The Commission opened from 27 June to 25 July a public consultation on a draft regulation implementing the Critical Raw Materials Regulation, which was adopted last year and includes phosphorus as a critical raw material.
The implementing regulation lays down in Annex the list of products, components and waste streams considered as having a potential to recover critical raw materials. The list includes ‘digestate or compost from separately collected biowaste’. This list has to be established by the Commission under the Critical Raw Materials Regulation which requires Member States to adopt and implement national measures on circularity designed to, among other, “increase the collection, sorting and processing of waste with relevant critical raw materials recovery potential, including metal scraps, and ensure their introduction into the appropriate recycling system, with a view to maximising the availability and quality of recyclable material as an input to critical raw material recycling facilities”. The list should serve as a reference for Member States when establishing their national measures.
You can find the feedback submitted by ECN here: link.