European legislation on waste and the new Waste Framework Directive Commissions perspective

Karolina Fras DG Environment, European Commission

THE PROBLEM TO TACKLE - WASTE

Facts, figures, objectives and principles

Environmental impacts

Pollution of ground and surface waters from leachates Air pollution including green house gasses Long-term soil pollution Nuisances (noise, odours, optical, ! Loss of resources and associated impacts from production of virgin materials

Where are we now?

Despite its mat rit! "#$ !ears o% &aste %rame&or' Directive( t)e Comm nit! &aste le*islation is not implemente+ s %%icientl! &ell ,! all Mem,er States an+ economic pla!ers

"housands of illegal landfills #ore than $ on % shipments of waste found to &e illegal 're(uent infringement cases )till high ris* of damage to health and safet+

,- "he good implementation of e.isting legislation is as important as the development of new legislation/

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LE23SLAT34E A5SWER

#tructure of waste legislation

'ramewor* Legislation

0ori1ontal Legislation

2aste )tream )pecific Legislation

Waste Prevention and Recycling Strategy

COM(2005) Framework Legislation
Waste Framework Directive
(Dir.75/442/EEC Revised in Thematic Strate !

&a'ardous Waste Directive

Dir."$/&%"/EEC

Waste S%ipment Regulation

(Re . (EEC) 25"/"#)

Just revised

Waste Treatment Operations

(ncineration
%"/#&" ' 42" (M() "4/&7 ()() Re*+aced ,! 2000/7&/EC

Landfill
""/#$/EC

Recycling
EU Standards, , as part of Recycling Strategy

Waste Streams
Waste oils
Dir 75/4#"/EEC

Titanium Dio*ide
Dir 7%/$7&/EEC

Sewage Sludge
Dir. %&/27%/EEC

repeal in Thematic Strategy

Possibility Up-date in 2006 to partly repeal in 2006

Batteries and Packaging ccumulators and Packaging Dir. "$/$57/EEC ' "#/%&/EEC Waste COM(200#)72# New proposal in co-decision
Dir. "4/&2/EC

P!Bs
Dir."&/5"/EC

"nd#of#life $e%icles
Dir 2000/5# EC

Waste electric and electronic e+uipment

Dir.2002/"5EC

Restriction of &a'ardous Su,stances

Dir.2002/"5EC

)ining Waste
C-m (200#)#$"

Just revised

WASTE FRAMEWORK D3RECT34E o,6ectives o% revision

 Mo+ernise an+ simpli%! &aste polic!7 3ntro+ ce an impact-,ase+ approac)7 3ntro+ ce 8en+-o%-&aste9 criteria7 Esta,lis) minim m treatment stan+ar+s7 Waste prevention7 Repeal &aste oils an+ )a:ar+o s &aste +irectives7

WASTE FRAMEWORK D3RECT34E main c)an*es

Scope and Objectives

5e& environmental o,6ective7 Precise scope7

3ne.cavated contaminated soil and immova&le propert+ E.cavated uncontaminated soil and naturall+ occurring material Animal &+-products )ediments relocated inside waters

Simplification
3ncorporation o% ot)er le*islation

0a1ardous 2aste (all e.isting re(uirements 4 new provisions! 2aste 5ils (no a&solute priorit+ for regeneration, re(uirement for separate collection!

Clarification streamlining definitions

Rec!clin* Recover! Waste

End-of-waste 6+-products

Waste Hierarchy
PRE4E5T

PREPAR352 FOR RE;SE

REC<CL352 "COMPOST352(

OTHER RECO4ER< "E5ER2< RECO4ER<(

D3SPOSAL

New recycling targets

B! /$/$. t)e preparin* %or re- se an+ rec!clin* o% =$> ,! &ei*)t o% at least paper. metal. plastic an+ *lass %rom )o se)ol+ an+ possi,l! ot)er ori*ins as %ar as t)ese &aste streams are similar to &aste %rom )o se)ol+s7 0$> ,! &ei*)t o% non-)a:ar+o s constr ction ? +emolition &aste7

New dimension of prevention

5e& re@ irements concernin* prevention

#) to esta&lish waste prevention programmes7 Programmes to set out prevention o&8ectives, descri&e prevention measures, determine (ualitative and (uantitative &enchmar*s or targets for waste prevention7

3n+icators to ,e +evelope+ ,! t)e Commission7 Commission to create a s!stem %or s)arin* in%ormation on ,est practice re*ar+in* &aste prevention an+ +evelop * i+elines %or MS7

WASTE FRAMEWORK D3RECT34E State o% pla! an+ o tloo'

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%hank !ou for !our attention

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