14 Amendments of Carlos ZORRINHO related to 2015/0274(COD)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Waste management in the Union should be improved, with a view to protecting, preserving and improving the quality of the environment, protecting human health, ensuring prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources and promoting a more circular economy, fostering the energy transition and energy efficiency and promoting a more circular economy that will make it possible to reduce the Union’s natural resources dependence.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The targets laid down in Council Directive 1999/31/EC14 setting landfill restrictions should be amended to make them better reflect the Union's ambition to move to a circular economy and make progress in the implementation of the Raw Materials Initiative15 by gradually reducing landfilling of waste destined for landfills for non-hazardous waste until it is phased out altogether. __________________ 14 Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (OJ L 182, 16.07.1999, p. 1). 15 COM(2008) 699 and COM(2014) 297.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Clear eEnvironmental, economic and social benefits wouldill be derived from further restricting landfilling, starting with waste streams and prohibiting the landfilling of waste that areis subject to separate collection (e.g. plastics, metals, glass, paper, bio-waste). Technical, environmental or economical feasibility of recycling or other recovery of residual waste resulting from separately collected waste should be taken into account in the implementation of these landfill restrictions or prohibitions.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Many Member States have not yet completely developed the necessary waste management infrastructure. The setting of clear landfill reduction targets will furtherand the creation of a framework programme with a time schedule for the targets to be met will further encourage and facilitate separate collection, sorting and recycling of waste and avoid locking potentially recyclable materials at the bottom of the waste hierarchy.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) A progressive reduction of landfilling until it is phased out altogether is necessary to prevent detrimental impacts on human health and the environment and to ensure that economically valuable waste materials are gradually and effectively recovered through proper waste management and in line with the waste hierarchy. This reduction should avoid the development of excessive capacity for the treatment of residual waste facilities, such as through energy recovery or low grade mechanical biological treatment of untreated municipal waste, as this could result in undermining the achievement of the Union's long-term preparation for reuse and recycling targets for municipal waste as laid down in Article 11 of Directive 2008/98/EC. Similarly, and to prevent detrimental impacts on human health and the environment, while Member States should take all necessary measures to ensure that only waste that has been subject to treatment is landfilled, compliance with such obligation should not lead to the creation of overcapacities for the treatment of residual municipal waste. In addition, in order to ensure consistency between the targets laid down in Article 11 of Directive 2008/98/EC and the landfill reduction target defined in Article 5 of this Directive and to ensure a coordinated planning of the infrastructures and investments needed to meet those targets, Member States which may obtain additional time for the attainment of the municipal waste recycling targets should also be given additional time to attain the landfill reduction target for 2030 as laid down in this Directive. The shipment of waste within the European Union and to third countries should be properly monitored and coordinated, thereby guaranteeing that it is carried out in a manner that is fully consistent with the principles and premisses of the circular economy.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Waste management in the Union should be improved, with a view to protecting, preserving and improving the quality of the environment, protecting human health, ensuring prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources and promoting a more circular economy, fostering the energy transition and energy efficiency and promoting a more circular economy that will make it possible to reduce the Union’s natural resources dependence.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The targets laid down in Council Directive 1999/31/EC14 setting landfill restrictions should be amended to make them better reflect the Union's ambition to move to a circular economy and make progress in the implementation of the Raw Materials Initiative15 by gradually reducing landfilling of waste destined for landfills for non-hazardous waste until it is phased out altogether. __________________ 14 Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (OJ L 182, 16.07.1999, p. 1). 15 COM(2008) 699 and COM(2014) 297.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to ensure better, timelier, and more uniform implementation of this Directive and anticipate implementation weaknesses, an early warning system should be established to detect shortcomings and allow taking action ahead of the deadlines for meeting the targets and promoting the exchange of best practice among the various stakeholders.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Clear eEnvironmental, economic and social benefits wouldill be derived from further restricting landfilling, starting with waste streams and prohibiting the landfilling of waste that areis subject to separate collection (e.g. plastics, metals, glass, paper, bio-waste). Technical, environmental or economical feasibility of recycling or other recovery of residual waste resulting from separately collected waste should be taken into account in the implementation of these landfill restrictions or prohibitions.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Many Member States have not yet completely developed the necessary waste management infrastructure. The setting of clear landfill reduction targets will furtherand the creation of a framework programme with a time schedule for the targets to be met will further encourage and facilitate separate collection, sorting and recycling of waste and avoid locking potentially recyclable materials at the bottom of the waste hierarchy.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) A progressive reduction of landfilling until it is phased out altogether is necessary to prevent detrimental impacts on human health and the environment and to ensure that economically valuable waste materials are gradually and effectively recovered through proper waste management and in line with the waste hierarchy. This reduction should avoid the development of excessive capacity for the treatment of residual waste facilities, such as through energy recovery or low grade mechanical biological treatment of untreated municipal waste, as this could result in undermining the achievement of the Union's long-term preparation for reuse and recycling targets for municipal waste as laid down in Article 11 of Directive 2008/98/EC. Similarly, and to prevent detrimental impacts on human health and the environment, while Member States should take all necessary measures to ensure that only waste that has been subject to treatment is landfilled, compliance with such obligation should not lead to the creation of overcapacities for the treatment of residual municipal waste. In addition, in order to ensure consistency between the targets laid down in Article 11 of Directive 2008/98/EC and the landfill reduction target defined in Article 5 of this Directive and to ensure a coordinated planning of the infrastructures and investments needed to meet those targets, Member States which may obtain additional time for the attainment of the municipal waste recycling targets should also be given additional time to attain the landfill reduction target for 2030 as laid down in this Directive. The shipment of waste within the European Union and to third countries should be properly monitored and coordinated, thereby guaranteeing that it is carried out in a manner that is fully consistent with the principles and premisses of the circular economy.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to ensure better, timelier, and more uniform implementation of this Directive and anticipate implementation weaknesses, an early warning system should be established to detect shortcomings and allow taking action ahead of the deadlines for meeting the targets and promoting the exchange of best practice among the various stakeholders.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 1999/31/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2024 at the latest, the Commission shall examine the target laid down in paragraph 5 with a view to reducing it and introducing restrictions to the landfilling of non-hazardous waste other than municipal waste. The Commission shall carry out an impact assessment to establish whether it would be appropriate to set a target for the total amount of waste that can be landfilled, calculated per kilogramme per person per year. To this end, a report of the Commission accompanied by a proposal, if appropriatenecessary, shall be sent to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
7. By 31 December 2024 at the latest, the Commission shall examine the target laid down in paragraph 5 with a view to reducing it and introducing restrictions to the landfilling of non-hazardous waste other than municipal waste. The Commission shall carry out an impact assessment to establish whether it would be appropriate to set a target for the total amount of waste that can be landfilled, calculated per kilogram per person per year. To this end, a report of the Commission accompanied by a proposal, if appropriatenecessary, shall be sent to the European Parliament and the Council.';