2015 Waste Proposals:
Calculation Rules
COM (2015) 595 – Art 1(11)
COM (2015) 596 – Art 1 (4)
Julius Langendorff
European Commission, DG Environment
Unit A.2 Waste Management & Recycling
Outline
I. Recycling
II. Preparation for Reuse: waste
III.Preparation for Reuse: non-waste
IV. Horizontal Provisions
I. I. Calculation recycling
Current Rules
 Decision 2011/753/EU (art.2, par. 2)
"The weight of the waste prepared for reuse, recycled or materially recovered
shall be determined by calculating the input waste used in the preparation
for reuse or the final recycling or other final material recovery processes. […].
Where waste is collected separately or the output of a sorting plant is
sent to recycling or other material recovery processes without significant
losses, that waste may be considered the weight of the waste which is
prepared for reuse, recycled or has undergone other material recovery."
 Decision 2005/270/EC (art. 3, par. 4)
"The weight of recovered or recycled packaging waste shall be the input of
packaging waste to an effective recovery or recycling process. If the
output of a sorting plant is sent to effective recycling or recovery processes
without significant losses, it is acceptable to consider this output to be
the weight of recovered or recycled packaging waste."
Key
Recyclables collected for recyling
Points in the supply chain at
which recycling can be
measured
Waste collected by or on
behalf of municipalities
Reject and process losses
Total tonnage of material
collected for recycling
material
losses
Material Sorting / Treatment
Total tonnage of material
remaining after materials have
been sorted to remove
impurities
Final Recycling Process
material
losses
Total tonnage of material that
is made into final products
Final Products
Rationale for change
 Improve reliability and comparability of statistics
 Lack of definition of “non-significant” losses
 Divergent outcomes depending on the point of
measurement
 Extensive consultation of stakeholders & MS
Point at Which Recycling is Reported
Member State
Point of Collection
After First Sorting /
Treatment
Austria
Belgium

Bulgaria
Croatia


Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process

Point of Collection

Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process

Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process
Cyprus
-

Czech Republic
Denmark




Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process

Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy



Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process

Output of the first sorting operation
Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process
()
Not stated
Poland
()
Portugal

Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia

Not stated


Sweden

Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process
Suggest a mixed approach depending on waste
stream

Spain
United Kingdom
At the first treatment stage

Malta
Netherlands
Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process
Output of the first sorting operation
France
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process
Point of Collection
Estonia
Finland
Stated preference for where recycling should be
measured as part of the revised proposal
Post Sorting / Input to
Final Reprocessor
Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process
Not stated

Post Sorting / Input to Final Recycling Process
Calculating recycling: the
new proposal
 Two options to report recycling:
 Input into final recycling process (cf. definition)
 Output of sorting under the following conditions:
 Output of the sorting operation is sent into final recycling
 Weight of rejects below 10%
 Effective system of quality control and traceability
 Possibility to count recycling of metals taking place in
conjunction with incineration
II. Calculating Preparation for Reuse:
Waste
Current provisions &
the new proposal
 Current provisions
 Preparation for reuse of waste foreseen for the
calculation of the targets in WFD, but not in PPWD
 General provisions in Decision 2011/753/EU
 The new proposal
• Waste prepared for re-use is waste that:
 Has been recovered or collected by a recognised
preparation for reuse operator
 Has undergone all necessary checking, cleaning and
repairing operations
 So that it can be reused without further sorting or preprocessing
• Minimum requirements for operators to be set in a
III. Measuring Preparation for Reuse:
non-waste
The new proposal
 Main change
 MS may choose to count prep for reuse of non-waste
(products & components) against the new WFD & PPWD
targets
 Conditions
 Products & components prepared for reuse by recognised
preparation for reuse operators/deposit-refund schemes
 Use verified data from operators (minimum requirements
for operators to be set in a delegated act) and use the
formula in Annex VI:
IV. Horizontal Provisions
 Rules on how to take into account waste sent to
another MS and exported outside the EU:
 Counts against targets of the MS where the waste
was collected (cf. Decisions 2011/753/EU &
2005/270/EC) + additional conditions in case of
exports outside the EU
 Waste obtaining end of waste status can be
counted against the targets (art.6, par. 3)
Thank you for your attention!
Additional information:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/target_review.htm