Position papers
Municipal Waste Europe amendments on the Committee of the Regions (CoR) draft opinion on the revision of the waste targets, 6 June 2013
Municipal Waste Europe congratulated the Committee of the Regions rapporteur, Mr. Lebrun, on his excellent draft opinion on the Review of the European Union’s key waste targets and added some detailed comments with the request that they are included in the opinion as a clarification of the excellent points raised, given the benefit of our members’ practical knowledge of waste management.
Municipal Waste Europe welcomes the emphasis in the report on the...
Letter on ban on the landfilling of recyclable and combustible waste
Municipal Waste Europe co-signed a letter addressed on 13 May 2013 to the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso calling for a ban on the landfilling of recyclable and combustible waste. Please find the letter ...
MWE Strategy Paper on resource-efficiency
Municipal Waste Europe published a paper on the essential role municipalities and their waste management companies play in making the EU resource-efficiency strategy a success.
Whereas resource-efficiency is ever more important in a world of economic and planetary constraints, this not only requires sustainable production processes, it also calls for coordinated action plans to recover the resources in products and materials...
Input to the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials
As member of the recycling expert group of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials, Municipal Waste Europe was called to give its input on the scope and aims of the Partnership and action points on how to achieve a recycling society and a resource-efficient europe.
Municipal Waste Europe underlines the role of municipalities as the bridge between citizens and the recycling market in the recovery of material resources from the municipal waste...
Position Statement on the Amendments to the Proposal for a Directive on Concessions, 2011/0437 (COD)
In its paper of 9 November 2012, Municipal Waste Europe supports selected amendments tabled on the proposal for a Directive on Concessions. The amendments chosen support the freedom of choice for contracting authorities, inter-communal cooperation and the maintenance of exclusive rights where they are currently enforced. The maintenance of waste management services as service concessions is also upheld.
We find that the Commission’s proposal of 90% municipal waste is damaging to existing...