Menu principal du site

COLLECTIONS
PRACTITIONER'S CORNER
About EU law

Prevention and recycling of waste

Every year, some 2 billion tones of waste - including particularly hazardous waste - are produced in the Member States, and this figure is rising steadily.

Stockpiling waste is not a viable solution and destroying it is unsatisfactory due to the resulting emissions and highly concentrated, polluting residues.

The best solution is, as always, to prevent the production of such waste, reintroducing it into the product cycle by recycling its components where there are ecologically and economically viable methods of doing so.

The EU has a framework for coordinating waste management in the Member States in order to limit the generation of waste and to optimise the organisation of waste treatment and disposal.


Legislative instruments


Preparatory acts


Other acts