Circular economy package: Four legislative proposals on waste
Although waste management in the EU has improved considerably in recent decades, over a quarter of municipal waste is still landfilled and less than half is recycled or composted, with wide variations between Member States. Improving waste management could deliver positive effects for the environment, climate, human health and the economy. As part of a shift towards a circular economy, the European Commission made four legislative proposals introducing new waste-management targets regarding reuse, recycling and landfilling, strengthening provisions on waste prevention and extended producer responsibility, and streamlining definitions, reporting obligations and calculation methods for targets. "A more recent edition of this document is available. Find it by searching by the document title at this address: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/home.html"
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- biodégradabilité
- commercialisation
- droit de l'Union européenne
- déchet
- détérioration de l'environnement
- ENVIRONNEMENT
- impact sur l'environnement
- lutte contre le gaspillage
- mesure nationale d'exécution
- organisation des transports
- politique de l'environnement
- produit d'emballage
- prévention de la pollution
- qualité de l'environnement
- recyclage des déchets
- stockage des déchets
- TRANSPORTS
- UNION EUROPÉENNE
- véhicule
- ÉCHANGES ÉCONOMIQUES ET COMMERCIAUX
- élimination des déchets