The Commission organised a public consultation on the next Early Warning Report for 2027 to assess the progress made by Member States towards achieving the 2030 recycling target for municipal waste (among others), identify Member States at risk of missing the targets and provide general and country-specific recommendations for Member States to improve their waste management performance.
The ECN gathered feedback from its members and submitted a feedback that can be accessed here: LINK.
In brief, ECNs feedback highlights the urgent need to improve bio-waste collection and recycling across EU Member States. Key recommendations include dedicated bio-waste recycling targets, harmonised monitoring, stronger enforcement of separate collection obligations and improved input quality. ECN also calls for the promotion of effective collection systems, such as door-to-door collection, and sufficient treatment capacity to ensure the production of high-quality compost and digestate.
The European Environmental Agency (EEA) will also consult Member States through a questionnaire on the state of play of their implementation in view of meeting the municipal waste and landfill targets. In addition, the Commission has commissioned a study that includes the task to present the EEA country assessments to (mainly) national stakeholders. The consultations will focus on requesting stakeholders’ input on what they think general and country-specific recommendations should be – to support Member States in their effort to improve waste prevention, separate collection, sorting and recycling, with a view to achieving the targets.
The Early Warning Report is expected to be published in late 2027.