Construction & Demolition Waste (C&DW) is the biggest waste stream in the EU. It is not regulated properly at EU level, the 70% recovery target is often met with by "backfilling". There is a need for improvement and the Circular Economy Act could be the place to arrange this. What is needed foremost is a recycling target for inert C&DW.
FIR
FIR
Industry association · Netherlands · EU Transparency Register 493188452872-53
4
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
4
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 (57,800 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1519 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #771 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.5
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€50K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2024
in the register since
Declares membership of
- www.fir-recycling.com
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 15 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- Fédération Internationale du Recyclage (FIR)
- Head office
- Zaltbommel, Netherlands
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 15 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
FIR filed 4 positions between 21 Dec 2021 and 5 Nov 2025, across 4 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 3 times.
2021 · 1 filed2022 · 2 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
FIR welcomes the initiative of the Commission to improve the overall environmental outcome of waste management. FIR represents the recycling industries of construction and demolition waste and of incinerator bottom ash. The initiative offers opportunities to improve the management in Europe of these vast waste streams. Attached is our feedback to the call for evidence.
Feedback to the Commission proposal for a regulation laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products (Construction Products Regulation) FIR represents the recycling industry of Construction & Demolition Waste (C&DW) and of Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA). Those member states where FIR has representation cover 60% of the EU population.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Feedback of FIR to the EU’s Microplastics Initiative This feedback is given on behalf of FIR (Fédération Internationale du Recyclage), representative of the European recycling industry of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) and of Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA). We welcome the initiative of the Commission to take measures that must prevent the release of microplastics in the environment.
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