Impacts of new Legislation on waste statistics Point 10 Karin Blumenthal, E.2 DIMESA meeting 16-17 October 2018

Legislation impacted by the waste package Packaging waste directive - Directive 94/62/EC End-of-life vehicles directive – Directive 2000/53/EC Landfill directive - Directive 1999/31/EC Waste framework directive - Directive 2008/98/EC Waste Electronic Electrical Equipment - Directive 2012/19/EU Batteries Directive - Directive 2006/66/EC Indirectly impacted: Municipal waste statistics (no underlying legislation)

Impacts of new waste legislation Several implementing/delegated acts are to be drafted and adopted until March 2019 (e.g. more detailed information on methodology in new format of quality check reports, changed reporting formats) Requirement to measure food waste – data probably to be collected by Eurostat Several calculation rules will change (e.g. recycling) and information on average loss rates will be required Municipal waste data collection have to be adjusted due to stricter requirements on the reporting of recycling (average loss rates)

Implementing act on rules to: Deadline: 31 March 2019 Implementing act on rules to: calculate recycling and landfilling of municipal waste count biowaste separated and recycled at source count recovered metals from incinerated municipal waste calculate recycling of packaging waste count reuse of sales packaging placed on the market for the first time count repair of wooden packaging rules for counting recovered metals from packaging waste Implementing act: methodology and format to report on reuse Implementing act: reporting format waste oils Delegated act: average loss rates  Delegated act: food waste

Some new definitions (Art 3 WFD) "bio-waste" means biodegradable garden and park waste, food and kitchen waste from households, offices, restaurants, wholesale, canteens, caterers and retail premises and comparable waste from food processing plants "food waste" means all food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council* that has become waste "material recovery" means any recovery operation, other than energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels or other means to generate energy. It includes, inter alia, preparing for re-use, recycling and backfilling "backfilling" means any recovery operation where suitable non-hazardous waste is used for purposes of reclamation in excavated areas or for engineering purposes in landscaping. Waste used for backfilling must substitute non-waste materials, be suitable for the afore-mentioned purposes, and be limited to the amount strictly necessary to achieve those purposes

Some new definitions (Art 3 WFD) Municipal waste means: mixed waste and separately collected waste from households, including paper and cardboard, glass, metals, plastics, bio-waste, wood, textiles, packaging, waste electrical and electronic equipment, waste batteries and accumulators, and bulky waste, including mattresses and furniture; mixed waste and separately collected waste from other sources where such waste is similar in nature and composition to waste from households; Municipal waste does not include waste from production, agriculture, forestry, fishing, septic tanks and sewage network and treatment, including sewage sludge, end-of-life vehicles or construction and demolition waste. This definition is without prejudice to the allocation of responsibilities for waste management between public and private actors;

Proposal on Own Resource in new MFF Multiannual Financial Framework The Commission proposed on 2 May 2018 an Own Resource on plastic waste that would contribute about 5 billion euro per year to the EU budget; The calculation of the OR on plastic waste would be based on the amount of plastic packaging waste that is not recycled; Data would be based on the Packaging Waste Directive, data collection would be done by Eurostat; Specific information requirements on data collection methodologies are likely to be formulated, as foreseen by the amendment of the waste legislation; Country visits are likely to be carried out to check the data.

Tentative timeline - waste package /OR

Result from EoV Food waste 24 countries commented on food waste 19 countries (NSIs) reported to be involved in food waste statistics, to an extent ranging from 'being in contact with the responsible institution' to 'playing an active role in the development of a monitoring system' (4 NSIs) Packaging waste 12 countries commented on packaging waste 6 countries (NSIs) reported to be involved in packaging waste statistics

Thank you for your attention Karin.Blumenthal@ec.europa.eu