The European Parliament supports the EU's recycling targets. In mid-April, it adopted a total of four legal acts on the waste and circular economy. The European Council still has to give its approval. The new rules stipulate that at least 55 per cent of municipal waste must be recycled from 2025. From 2030, the quota will be raised to 60 per cent and to 65 per cent in 2035.
The Recycling targets for packaging are 65 per cent from 2025 and 70 per cent from 2030, with specific targets set for paper and cardboard, plastics, glass, metal and wood. Germany currently recycles around 66 per cent of its municipal waste.
Another goal of the regulations that have now been adopted: From 2035, only a maximum of ten per cent of the Municipal waste end up in landfill sites. Many countries, including Germany, already landfill hardly any household waste. In contrast, this is still quite common in countries such as Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Latvia and Malta.
Biowaste must be collected separately throughout the EU from 2024. From 2015, this will already apply to Textiles and household waste categorised as hazardous. The non-binding target is that the Food waste is to be reduced by 25 per cent by 2030 and by 50 per cent by 2030.
