EUROPEAN WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATION Istanbul 21062007 JeanPierre HANNEQUART

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EUROPEAN WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONIstanbul
21/06/2007 Jean-Pierre HANNEQUART
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ACR ?
A.EUROPEAN POLICY STEPS B.LEGAL SYNTHESIS
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ACR an international network of Waste
Management Actors
More than 80 members 22 countries
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Association of Cities Regions for Recycling
Sustainable Management of Resources
67 LRAs Aalborg (DK), Agence de lEnergie et de
lEnvironnement en Poitou-Charentes (APCEDE F),
Amalga (P) Ancona (Provincia di - I), Andalucia
(E), Antwerpen (B), Barcelona (Ayuntamiento - E),
Barcelona (Area Metropolitana - E), Basel (CH),
Brussels (ABP-B), Brussels (Region-B), Catalunya
(E), Charentes (F), Charleroi (ICDI) (B),
Chiclana de la Frontera (E), Doncaster (UK),
Dublin (Irl), South Dublin County Council (Irl),
Dunkerque (F), Fingal County Council (Irl),
Gipuzkoa (E), Hasselt (B), Hampshire (UK),
Helsingborg (S), IDELUX (B), INTRADEL (B),
IPALLE(B), Kairouan (TN), La Coruna (E),
Lausanne (CH), Leiria (Valorlis, P), Liège (B),
Lille (F), Lisbon (P), London (UK),
Lons-le-Saunier (F), Luxembourg (GDL), Lyon (F),
Mahdia (T),Madrid (E), Malaga (E), Mallorca (E),
Marche (Regione I), Marseille (F), Milton
Keynes (GB), Nantes (F), Nicosia (Chypre), Odense
(DK), Oeiras (P), Oporto (Lipor) (P), OVAM (B),
Pamplona (E), Paris (F), Perugia (I), Rabat-Salé
(M), Regio Emilia (Provincia di - I), San Boit de
Llobregat (E), Settimo Torinese (I), Sousse (TN),
Torino (AMIAT AMIAT TBD, I), Département de
Vendée (F), Vienna (A), Wallonia (B), Warszawa
(PL), Zagreb (Cr) 5 Networks AMORCE (F), Cercle
National du Recyclage (F), Club Español de los
Residuos (E), AICA (I), AECR (S), 3 Private
companiesSUEZ Environnement, ENVAC, SHANKS 8
NGOs Academics Ecological Recycling Society
(Gr), ERICA (I), Espace Environnement (B),
Federambiente (I) Fundacion Traperos de Emaus
(E), Green Steps for Environmental Literacy
(TR) RAL Assurance Quality (D), Swansea Institute
(UK)
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Association of Cities Regions for Recycling
Cities
Regions
Provinces
NGOs
EXCHANGE of information and experience
Academics, companies
European Commission
Regulatory and voluntary instruments
Statistics techniques
Financial mechanisms
Communication
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• Packaging
• Organics
• Electrical
• Bulky
• Hazardous

• Eco-consumption
• Waste prevention
• Selective collection
• Recycling
• Recovery

EXCHANGE partnership
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Association of Cities Regions for Recycling
Exchange partnership
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A concept of 100 kg
less per inhabitant per year
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RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING PERFORMANCES?

• EUROPEAN WASTE BIN (500 KG)
• ORGANICS (35) 175 KG
• DRY RECYCLABLES (50) 250 KG
• OTHERS 75 KG

• Selective collection performances
• 120- 200 kg/person/yr of dry recyclables
• Paper 70-100 kg/person
• Glass 25-35 kg/person
• Light fraction packaging 20-35 kg/person
• 100-200 kg/person/yr of bio-waste
• 50-150 kg/person/yr of other recyclables

Textiles 3-5 kg/person WEEE 4-8 kg/person

• EUROPEAN POTENTIAL RECYCLING TARGET
• COMPOSTING 125 KG (25)
• RECYCLING SS 200 KG (40)
• ____________
• (65)

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EUROPEAN POLICY STEPS

• Waste Strategy (1989)(1997)
• Integrated Product Policy (2001) (2003)
• 6th Environmental Action Programme (2002)
• Ressources Thematic Strategy (2005)
• Prevention and Recycling thematic strategies
  (2005)

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1. EUROPEAN WASTE STATEGY (1989)(1997)

• Hierarchy 1. Prevention
• 2. (optional) Reuse
• 3. (implicit) Material Recycling
• 4. Recovery
• 5. Disposal
• Proximity (for disposal) /
• Free circulation (for recovery)(inside EU)

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2. EUROPEAN INTEGRATED PRODUCT POLICY (2003)

• ( all product life-cycles all the stakeholders
  all the political instruments)
• gt2004-2006 pilot product exercise (mobile
  phones/ tropical wooden garden chairs)
• gt 2005-2006 identification of products with the
  greatest potential for environmental improvement
  (food and drink, private transport,housing)
• Working groups ( reporting formats /
  environmental product information/ LCA )
• IPP toolbox

• Green paper (2001)
• Integration of environmental costs
• into the price of products
• Support of eco-design
• Promotion of eco-consumption

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3a. 6TH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME
(2002-2012)

• WASTE AND RECOVERY OBJECTIVES
• - Decoupling waste and economic growth (2010
  22 of electricity from renewables)
• at source
• - Waste reduction
• landfill

