EEA hodnotila programy na předcházení vzniku odpadů

Evropská agentura pro životní prostředí (EEA) dnes zveřejnila druhou zprávu, která hodnotí stav předcházení vzniku odpadů (PVO) v Evropě. Zpráva hodnotí 27 národních a regionálních programů PVO. Předcházení vzniku odpadů patří mezi priority Evropské unie v oblasti odpadů. Na prevenci vzniku odpadů je pochopitelně kladen důraz i v rámci nově zveřejněného balíčku k oběhovému hospodářství.

Selected highlights:

• The programmes cover a range of sectors and waste types. All of them cover sectors such as households and all except one the public services, whereas only a few programmes include the agriculture, and mining and raw materials sectors. The majority of the programmes address food/organic waste, municipal/household waste, waste electrical and electronic equipment, packaging waste and hazardous waste.

• Most programmes mention the overall objective of breaking the link between economic growth and the environmental impact associated with the generation of waste.  Improving material efficiency, resource efficiency, decoupling of resource use from economic growth and preventing the use of primary materials are listed in several programmes. The reduction of harmful substances is included in more than half of the programmes.

• Seventeen include quantitative targets ranging from total waste generated to more specific targets for particular sectors or waste types with different baseline and target years. Twenty-four programmes specify indicators for tracking progress on objectives and targets and, ultimately, on the effectiveness of waste prevention policies. Only ten programmes include explicitly monitoring systems. In some cases, monitoring is covered in other documents.

• The analysis highlights a broad range of planned measures: 39% focus on the design, production and distribution phase; 40% are related to the consumption and use phase; and 21% focus on the general framework conditions of waste generation. Of the policy instruments included in the programmes, 63% concern information and awareness raising; economic and regulatory instruments account for 16% and 14%, respectively; and 7% voluntary agreements.

Dokument ke stažení:

Waste prevention in Europe - the status in 2014.pdf  (2.0 MB)