No Formal Objection To Shelving EU Waste Package

摘要

European parliament has not formally objected to the European Commission's proposed 2015 workplan, despite the majority of MEPs backing calls for the EU circular economy package to not be withdrawn from the Commission's agenda this year. The circular economy package included a 70 percent recycling or reuse target for municipal waste by 2030, and to ban recyclable materials such as plastics, paper, metals, glass and biodegradable waste to landfill by 2025. The EU's waste package, however, was dropped at the end of last year, to be replaced with a more "ambitious proposal" by the end of 2015. It is understood the Commission wants to combine the circular economy package with Juncker's new Investment Plan.