Position papers
EU Strategy on Plastics in a Circular Economy - Extended position
We welcome the European Commission's new Plastics Strategy which is vital if the EU is to develop a sustainable, low-carbon, resource-effecient, competitive Circular Economy and we set out our suggestions in each of the four pillars which, we, the European umbrella association representing public responsibility for waste, consider relevant to face the challenges in the transition to a circular economy for plastics.
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EU Strategy on Plastics in a Circular Economy
Following many months of deliberations internally to Municipal Waste Europe, we are now pleased to present our proposals for an EU Strategy on Plastics in a Circular Economy.
Please find here the position paper.
Key stakeholders response on the Waste-to-Energy Communication
Following many months of deliberations, both internally to Municipal Waste Europe and with a wide group of stakeholders encompassing all interests, we are now pleased to present the response which has been agreed to by ourselves, CEWEP and CEEP.
Please find the joint response here.
Joint Stakeholder Response to Landfill Diversion Delay
The co-signatories to this paper would like to communicate the hazards related to delaying the implementation of targets to reduce landfilling of waste.
Please find here the joint response.
Joint Proposal for a Compromise decision on agreeing one measurement point for recycling and one calculation method
Following many months of deliberations, both internally and with a wide group of stakeholders encompassing all interests, we are now pleased to share a proposal which has been agreed to by ourselves and CEEP. This proposal results from the work of our experts and the experts of a wide range of stakeholders, in the hope that it will assist in arriving at a workable compromise which is based on technology and practice on this most complex and political of issues.
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