Municipal Waste Europe regrets the Commission’s decision to withdraw the Circular Economy Package from the 2015 Work Package while recognising its commitment to revise and re-­table a broader, more ambitious Package within three months.

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Municipal Waste Europe recognises the importance of achieving a circular economy in Europe and supports a definitive move in this direction.  

Measuring the quantity and quality of materials sorted out of waste for recycling is a very important step in achieving a circular economy. It is a necessary change, but it is not practicable to set new tagets based on the new measurement proposed. As there is fall-out in the...

Municipal Waste Europe supports the full implementation of the waste hierarchy, with particular focus on prevention, re-­‐use and recycling with high recycling targets, which, coupled with the step- wise phasing out of landfilling, are a necessary tool in the creation of a circular economy.

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CEMBUREAU, CEWEP, ESWET and Municipal Waste Europe adopted a joint press release regarding "Waste Derived Fuels are not a candidate for End-of-Waste"

The 4 European Associations raise concerns in light of the increasing number of Member States that are developing their own national criteria for the End-of-Waste status of Solid Recovered Fuels (SRF) and Refuse Derived Fuels (RDF) which means that strict waste legislation would thereby not apply.

The...

Weine Wiqvist, the President of Municipal Waste Europe says of this revision: ‘Municipalities are at the forefront of the implementation of European legislation on waste and as such, have first-hand experience of the challenges and opportunities induced by waste management. Coming at a key time in the history of the world economy which ties in with an increased awareness in the production industry of the sustainable use of resources, the...