1. The new EU Waste Legislation: Implementing and Delegated Acts
Rozalina Petrova
European Commission
DG ENV B3
Luxembourg, 25 March 2019

2. The New Waste Legislation: Timeline
December 2015: adoption of the proposal by the Commission
December 2017: provisional agreement between the Council and the EP
May 2018: Adoption by the Council
14 June 2018: publication OJ
5 July 2018: entry into force
31 March 2019: deadline for IAs & DAs
5 July 2020: deadline for transposition into national law

3. Municipal waste recycling
5-year extension possible for countries with a low starting point
11 MS: EE, EL, HR, CY, LV, LT, HU, MT, RO, SK, BG
Implementation plans + interim targets
Single calculation method
harmonised definition of municipal waste
reporting input to recycling
High-quality recycling of biowaste
counting only biowaste that is separately collected or recycled at source as of 2027

4. Municipal Waste Landfilling
5-year extension possible for countries with high landfill rates
10 MS: EL, HR, CY, LV, LT, HU, MT, RO, SK, BG
Implementation plan + interim targets
Calculation rules for landfilling
Landfill restrictions for separately collected waste
Towards no landfilling of waste suitable for recovery by 2030

5. Packaging waste recycling
5-year derogations (15% on a single target or divided between two targets)
Taking account of re-use (max. 5%)
Harmonised reporting: input to recycling
Ambitious targets for plastics
New targets for aluminium

6. Municipal Waste Reporting
Implementing act on rules to:
calculate recycling of municipal waste
calculate landfilling of municipal waste
count biowaste separated and recycled at source
count recycled metals from incinerated municipal waste
establish reporting formats for the data and the quality check report
Delegated act: average loss rates 
Guidance: municipal waste and backfilling definitions
Exchange of good practice: separate collection, calculation rules & traceability
31 March 2019
Deadline:

7. WFD: Other Acts on Reporting
Food waste: delegated act on the methodology and implementing act on the reporting format
Reuse: implementing act on the methodology and the reporting format
Waste oils: implementing act on the reporting format

8. Packaging Waste Reporting
Implementing acts on rules to:
calculate recycling of packaging waste
count recycled metals from incinerating packaging waste
take account of reuse of sales packaging placed on the market for the first time
count repair of wooden packaging
report on reusable packaging
establish the reporting formats for the data and the quality check report
31 March 2019
Deadline:

9. IAs & DAs: Planning and Meetings
On-going studies on waste reporting, reuse and waste oils to support the Commission work on reporting: final reports due 2019
Meetings
Expert Group on Waste/TACs: 4 June, 15 October, 16 November, 6 December 2018, February 2019
Stakeholder meetings under the studies; position papers
Adoption
IA PPWD: March 2019
IAs & DA: April – May 2019
Please, note that initially the TAC meetings were planned for February but due to room availability they had to be moved to February.

10. Some key points
Addressing double reporting on the old and the new targets on municipal and packaging waste
Calculation point for recycling operations per material
Home composting
Emerging technologies combining recycling and energy recovery (eg chemical recycling)
Reporting of municipal waste generation and recycling rates per material
Reporting on reusable packaging
Quality check reports

11. Calculation Point
The weight of waste which, having undergone all necessary checking, sorting and other preliminary operations to remove waste materials that are not targeted by the subsequent reprocessing and to ensure high-quality recycling, enters the recycling operation whereby waste materials are actually reprocessed into products, materials or substances.

12. Measurement point Reporting input to recycling measured at two points:
Entry to the recycling operation
Output of sorting provided that
the waste is recycled
further losses prior to recycling are subtracted based on sound methodologies
Electronic registries
Specifications for sorted materials
Average loss rates
End-of-waste materials

13. CP = MP1 or 2 - MP3 - MP6 - MP7 - MP9 CP = MP4 or 5 - MP6 - MP7 - MP9
CP = MP8 - MP9
MP9 CP
MP2
MP4
MP5
MP1
MP8
MP3
MP6
MP7
MP5
MP6
MP1
MP1/4 = output of sorting
MP3/6 = non-target materials
MP5 = Potentially EoW plastics or input to reprocessor
MP7 = rejected loads
MP8 = product with no further processing
MP9 = non-target material the CP
MP1

14. Average Loss Rates (ALR)
To be established for sorted waste
per waste type (and possibly sources)
reflecting the waste management practices, in particular the sorting processes
preferably at the level of individual sorting facilities
To be used in cases where reliable data cannot be obtained otherwise (mixing of waste, shipment)
To be regularly updated

15. Reporting on Reuse Defining the system boundaries
Scope of reporting: products, channels, reuse/preparing for reuse
Units of reporting: mass/€
Possible data collection methods Member States can use
Frequencies of data collection and use of estimates