Position papers
MWE Position Paper on the Commission proposal to amend the Waste Framework Directive (textiles)
On 5 July the European Commission came up with a proposal to amend the Waste Framework Directive to integrate new provisions on food waste prevention and textiles. Beginning with the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, the European institutions and stakeholders have deepened discussions and analysis of the whole value chain of textile products, aiming at finding solutions to the increasing consumption of textiles, related social and pollution problems worldwide and challenges...
Recommendations on the Council Regulation laying down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy
MWE, EBA, GD4S and eurogas welcome the objective of the Commission’s Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy. However, the main focus is on solar energy, wind energy and technologies based on heat pumps, omitting biogas and biomethane. Read the paper...
Amendments to the Renewable Energy Directive
In its current form, the RED does not sufficiently address bio-waste and its importance in terms of the quantity of waste to be treated by Anaerobic Digestion and the Greenhouse Gas savings associated with this renewable energy source. REPowerEU includes a Biomethane Action Plan to increase EU production to 35bcm by 2030 to accelerate the EU’s energy independence while boosting the green transition. As per EUROSTAT waste statistics for the EU27 for 2020, generation of vegetal waste (bio-...
Position & Amendments to the Ecodesign of Sustainable Products Regulation
On 30 March 2022 the European Commission published their proposal for a ‘Regulation establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC’. The proposal was launched as part of the Circular Economy Package I, together with other relevant initiatives. We understand that the text sets out a framework of requirements within which manufacturers and other parties will have to operate addressing each product group and specificities...
Response to the Second Consultation on the Waste Framework Directive - July 2022
MWE welcomes the second public consultation on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive. As the online consultation is addressed to the general public we find that the questionnaire and its multiple choice answers are lacking in clarity and depth for an expert audience. We have therefore not responded via the generic questionnaire but through the detailed, technical response developed by the full Municipal Waste Europe membership,...