On the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
A-9-2024-0055
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Anna Zalewska
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Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste sets binding food waste reduction targets, extends producer responsibility to textiles, and strengthens separate collection and sorting rules.¶¶¶ It requires the Commission to assess further targets and report on textile waste reduction, and mandates evaluations of the Waste Framework Directive and the Landfill Directive.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety proposes to amend the Commission proposal, introducing higher food waste reduction targets, extending producer responsibility to textiles, and adding provisions on separate collection and sorting.¶¶¶
Key points
- Member States must reduce food waste in processing and manufacturing by at least 20% and in retail, restaurants, food services and households by at least 40%, compared to the annual average between 2020 and 2022.¶¶
- Member States must take measures to prevent food waste along the entire food supply chain, including promoting 'ugly' fruits and vegetables, tackling unfair trading practices, and ensuring unsold safe food is donated.¶¶¶
- The Commission must adopt guidelines for food waste measurement and reporting, and by 2025 assess targets for primary production food waste, with a possible legislative proposal.¶¶
- Extended producer responsibility for textile, textile-related and footwear products is established, covering collection, sorting, preparing for re-use, recycling, and information campaigns, with fees modulated based on ecodesign criteria.¶¶¶
- Micro enterprises and self-employed tailors are excluded from extended producer responsibility for textiles, and social enterprises are to be supported and allowed to maintain their own collection points.¶¶¶
- Member States must ensure separate collection of textiles by 1 January 2025, and are encouraged to set up separate collection for wood.¶¶
- Used textiles must undergo sorting before shipment, and shipments suspected of being waste shall be inspected; textile waste shall not be mixed with used textile products.¶¶
- The Commission must adopt a delegated act on the methodology for calculating separate collection rates, and by 2026 assess the feasibility of a Union-wide register for textile producers.¶¶
- The Commission shall adopt implementing acts on fee modulation criteria for textiles, and by 2025 study end-of-waste criteria for plastic polymers in marine litter.¶¶
- Member States must ensure that separately collected waste for preparing for re-use and recycling is not incinerated or landfilled, except where incineration delivers the best environmental outcome.¶
- The Commission must evaluate the Waste Framework Directive and the Landfill Directive by 31 December 2026, with reports and possible legislative proposals.¶¶
Who is affected
- Producers of textile, textile-related and footwear products, including online platforms, must register and finance waste management.¶¶¶
- Social enterprises and re-use operators are to be included in collection systems and not required to hand over collected textiles.¶¶
- Member States are responsible for setting up collection systems, registers, and meeting reduction targets.¶¶¶
- Food businesses, including retailers and restaurants, must contribute to food waste prevention and donation.¶¶
Figures and deadlines
- at least 20% reduction in food waste in processing and manufacturing¶
- at least 40% reduction in food waste per capita in retail, restaurants, food services and households¶
- by 1 January 2025 for separate collection of textiles¶¶
- by 31 December 2025 for Commission assessment on primary production food waste targets¶
- by 31 December 2027 for evaluation of possible binding targets of at least 30% and 50% by 2035¶
- by 31 December 2026 for assessment of Union-wide register feasibility¶
- by 31 December 2025 for study on end-of-waste criteria for marine litter¶
- by 31 December 2026 for evaluation of Waste Framework Directive and Landfill Directive¶¶
Legal basis: Article 192(1) and Article 294(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union¶