WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES _ NEW EUROPEAN CONCEPTS

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2 WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES _ NEW EUROPEAN CONCEPTS Audrey Martin, Communication Officer Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and sustainable Resource management 2

3 ACR+ Public authorities Cities Regions Other actors NGOs Academics Businesses Conferences & Workshops Technical Reports Campaigns & Projects News & Information Advocacy EU Affairs WASTE PRODUCTS RESOURCES Regulations Technologies Financing Communication 3

4 WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES IN THE NEW DIRECTIVE CONCEPTS OF PREVENTION AND REUSE IN THE NEW DIRECTIVE HOW TO IMPLEMENT? 4

5 (Article 29) WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES =? no later than 5 years integrated either into the waste management plans or into other environmental policy programmes or as separate programmes. shall set out waste prevention objectives shall describe the existing prevention measures and evaluate the usefulness of others (cfr Annex IV). shall determine appropriate specific qualitative or quantitative benchmarks may determine specific qualitative or quantitative targets and indicators, The Commission shall create a system for sharing information on best practice regarding waste prevention and develop guidelines in order to assist the Member States in the preparation of the Programmes. 5

6 WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES New obligation? DIRECTIVE 2006/12 (Article 7) In order to attain the objectives referred to in Article 3 the competent authority shall be required to draw up as soon as possible one or more waste management plans. (Article 3) Member States shall take appropriate measures to encourage first, the prevention or reduction of waste production and its harmfulness. 6

7 ABOUT WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES Annex IV: List of examples Article 30: Evaluation and Revision Article 31: Public participation Article 32: Cooperation Article 33: Notification Article 3: Definitions of Prevention and Reuse Article 4: Hierarchy Article 11: Reuse Promotion Article 9: Supporting tools 7

8 ANNEX IV WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES Examples 1. (planning measures) 2. (research and development ) 3. (indicators of environmental pressures) 4. (promotion of eco-design) 5. (information on best available techniques) 6. (training of competent authorities) 7. (measures under Directive IPPC) 8. (support to business) 9. (voluntary agreements) 8

9 ANNEX IV WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES Examples 10. (environmental management systems) 11. (economic instruments) 12. (awareness campaigns) 13. (eco-labels) 14. (product panels) 15. (public and corporate procurement) 16. promotion of reuse 9

10 WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES Evaluation and revision (Article 30) 1. Member States shall ensure that the waste prevention programmes are evaluated at least every six year and revised as appropriate. 2. The European Environment Agency is invited to include in its annual report a review of progress in the completion and implementation of waste prevention programmes. 10

11 WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES Public participation (Article 31) Member States shall ensure that relevant stakeholders and authorities and the general public have the opportunity to participate in the elaboration of the waste prevention programmes, and have access to them once elaborated, They shall place the programmes on a publicly available website. 11

12 WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES Cooperation (Article 32) Member States shall cooperate as appropriate with the other Member States concerned and the Commission to draw up the waste prevention programmes 12

13 WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES Notification (Article 33) Information to be submitted to the Commission 1. Member States shall inform the Commission of the waste prevention programmes, once adopted, and of any substantial revisions. 2. The format for notifying the information shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39 (3). 13

14 DEFINITION OF PREVENTION (Article 3) (12) Prevention" means measures taken before a substance, material or product has become waste, that reduce: a) the quantity of waste, including through the re-use of products or the extension of life span of products; b) the adverse impacts of the generated waste on the environment and human health; or c) the content of harmful substances in materials and products. 14

15 DEFINITION OF REUSE (Article 3) (13) Re-use" means any operation by which products or components that are not waste are used again for the same purpose for which they were conceived. (16) Preparing for re-use" means checking, cleaning or repairing recovery operations, by which products or components of products that have become waste are prepared so that they will be re-used without any other pre-processing. 15

16 TO APPLY THE HIERARCHY (Article 4) 1. The following waste hierarchy shall apply as a priority order in waste prevention and management legislation and policy: (a) prevention; (b) preparing for re-use; (c) recycling; (d) other recovery, e.g. energy recovery; and (e) disposal. 2. When applying the waste hierarchy referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take measures to encourage the options that deliver the best overall environmental outcome. This may require specific waste streams departing from the hierarchy where this is justified by life-cycle thinking on the overall impacts of the generation and management of such waste. 16

17 WASTE PREVENTION Supporting tools (Article 9) The Commission shall submit in support of the prevention activities and the implementation of the waste prevention programmes: a) by the end of an interim report on the evolution of waste generation and the scope of waste prevention; - the formulation of a product eco-design policy with a view to promoting technologies focusing on durable, re-usable and recyclable products; - an action plan to change the current consumption patterns b) by the end of 2014 waste prevention and decoupling objectives for

18 WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES Some comments New directive Emphasis on prevention Clarification of prevention and reuse No quantitative targets 5-year deadline 18

19 HOW TO IMPLEMENT? Providing support to local and regional authorities in programming waste prevention actions 19

20 European Campaign for Waste Reduction A1 To do more and better (Information sharing) 4 lines of action A2 To identify guidelines and indicators (Clusters) A3 To work in partnership (Twinnings/ cooperation agreements) A4 To increase European awareness (European Week for Waste Reduction) 20

21 UPCOMING PUBLICATION Campaign Handbook Practical guide aimed at local and regional authorities wishing to organize waste reduction actions Publication foreseen end of 2008 CampaignHandbook= - Strategic options -Why act? - Identifying the scope of action - Identifying targets - Identifying the actions and their waste reduction potential - Description of ACR+ campaign 21

22 CLUSTERS Call for expressions of interest Benchmarks, targets, indicators and guidelines Vital role of cities and regions in setting up indicators Developing common research tools on the main streams of municipal waste and on the main categories of preventive actions European Campaign = 4 Clusters -packaging Report available soon -biowaste 2008 Report available soon -paper waste 2009 Call for interest -bulky waste 2009 Call for interest Open to external experts (academics, NGOs, businesses, etc) 22

23 European Week for Waste Reduction Raise the profile of preventive actions will help to reproduce them and to increase their effectiveness Adopting a specific time period to raise awareness amongst European citizens will help encourage multiple initiatives European Campaign = ACR+ lobbying for official adoption of a European Week for Waste Reduction LIFE+ project coordinated by ADEME Pilot edition in

24 European Week for Waste Reduction Partners in the LIFE+ project ADEME ACR+ Bruxelles Environnement Catalonia Waste Agency (ARC) Grande Porto (LIPOR) ACR+ Members Gipuzkoa (ES) Lille Métropole (FR) Pamplona (ES) Walloon Region (BE) 24

25 Thank you for your attention! For more information: Audrey Martin 25

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