Summary
Cefic has provided input to the public consultation on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation establishing EU-wide end-of-waste (EoW) criteria for plastics from mechanical and solvent-based recycling. In its response, Cefic urges the Commission to swiftly develop a dedicated end-of-waste framework for chemical recycling, reflecting its distinct technological and value-chain characteristics. Regulatory certainty on end-of-waste status is crucial to enable innovation and unlock investment decisions and should not be delayed.
Key takeaways
- Limiting the scope of the current regulation strictly to mechanical and solvent-based recycling;
- Explicitly stating that Member State authorities should continue to assess end-of-waste status for chemical recycling of plastic wastes, on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with their current national regulations
- That, in order to avoid any ambiguity and to ensure consistency with the definition of Recycling under Article 3(17) of the Waste Framework Directive, the reference in Recital 4 to input material for chemical production should be removed.
- Explicitly acknowledging, within this Regulation, the distinct nature of chemical recycling relative to mechanical and solvent-based recycling.