While the Circular Economy Act is being drawn up, ECN has prepared 11 key policy recommendations aimed at improving the circularity of biowaste management in Europe.
Our policy recommendations include:
- Supporting the implementation of an efficient separate collection of municipal and non-municipal bio-waste.
- Introducing a mandatory End-of-Waste status for compost and digestate at EU level.
- Incentivising the use of compost and digestate on soils.
- Considering sludges from the food processing industry as biowaste.
Find our position paper here: link.
The Circular Economy Act is expected to be published by 2026 and a public consultation should be opened soon.