Waste Framework Directive 75/442/EEC. Follow-up report

The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on its own-initiative report drafted by Johannes BLOKLAND (EDD, Netherlands) on the Waste Framework Directive. (Please see the summary of 04/11/03.) Parliament asked the Commission to rreview Directive 75/442/EEC with a view to establishing clear and enforceable conditions for the definition of waste disposal and waste recovery operations. These conditions should be based on minimum quality criteria such as: - the calorific value of the waste to be incinerated; - emissions of pollutants into air, water and soil; - separation of waste flows; - energy efficiency of incineration/co-incineration plants; - capacity to destroy organic components; - capacity to concentrate inorganic components or dramatically reduce their volume; - absence of hazardous substances in the end-product of co-incineration. It called on the Commission and Member States to set up a permanent waste Steering and Advisory Committee, along the lines of the existing structures applying to the Clean Air For Europe Strategy, so as to allow thorough and consistent monitoring and coordination of implementation of current waste legislation and stakeholder consultation on all waste legislation.