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Alev Somer - UEPG Public Affairs Officer
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UNION EUROPÉENNE DES PRODUCTEURS DE GRANULATS
EUROPÄISCHER GESTEINSVERBAND
EUROPEAN AGGREGATES ASSOCIATION
The new EU Circular Economy PackageAlev Somer – UEPG Public Affairs Officer
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UEPG in a nutshell
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Organisational Structure
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The new EU Circular Economy Package Changes for backfilling, landfilling and recycling
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What is the Circular Economy package?
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Background
The previous Circular Economy Package has been withdrawn by the Juncker-led European Commission
New “more ambitious” proposal was tabled on 2 December 2015 and includes:
• Action Plan (Communication)• Annex: timeline• Implementation Plan• Amendments to the Waste Directive• Amendments to the Landfill Directive• Amendments to other waste legislation
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Timeline
December 2014 September – October 20161st EC Circular Economy Parliamentary debates on Package withdrawn compromise amendments
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EU Circular Economy Package
December 2015 European Parliament 2nd EC Circular Economy Environment Committee VotePackage 23-24 January 2017
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Simona Bonafé MEP (S&D, Italy), Rapporteur
Waste Hierarchy not questioned; min. requirements
for an extended producer responsibility; sorting systems
Karl-Heinz Florenz MEP (EPP, Germany)
Europe a resource-poor continent; less financial incentives
for landfill; less emphasis on targets, more on indicators to measure progress
Davor Škrlec MEP (Greens, Croatia)
Measures encouraging to use the waste hierachy;
move away from landfill towards recycling
Debate in European Parliament Environment Committee – 29 Sept. 2016
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Debate in European Parliament Environment Committee – 29 Sept. 2016
Piernicola Pedicini MEP (EFDD, Italy)
Waste should be used for backfilling only if inert
and non-hazardous; deconstruction before demolishing
Angélique Delahaye MEP (EPP, France)
Single and clear end-of-waste definition and
indicator to measure progress
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UEPG Statement on amendments to waste and landfill Directives
• Sorting systems for construction and demolition waste – Delete “aggregates”
• Definition of backfilling
• Clarification of “inert waste” definition
• Oppose economic instruments to provide incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy or the uptake of secondary raw materials.
• Extractive waste should be covered by the Mining Waste Directive, not the Waste Framework Directive – no reference to BREF
• Oppose weight-based lead indicator; more work to be done to develop sound resource efficiency indicator before setting new stricter targets
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UEPG action
UEPG Position on Waste Framework Directive
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UEPG action - Backfilling
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UEPG action - Inert waste definition for Waste and Landfill Directives
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Recycling and “End-of Waste” criteria
• EU Construction and Demolition Waste Protocol
• Diverse interpretation of what is waste from one country to another
• UEPG supports recycling in the aggregates sector however 80% of materials need to come from natural resources
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Different interpretation of waste
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Are unsold extractive materials considered as waste?Number of extractive
waste facilities
Restoration Screening mounds
Contruction within void
Backfilling Filter cake
Cyprus W W W W W 159
Finland W W W W W 1500
Spain W W W W W > 3500
France W W W W W NA
Belgium Non W Non W Non WW or non
WW or non
W9
Austria Non W Non W Non W Non W Non W 0
Germany Non W Non W Non W Non W Non W 0
Sweden Non W Non W Non W Non W Non W 0
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Alev
Alev Somer Public Affairs Officer
UEPG AISBLEuropean Aggregates AssociationGeneral SecretariatRue d'Arlon 21 - 1050 Brussels - BelgiumT +32 2 233 53 00E-mail: [email protected]: www.uepg.eu
Muito Obrigada
Questions?
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16 November 2016
If interested contact us at [email protected]
or register online via the Eventbrite link you can find on our website:
www.uepg.eu
We look forward to seeing you in Brussels!
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