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Amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste

TA-9-2024-0145 · P9_TA(2024)0145 · PE752.974

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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 for 2030 and establishes extended producer responsibility for textiles, with separate collection from 2025. It also excludes CO2 captured for geological storage from waste law, requires registers for textile producers, and mandates reporting and reviews.

Key points

  1. Member States must reduce food waste in processing and manufacturing by at least 20% by 2030 compared to 2020-2022 average.
  2. Member States must reduce per capita food waste in retail, restaurants, food services and households by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 2020-2022 average.
  3. Member States must take measures to prevent food waste, including behavioural change interventions, promoting 'ugly' fruits and vegetables, and encouraging food donation.
  4. Producers of textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc have extended producer responsibility, covering collection, sorting, recycling and information costs.
  5. Micro enterprises with fewer than 10 employees and turnover under EUR 2 million, and self-employed tailors, are excluded from producer responsibility but may join schemes.
  6. Member States must establish registers for textile producers; online platforms must verify producer registration before offering their products.
  7. Separate collection of textiles is required from 1 January 2025; collected textiles are considered waste until sorted.
  8. Producer responsibility organisations must set up collection systems covering the whole territory, and social enterprises may operate their own collection points.
  9. Shipments of used textiles must be accompanied by records proving prior sorting and fitness for re-use.
  10. The Commission must assess textile waste reduction targets by 30 June 2025 and review food waste targets by 31 December 2027.
  11. Member States must review food waste prevention programmes within two years and designate competent authorities for coordination.

Who is affected

  • Producers of textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc, excluding micro enterprises and self-employed tailors.
  • Online platforms allowing distance contracts with textile producers must verify producer registration.
  • Social enterprises and social economy entities involved in textile collection and re-use.
  • Food business operators, including small and medium enterprises, affected by food waste reduction measures.

Figures and deadlines

  • 10% reduction target in processing and manufacturing changed to at least 20%.
  • 30% reduction target for retail and households changed to at least 40%.
  • Separate collection of textiles by 1 January 2025.
  • Compositional surveys every 5 years (originally 3).
  • Commission to assess textile waste targets by 30 June 2025.
  • Commission to review food waste targets by 31 December 2027.

Legal basis: Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union