update


Less than a year before the European elections, the EU continues to advance its ambitious circular economy agenda under a tight schedule. Last month, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position for talks with EU governments on a new ecodesign framework for sustainable products. Amongst other, MEPs want to prioritise the setting of sustainability requirements for product groups such as lubricants. Also, Member States recently adopted its negotiating position on the revision of waste shipments rules. This is a positive development for GEIR as it emphasises the importance of guaranteeing the waste hierarchy, giving priority to recovery, and prohibiting shipment of waste destined for disposal.


More importantly, on July 5 the Commission published the long-awaited proposal to review the Waste Framework Directive (WFD). As anticipated, the revision focuses solely on textile and food waste – thus excluding waste oils. Instead, the Commission


Marco Codognola, GEIR President


is planning to adopt recommendations for Member States on how to improve waste oils regeneration. This is a missed opportunity to boost the circularity, and particularly through targets for the collection and regeneration of waste oils. Together with NGOs, GEIR has raised concerns to the Commission and the Parliament about the decision to exclude waste oils from the revision, as it is contrary to the Green Deal and the EU’s climate objectives.


While we certainly regret the narrow scope of the revision proposed by the Commission, our determination to advocate for the importance of establishing binding legislation for waste oils remains intact. To this aim, GEIR will engage with policy- makers during the upcoming negotiations on the proposal to review WFD.


www.geir-rerefining.org


22 -24 November 2023,


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64