Transcript La Polique Européenne en matière de déchets

EU waste and resource policies
Andreas Versmann
European Commission – DG Environment
Zero waste – February 2009
The General Problem:
Lack of Sustainability
Production and
Consumption
Extraction of
natural resources
Disposal
Source
Sink
Environment
Threats to ecosystem services
ONLY ONE EARTH
World Footprint = 1.3 earths
The EU Resources Strategy
GDP
decoupling growth from
environmental
impact
resource demand
Negative impact
25 years
The Approach: Life-Cycle Thinking
Natural
Resources
Disposal
Waste &
Recycling
Natural
Resources
Reuse,
Recycling,
Recovery
Design
SCP: Better
Products
Manufacturing
Collection
Distribution
Use
SCP: Smarter
Consumption
http://lca.jrc.ec.europa.eu
[email protected]
SCP:
Leaner
Production
The Waste Hierarchy
Waste Framework Directive:
Prevention
Re-use
Recycling
Recovery
Disposal
•Order of priorities
•Best environmental outcome
•Life-cycle thinking
•Moving waste management up
the hierarchy
Ensuring protection of health/environment
from waste disposal
 Directives on Landfills and Incinerators
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Technical standards for landfills and incinerators
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Waste acceptance control
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Diversion of biodegradable waste from landfills
 Waste Framework Directive
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Waste management plans of Member States to ensure a
sufficient network of waste disposal installations
Recovery and recycling of waste
 Moving towards a recycling society
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Recycling - Directives on
 WEEE
 End-of-life vehicles
 Packaging
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Waste Framework Directive
 Recycling of 50% paper, metal, plastic, glass from household + option for more
fractions
 Recycling (and backfilling) of 70% construction & demolition waste
 Review 2014
 Separate collection to improve recovery and promote high quality recycling
 Bio-waste: impact assessment in 2009
 Promoting waste-to-energy
Recycling, incineration and landfilling of
municipal solid wastes in Europe
Source: EEA, 2007.
New dimension of waste prevention policy
 Waste Framework Directive new requirements concerning
prevention:

MS to establish waste prevention programmes;
 Programmes to set out prevention objectives, describe prevention
measures, determine qualitative and quantitative benchmarks or targets
for waste prevention;
 Indicators to be developed by the Commission;
 Commission to create a system for sharing information on best
practice regarding waste prevention and develop guidelines for
Member States;
 2014: Commission to propose waste prevention and decoupling
objectives by 2020, if appropriate
Next Steps for EU Waste and Resources Policies
 SCP Action Plan – Product Focus
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Eco-design Directive
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Energy Labelling Directive
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Eco-label
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Dynamic framework for continuous
improvement; widening of product scope
Next Steps for EU Waste and Resources Policies
 SCP Action Plan – Consumption Focus
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Retailer Forum
 Greening the supply chain
 Code of conduct
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Green Public Procurement
 Increase GPP to 50% of public procurement
Waste Hierarchy:
turning environmental impacts into
opportunities for a green economy !
Prevention
Reuse
Recycle
Recovery
Disposal
The EU is taking action
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Towards a recycling society
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Towards an energy and resource efficient
economy
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Towards better products, leaner production
and smarter consumption
European Commission
[email protected]
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/