The Ecodesign Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is an important development for the circular economy, one in which waste management plays a key role. Municipal Waste Europe represents municipalities’ obligations to collect in accordance with EU waste legislation, thereby playing their role in the delivery of circular raw materials to manufacturing but also in preventing waste by preserving products through repair and reuse. MWE supports the scope of the proposal in co-decision, widening the Ecodesign Directive from just energy use to materials. The proposal introduces numerous Delegated Acts which would extend the reach of the Regulation to each product group however MWE finds that several of the vertical ecodesign requirements should be made horizontal and therefore applicable to all products (press release). Go to the full list of amendments here...