Position papers
Position Paper on the Batteries & Waste Batteries Regulation
On 10 December 2020, the European Commission published a proposal for a new Batteries & Waste Batteries Regulation with the aim of boosting a circular economy for batteries. MWE welcomes the Commission's proposal to adapt the 2006 Batteries Directive to current and future needs by making it a Regulation and taking into account the aims of the Circular Economy Action Plan 2.0 and the European Green Deal to electrify transport. MWE is well aware of the expected increase in battery...
Response to the European Commission’s Open Consultation on The Soil Thematic Strategy
Municipal Waste Europe welcomes the Roadmap for a new Soil Thematic Strategy but calls on the European Commission to strengthen a set of crucial points. MWE's response highlights the relevant role of biowaste management in contributing to healthier soils and circular economy. The response is available here.
Position Paper on Textiles
MWE welcomes the European Commission's proposals on textiles set out in the Circular Economy Action Plan 2.0, launched in March 2020. Aware of the mandatory target to set up separate collection of textiles by 1 January 2025, MWE raises a set of critical points to be into high consideration in view of the upcoming EU Strategy for Textiles, Sustainable Products Policy Framework and any further EU strategies...
Requisite Conditionality Measures for the Application of EU Funding in accordance with the Waste Hierarchy
In view of the start of the inter-institutional negotiations among the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission, Municipal Waste Europe issues a position paper to bring clarity to the conditionality that applies to utilising the regional and cohesion funds in the version of the text following first reading in Parliament with regard to waste management. The position paper is available...
Further to the Circular Plastics Alliance Declaration
As representatives of waste manegement we are pleased to co-sign the Circular Plastics Alliance Declaration as we agree with its intentions however we find that its ambitions are not high enough. In this light, in addtition to the pledges made in the declaration, we, the European umbrella association reprsenting public responsibility for waste, issue an accompanying statement highlighting what we expect the Alliance to work on, above and beyond the pledges in the declaration...