Fédération Européenne des Activités du Déchet et de l’Environnement

European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services

Europäische Föderation der Entsorgungswirtschaft

Nadine De GreefFEAD Secretary General

FEAD MEMBERS

FEAD promotes environmentally sound Waste Management in close co-operation with the EU institutions, networking with horizontal and sectoral industry, trade organisations and coalitions.

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€50 billion

Member Associations

Companies

Employees

Turnover

Members

•More than 200 incinerators•More than 2 800 landfills•More than 1 000 composting sites•More than 1 350 recycling plants

60 % share of Municipal Solid Waste in Europe80 % of Industrial and Commercial Waste (incl. hazardous waste)

FEAD represents

Gather expertise and up-to-date information

Compare experiences

Advise decision-makers of the overall situation in EU

Lessons learnt in practice should lead us to better, more efficient legislation and therefore superior environmental and economic performance

FEAD Mission

Framework legislation

Waste Treatment operations

Specific Waste Streams

Waste Framework Directive (under revision) Directive on hazardous

waste(Dir. 1991/689/EEC)

Waste ShipmentsRegulation

(Reg. (EEC/2006/1013)

Incineration of waste

(Dir. 2000/76/EC)

Landfill of waste (Dir. 1999/31/EC)

Waste oils(Dir 1975/439/EEC)

Sewage sludge

(Dir. 1986/278/EEC)

Batteries(Dir. 2006/66)

P&PW(Dir. 1994/62/EC)

ELV(Dir. 2000/53/EC)

WEEE(Dir. 2002/96/EC)

Recycling Thematic Strategy

Mining Waste

Dir. EC/2006/21

2006 changes to EU Waste Policy Management

REVISION OFTHE WASTE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE

TIMELINE

German Presidency

Portuguese Presidency

Slovenian Presidency

Political Agreement

Council Common Position

2nd Reading

Final Act

Beginning 2007

End 2007

Beginning 2008

28.06.2007

Conciliation

KEY ISSUES

Waste Hierarchy

By-products

Recovery and Energy-from-Waste

Self-Sufficiency and Proximity Principles

Other issues

EP First Reading: 5-step hierarchy as general rule LCA and cost-benefit analysis for specific waste stream to deviate from

hierarchy

CL current position (28 February 2007): 5-step hierarchy as “guiding” principle Departing where indicated by LCT MS to take into account gen. ENV protection principles, technical &

economic viability

FEAD position: An integrated waste management system will provide the most

sustainable resource management FEAD supports a 5-step hierarchy only if flexibility is granted FEAD welcomes the life-cycle thinking FEAD would welcome guidelines to secure an harmonized European

approach/Life-cycle tools ought to be easily usable in waste policy

Waste Hierarchy

EP First Reading: Recital calling for Commission’s guidelines was adopted Additional article calling for a Commission legislative proposal on by-

products

CL current position (28 February 2007): Member States decision on a case by case basis if certain conditions

are met

FEAD position: FEAD members are opposed to the creation of a “third legal”

category Any definition on by-products requires a proper assessment of any

potential negative impacts on the environment Any attempt to “freeze” the legal certainty to the present

jurisprudence will fail Developing guidelines is the best way to proceed

By-products

EP First Reading: Definition of recovery includes again reference to interim operations MEPs recognised that energy-from-waste should be classified as

Recovery (def energy recovery adopted) But no formula was adopted

CL current position (28 February 2007): Definition of recovery is close to initial Commission’s proposal (ref.

Annex II as non-exhaustive list) R1 formula as proposed by the Commission + reference to BAT for

Waste Incineration

FEAD position: FEAD welcomes that municipal waste incinerators may be considered as

recovery operations The energy efficiency criterion should be accessible under the conditions

prevailing in all EU Member States. The threshold should be based on the energy efficiency performances

that are achievable when using the Best Available Techniques

Recovery and Energy-from-Waste

EP First Reading: Amendments extending the application of the self-sufficiency

principle to waste destined for Recovery were rejected

CL current position (28 February 2007): Integrated network of disposal installations and installations for

recovery of MSW collected from private household

FEAD position: FEAD is opposed to the extension of the self-sufficiency principle to

waste for Recovery Open markets in the waste management industry is a driver for high

EU environmental standards

Self-Sufficiency and Proximity Principles

FEAD opposes any modification to the definition of waste

FEAD understands the need for a proposal to clarify the “end-of-waste” status in exceptional cases

Regulation provides control and guarantees a high level of environmental and health protection therefore the Commission initiatives should not reduce the safeguards applied to the management of waste

FEAD calls to maintain proven principles and instruments such as the ‘polluter pays’ principle’ or the producer’s responsibility

FEAD is not in favour of integrating the Hazardous Waste Directive into the Waste Framework Directive

Modernisation and simplification of legislations should not lead to deregulation

Other FEAD statements linked to the rev of WFD

END-OF-WASTE PROJECT

• carried out by the Joint Research Centre – IPTS (Institute for Prospective Technological Studies)

• aim is to develop a general methodology for determining end-of-waste criteria

• case studies on: Aggregates Compost Scrap metal

FEAD Workshop on the Implementation of the Landfill Directive10-11 May 2007, Budapest, Hungary

FEAD EVENTS

FEAD Annual Conference18-19 October 2007, Athens, Greece

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