Waste
Review of the Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste
New report on the Thematic Strategy
In December 2005 the Commission published a Communication on
the Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste.
Progress towards the objectives set out in the strategy has been
reviewed in a
Report on the Thematic Strategy on waste prevention and recycling
adopted on the 19th January 2011 by the Commission which
is accompanied by a
Staff Working Document. It includes a summary of the main
actions taken by the Commission, the main available statistics on
waste generation and management, a summary of the main forthcoming
challenges and recommendations for future actions. A
leaflet summarises the main messages of the published
report. A supporting
study for the review has been achieved by consultants.
A stakeholder event to feed into the review was conducted on the
22nd June, findings from this event are being fed into the
supporting study and the review of the strategy.
 Follow-up to the Report on the waste Thematic Strategy
The report on the Thematic Strategy includes several
recommendations including to take new initiatives to favour the use
of economic instruments to implement the waste hierarchy. The
Commission has therefore launched a study on the use of economic instruments and
their possible impact on the waste hierarchy.
Background
The Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste is one of
the seven thematic strategies programmed by the 6th Environmental
Action Plan.
This long-term strategy aims to help Europe become a recycling
society that seeks to avoid waste and uses waste as a resource.
It will draw on the knowledge that the thematic
strategy on resources, also adopted on 21 December 2005, will
generate.
An information event on the Thematic Strategy was held on 16 January 2006. Nearly 200 stakeholders
heard presentations on the strategy, and had the opportunity to
ask questions:
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