FEAD - European Waste Management Association

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, represents the entire waste and resource recovery sector in Europe, including collection, sorting, recycling, energy and material recovery, and the final disposal.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the initiative to strengthen the European manufacturing industry. However, the focus of the Industrial Accelerator Act remains on primary production industries, not considering recycled materials as equals. This sends a regrettable signal.

FEAD strongly welcomes the proposal in the call for evidence for the upcoming Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act to assess incentives for uptake of clean carbon feedstock, including recycled waste and recovered energy. The geopolitical climate, disruptions to global supply chains, and increasing competition for critical inputs have exposed Europes dependence on finite resources.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the evaluation of the public procurement directives in the EU. With the aim of improving competition and the circular economy, we present a number of critical remarks on the functioning of public procurement in the waste management market.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the revision of the public procurement directives in the EU. With the aim of improving competition and the circular economy, we present a number of critical remarks on the functioning of public procurement in the waste management market.

FEAD, the European Federation for Waste Management and Environmental Services, welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to substantiate green claims in order to empower the consumer and business partners for the green transition. Private waste management companies are major operators in this service, operating in 60% of municipal waste markets in Europe, and in 75% of industrial and commercial waste.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste management industries in Europe, welcomes the possibility to respond to this valuable initiative promoted by the European Commission on shaping the renewable energy legal framework.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the evaluation of the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD).

FEAD position on the environment omnibus I. FEAD calls for maintaining the national authorised representative requirement The Authorised Representative (AR) is a central element of effective EPR enforcement—not a mere administrative formality.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

FEAD, representing the European private waste and resource management industry, supports an ambitious CBAM as a crucial tool to reinforce the competitiveness of EU industry, and contribute to achieving the Unions climate and circular economy objectives. Recycling in the EU, in particular plastics recycling, is currently under significant economic pressure.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to reinforce the EUs climate resilience and risk management framework. With members operating across the entire waste value chain, we represent a sector that is both critical to continuity of essential services and instrumental in ensuring environmental safety in case of extreme weather events.

FEAD welcomes the Commissions work to establish the Digital Product Passport (DPP) Registry under Regulation (EU) 2024/1781. The DPP can become an important tool to improve transparency across value chains, support safer treatment and recycling, and facilitate the transition to a circular economy.

The undersigned organisations, representing civil society, business organisations and companies active along the waste management value chain, highlight that rules for calculating recycled content in plastics using a mass balance approach under the Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) will in influence market dynamics and shape the industry for decades to come.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes the European Commission's proposal for the Digital Product Passport (DPP) under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation. As representatives of the waste management private sector, we recognise the DPP as a key tool to promote transparency across product value chains, support sustainability objectives and enable the transition to a circular economy.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act. Advanced materials will play a central role in decarbonisation, clean technologies and strategic value chains. At the same time, they are already creating new and increasingly complex waste streams that challenge existing collection, sorting, treatment and recycling systems.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, appreciates the opportunity to comment on the application of the do no significant harm (DNSH) principle in the next multiannual financial framework (MFF). FEAD welcomes that the call for evidence clarifies that the DNSH principle under the Taxonomy and the next MFF have different legal basis, objectives, scope and design features.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes the review of RED Annexes V and VI and thanks the Commission for the opportunity to comment. FEAD puts forward the following recommendations: The introduction of an equivalent negative emission credit for biowaste as to what is currently granted to manure Clarifying what are standard and best practices in view of defining GHG emission saving values Updating…

FEAD, the European Federation for Waste Management and Environmental Services, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe welcomes the Commissions latest Directive to amend the Council Directive 91/676/EEC on specific fertilizing materials from livestock manure.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, is deeply concerned about the EUs initiative to regulate the aluminium scrap market and calls upon the European Commission to focus on the competitiveness of the entire aluminium value chain. Market restrictions on recycled materials impact our sector as export restrictions would impact any other industry.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the Commissions efforts to establish EU-wide end-of-waste (EoW) criteria for plastic waste under Article 6 of the Waste Framework Directive.

FEAD welcomes the possibility to contribute to the EU climate policy framework after 2030 and emphasises the importance of incorporating in this framework the promotion of the circular economy a key element currently absent from the call for evidence. When the Commission published its Communication on the 2040 climate target it emphasised the significance of the circular economy to achieve the EUs climate goals.

FEAD, the European Federation for Waste Management and Environmental Services, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe has taken notice of the Commissions Delegated Regulation on extending the scope of the data to be included in the Union Database (UDB) as it can potentially be an important tool for increased transparency under the Renewable Energy Directive (RED).

FEAD supports the revision of EU rules on textile labelling to ensure the correct information of consumers. The waste management sector needs information on the waste received, but a label at product level will have little added value for waste managers working with big and bulky flows and applying automatic (sorting) processes.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, would like to comment on Annex I, the format for the disclosure of information on discarded unsold consumer products.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the Commissions efforts to harmonise battery labelling requirements under Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.

The Guidelines give a list of requirements which specify a 'common interest' under section 3.1. The criteria mentioned are of social nature and related to market failures. However, to enable the implementation of the Clean Industrial Deal, this common interest urgently has to be updated with sustainability criteria.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes the Commission's draft Delegated Act regarding the list of waste streams with high critical raw material recovery potential under Article 26 of the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA).

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association representing the private waste management industry in Europe, as well as the European Cylinder Makers Association (ECMA) and the Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP), welcome the European Commissions proposal for a REACH restriction on nitrous oxide (NO).

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Delegated Act establishing rules for the calculation and verification of average loss rates (ALR) for the sorting of waste under the Waste Framework Directive.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes the proposal of the European Commission to propose an unintentional trace contaminant (UTC) limit value for Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) under the Annex I of the POP Regulation.