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3b. 6TH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME
(2002-2012)

• NEW LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE

(waste/product) (disposal/recovery)
- packaging
- batteries
- sludges
- biodegradable wastes
- construction waste
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3c. 6TH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME
(2002-2012)

• THEMATIC STRATEGIES PERSPECTIVE
• Minimum requirements (means in relation to
  objective regular evaluation consultation /
  co-decision)
• Potential contents (quantitative and qualitative
  targets timetables multi-instrumental
  approaches)

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3d. 6TH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME
(2002-2012)

• THEMATIC STRATEGIES PERSPECTIVE ABOUT
• 1- air quality
• 2- soil protection
• 3- pesticides
• 4- marine environment
• 5- waste recycling
• 6- sustainable use of natural resources
• 7- urban environment

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4. THEMATIC STRATEGY RESOURCES (2005)

• Disconnect environmental damage from economic
  growth (2008 guidelines)
• Scientific Centrum
• High level forum
• Panel (with UNEP) on global impact

• Problems are more environmental impact than
  possible scarcity
• Disconnection strategy needs20 years
• knowledge gathering
• policy assessment

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5a THEMATIC STRATEGY WASTE RECYCLING(2005)

• EUROPEAN RECYCLING SOCIETY final aim
• - BETTER REGULATION
• - LIFE-CYCLE THINKING
• - COMMON STANDARDS
• - STUDY ON (EUROPEAN) MATERIAL
  OBJECTIVE
• - EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ABOUT
  NATIONAL DISPOSAL TAXES

• NEW INCENTIVE MEASURES
• Common criteria for landfill taxes?
• Tradeable certificates ?
• More producer responsibility ?
• Promotion of pay-as-you-throw schemes?
• Landfill bans or obligatory separation at source?

• NEW RECYCLING TARGETS
• Material-orientated targets (papers, plastics)?
• Indicative recycling targets (cdw, msw)?

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5b THEMATIC STRATEGYWASTE PREVENTION(2005)

• NATIONAL PREVENTION PROGRAMS OR PLANS
• WASTE PREVENTION INTEGRATION IN BREFS and PERMITS

• prevention targets?
• restrictions for particular substances?
• voluntary or mandatory waste prevention plans?
• information exchange on consumers behaviour?

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B. LEGAL ACTS
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BETTER REGULATION FOR WASTE

• COM (2003)71
• - to revise the juridical key-definitions
• - to look for non-regulatory options
• - to introduce "life-cycle thinking"
• - to adopt a new framework-directive
• - to revise all existing juridical acts

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LEGAL PRINCIPLES

Prevention/Precaution Polluter - Pays High Level
of Protection
Integration Subsidiarity
Proximity Self-Sufficiency
Hierarchy Co-responsibility
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PREVENTION PRINCIPLE

• Qualitative and quantitative measures
• Clean products and technologies
• (Directive 91/156)
• Packaging national programs /
• essential requirements (Directive 94/62)
• Waste reduction at source

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PREVENTION PROGRAMMES?
NATIONAL WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES
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Resources
Waste
Products
Recycling
DEMATERIALISATION
ECO-CONSUMPTION
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PRECAUTION PRINCIPLE

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• Hazardous waste restriction
• No dumping at sea

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"POLLUTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE

• All actors implication
• Banning of financial aid
• Civil liability (without fault)
• Channelling of financial obligation

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5. Landfill taxes in EU 15 (in /ton 2006)
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HIGH-LEVEL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

• NO to the lowest common denominator
• Liberty to take more restrictive environmental
  measures
• Restriction to some waste movement

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SUBSIDIARY PRINCIPLE

• ? EUROPEAN ACTION IF
• Transboundary pollutions
• National disparities with
• distorsions of competition
• barriers to internal market
• undesirable movement of investment
• Global saving

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INTEGRATION PRINCIPLE

• EUROPEAN FORUM on the COMPETITIVENESS of the
  RECYCLING INDUSTRY
• INTEGRATED PRODUCT POLICY

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HIERARCHY PRINCIPLE

• PREVENTION
• Suppression
• Qualitative
• Quantitative
• Reduction
• - REUSE
• RECOVERY
• - MATERIAL RECOVERY
• Internal
• External
• Recycling
• Sub-cyling
• (Composting, feedstock)
• - ENERGY RECOVERY
• Hight
• Low
• DISPOSAL

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CO-RESPONSABILITY PRINCIPLE

• WASTE MANAGEMENT COSTS INTEGRATION INTO THE COSTS
  OF
• - packaging
• - used cars
• - electric and electronic equipement
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• PHYSICAL AND / OR ORGANISATIONAL TASK

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PRODUCERS RESPONSABILITY - A Diversity of
Approaches
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PROXIMITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

• "Must be disposed of as soon as possible to their
  place of production"
• EU must treat all the waste produced on its
  territory
• MS shall aim the same but taking onto account
• geographical conditions
• the need of specialized plants
• the need of an integrated network of waste
  management
• some small quantities of hazardous waste

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Conclusion
Ideas Studies Actions
Judicial Economic Educational

Waste Products Resources
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Rethink Redesign
ReuseRepair
Reduce

Waste
Resources
Product
Reuse Repair Recycle Recover
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For any other information Jean-Pierre
HANNEQUARTjph_at_ibgebim.be

ACR Association of Cities and Regions for
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