Avfall Sverige (Swedish Waste Management) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions consultation on the forthcoming Circular Economy Act and the Clean Industrial Deal. In our submission - Turning Non-Recyclable Waste into European Resilience - Avfall Sverige presents a proposal on how high-efficiency Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facilities, integrated with Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage…
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Avfall Sverige
Industry association · Sweden · EU Transparency Register 547393443282-22
6
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
6
legislative files
of 665 tracked
3
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #565 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
2.2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€50K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
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EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2021
in the register since
Declares membership of
- CEWEP (https://www.cewep.eu/members/)
- MWE (https://www.municipalwasteeurope.eu/member/avfall-sverige)
- ECN (https://www.compostnetwork.info/about-ecn/list-of-members/)
- ISWA (https://www.iswa.org/blog/member-display/national-member-sweden/?v=f003c44deab6)
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Head office
- Malmö, Sweden
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Avfall Sverige filed 6 positions between 8 Nov 2021 and 14 Apr 2026, across 6 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 3 times.
2021 · 1 filed2022 · 1 filed2025 · 2 filed2026 · 2 filed
What they argued
The municipality of Trelleborg agrees that EU procurement rules should be simplified and made more accessible, not least for smaller businesses. This is achieved by reducing the administrative burden, improving accessibility for SMEs, and ensuring that procurement promotes sustainability and social value (and innovation) in particular.
Filed in Swedish · English published by the European Commission
— The Commission needs to put more focus on the pursuit of a toxic-free environment and to levy the tax loop through regulation ensuring that hazardous substances do not recirculate in recyclaes.-Waste Sweden also notes that there are previous Commission proposals that relate to Waste Sweden’s position that taxes and levies can be used to manage waste management.
Filed in Swedish · English published by the European Commission
Avfall Sverige (Swedish Waste Management) wishes to further clarify the need to adjust the EU taxonomy framework to ensure that carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) at waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities can be recognised as sustainable activities, and thereby qualify for green finance, in line with the previous response submitted by Sysav in the context of earlier Call for…
Waste Sweden supports the proposal for a binding 2040 target of at least 90 % reduction in net emissions, but would like to stress some crucial prerequisites for the target to have a real impact. The waste sector, including energy recycling, is today a source of emissions, mainly due to the plastic content of residual waste.
Filed in Swedish · English published by the European Commission
We welcome strict requirements in the EU’s CO2 emission performance standards, but we believe that EU legislation should be built around research-based well-to-wheel or life-cycle analysis on climate emissions. We are very critical of the persisting with the tailpipe approach, as proposed by the Commission.
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