The German Association for Waste Management has formulated three key demands for the German parliamentary elections. Tax incentives for the use of recyclates are one of them.
The future federal government should also commit to the Materially equal treatment of primary and secondary raw materials Another demand of the German Association for Waste Management (DGAW). The manifold discrimination against secondary raw materials due to objectively unfounded limit values must be ended. Instead, primary and secondary materials should be placed on an equal footing in order to promote and strengthen the use of secondary materials. Otherwise, the The goal of a circular economy remain a vision.
Tax incentives for the use of recyclates
In future, production processes should primarily recyclates are used is one of the association's demands. The future German government could, for example, significantly increase the use of recyclates through fiscal regulations.
German Association for Waste Management calls for an end to landfilling
The ban on landfilling in the EU must be implemented more quickly, demands the DGAW. This would have the greatest impact on climate protection and the environment, but would also require that the member states in particular, which currently still have a high landfill rate, receive funding for the construction of waste utilisation plants. A Landfilling should also be prohibited for recyclable mineral residues. be introduced. Austria has currently implemented this in an exemplary manner. However, the amendment to the German Mantelverordnung still stands in the way of this.
[infotext icon]The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Abfallwirtschaft e. V. is a German association with around 450 members and is based in Berlin. The DGAW has been working independently of interests since 1990 and serves its members, industry players and politicians as a point of contact on the path to a circular economy[/infotext].Source: German Association for Waste Management.
