European Union ambassadors have approved new rules on waste management and recycling.
What benefits can these new regulations bring?
- Increased recycling of waste, which will foster the circular economy.
- Improved waste management and greater reuse of valuable materials embedded within the waste.
- These new rules establish legally binding targets—with set deadlines—for waste recycling and the reduction of landfill use.
- These targets will increase the proportion of municipal waste and packaging waste that is recycled, with specific targets for recycling materials used in packaging.
- The rules also include targets to reduce the amount of municipal waste sent to landfills.
- These targets will encourage the use of recyclable and reusable packaging.
- Reducing the EU’s dependence on raw material imports by promoting the prudent, efficient, and rational use of natural resources.
