Policy Issues - active and monitoring

Municipal Waste Europe follows a number of specific Policy Issues within the European Union discussions. They are decided by the Policy Committee.

The latest policy issues are:

Active Issues

SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST

Including:
• Public procurement
• In-house
• Service concession
• State aid

PRODUCERS RESPONSIBILITY

END OF WASTE CRITERIA

BIODEGRADABLE WASTE
Including:
• Food waste
• Sewage sludge

THEMATIC STRATEGY ON PREVENTION AND RECYCLING
Including:
• Roadmap Resource efficiency
• Raw materials strategy

Monitoring Issues
Including:
• Plastic bags
• Fertilizers from waste material origins
• Soil protection
• WEEE Directive recast
• Waste Framework Directive (2008) implementation
• Renewable energy from waste origins