsibility scheme implying the financing of the separate collection, the sorting and the recycling by the packaging ‘users’

14. Thank you for your attention
For more information:
Report on the waste strategy:
Flagship on Resource Efficiency: 14