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Green Paper on a European Strategy on Plastic Waste in the Environment
- Prof. Dr. jur. Helmut Maurer
Source: EEA 2010 derived from SERI GLOBAL 2000, Friends of the Earth Europe (2009)
Green Paper on a European Strategy on Plastic Waste in the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Green Paper on a European Strategy on Plastic Waste in the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Green Paper on a European Strategy on Plastic Waste in the Environment Prof. Dr. jur. Helmut Maurer Europische Kommission, DG Umwelt, Brussels 15.07.2013 Source: EEA 2010 derived from SERI GLOBAL 2000, Friends of the Earth Europe (2009)
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Source: Eurostat Comext Statistics, EEA 2010, The European Environment, State and Outlook 2010 : Thematic Assessment – Material Resources and Waste
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The European Framework
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6th EAP Thematic Strategy on Waste Prevention and Recycling
Waste Framework Directive
2008/98/EC
Waste Shipment Regulation
Recycling Standards (future) Landfill Directive Incineration Directive Packaging Mining waste Sewage Sludge PCB/ PCT Vehicles WEEE & Restriction
- f use
Batteries
In Brown : with targets
Framework Treatment Streams
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Environmental Objectives Art. 1 WFD The WFD as the “Constitution” of European waste law
- Preventing and reducing the
adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste
- Ressource conservation
- Ressource efficiency
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Waste as
Waste Prevention
Preparing for re-use
RECYCLING Recovery Disposal
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Disposal To a Minimum
Design Collection Reuse, Recycling, Recovery Manufacturing Distribution Use Natural Resources
Waste & Recycling Smarter Consumption Leaner Production Better Products Sustainable use of natural Resources
http://lca.jrc.ec.europa.eu LCA-waste@jrc.it
EU Approach – Life Cycle Thinking
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- 2013:
waste prevention programmes
- set objectives
- determine benchmarks or targets
- describe prevention measures
Promotion of eco-design for products Campaigns to change consumer behaviour Supporting the reduction of industrial waste (EMAS, ISO 14001) Green public procurement
- 2014: Commission to propose waste prevention and
decoupling objectives by 2020, if appropriate
Waste prevention – Key tool for preserving resources and avoiding marine litter
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Give waste more value through end-of-waste criteria
- End-of-waste criteria for plastic should
- support recycling markets and
- boost resource efficiency
- JRC Report finalised, in depth discussion ongoing
- Criteria should be:
- Simple
- Practicable
- Effective and efficient
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Other measures to improve resource efficiency and combat marine litter
- Separate collection (Art. 11 WFD)
- At least of paper, metal, plastic, glass by 2015
- higher yield, better quality
+ Specific provisions on Batteries, WEEE, Packaging and PCB/PCT
Extended producer responsibility
- Soft law ("may") leaving it to Member States to set the
rules
- Highest potential to achieve resource efficiency
a sleeping beauty
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Recycling targets boost resource efficiency
- By 2020 (Art. 11 WFD):
- Achieve preparation for re-use, recycling of
household waste including plastic to a minimum of
- verall” 50% by weight.
- Achieve preparation for re-use, recycling and
backfilling of 70% construction & demolition waste
- Target review foreseen in 2014
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Extended producer responsibility
- MS ‘may take measures’ to ensure extended
producer responsibility
- of persons developing, manufacturing, selling,
importing products
- To strengthen prevention, re-use, recycling and
recovery
- including take-back schemes and financial
responsibility
- including eco-design
- respecting the proper functioning of the internal
market
A sleeping beauty!
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Practical Challenges
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Source: Eurostat 2012
Municipal Waste Production
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 CZ PL SK LV EE RO LT EL HU SI BG BE SE PT EU 27 FI FR IT UK ES DE AT NL MT LU IE CY DK Kg per capita
2004 2010
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Source: Eurostat 2010
80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 1995 = 100
MW generated Population MW generated per capita GDP MW generated per EUR (GDP)
Source: Eurostat 2011
Municipal Waste and BIP- Decoupling
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What we do with Plastic Waste
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Packaging Waste/ Member State
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Plastic Packaging waste dominating
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Packaging Waste – where to go ?
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Green Book Plastic Waste in a Nutshell Transit to circular economy,
- Resource efficiency, new economic models
End landfilling Plastic waste Design allowing full simple and economic
- recycling, consumer information