Commission to start checking 2009 landfill target compliance

摘要

The European Commission is about to start checking member state compliance with second stage targets to reduce the amount of biowaste going to landfill, Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik told Portuguese Christian Democrat MEP Jose Manuel Fernandes in a 1 September response to a written question.rnIntroducing his question on Diverting bio-waste from landfills, Fernandes pointed out that under Article 37 of the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC), member states are to provide the Commission with information on implementation every three years.