EU Waste Policy and Challenges for Regional and Local

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Institute for International and European Environmental Policy

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Contents

1. Introduction to EU Waste Policy3

1.1 Hierarchy of Waste Management3

1.2 General Principles4

1.2.1 Precautionary Principle4

1.2.2 Proximity Principle5

1.2.3 Polluter-Pays/Producer Responsibility Principle5

1.3 The Aquis Communitaire on Waste5

2. Challenges for Regional and Local Authorities6

2.1 General Challenges6

2.2 Challenges specific to the Packaging Directive8

2.3 Challenges specific to the Landfill Directive8

3. Key Directives and Further Development of European Waste Policy9

3.1 Framework Directive (75/442/EEC)9

3.1.1 Objectives.9

3.1.2 Obligations.9

3.2 Packaging/Package Waste Directive (94/62/EC)10

3.2.1 Objectives.10

3.2.2 Obligations.11

3.3 Landfill Directive (99/31/EC)11

3.3.1 Objectives11

3.3.2 Obligations11

3.4 Further Development of European Waste Policy13

3.4.1 Waste Management Statistics (Regulation)13

3.4.2 Electric and Electronic Waste (proposal for a Directive)13

3.4.3 Biodegradable Waste (Directive to be proposed end of 2004)14

4. Conclusion14

List of EU Waste Policy15

Bibliography16