Construction and demolition waste (CDW) accounts for almost 40% of all waste generated in the EU. The European Commission is taking important binding and non-binding legislative actions to ensure CDW is managed in an environmentally sound manner and contributes to the circular economy. This...

This study focuses on the separation, collection and subsequent management of the dry recyclable fractions (i.e. beverage cartons, glass, metal, paper and cardboard, and plastic) of municipal waste in the EU-27. The goal of the study is to recommend compliant/noncompliant and, in general, best...

In the context of the EU's Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), the Joint Research Centre is investigating the rationale for harmonising separate collection systems for municipal waste. The present report reviews and identifies the key parameters and elements making up a waste collection system,...

The EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles envisages "a circular textiles ecosystem that has sufficient capacities for innovative fibre-to-fibre recycling, while the incineration and landfilling of textiles is reduced to the minimum". The general objective of this study is to...

According to Article 21(4) of the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC), the Commission is required to consider the feasibility of adopting measures for the treatment of waste oils, in particular further measures to promote waste oil regeneration. In 2017, of the approximately 4.3 Mt...

The European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy includes actions aimed at investigating and better understanding the lifecycle impacts of using alternative feedstocks for plastics production. The Joint Research Centre has thus developed, upon request from DG GROW1, a Life Cycle...

The European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy (COM(2018 28 final) proposes a vision where innovative materials and alternative feedstocks to fossil resources are developed and used for plastics production, where evidence clearly shows that they are more sustainable compared to...

The European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy (COM(2018 28 final) proposes a vision where innovative materials and alternative feedstocks to fossil resources are developed and used for plastics production, where evidence clearly shows that they are more sustainable compared to...