European Parliament adopts bio-waste management resolution

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the bio-waste management green paper. It calls on the Commission to propose national bio-waste recycling targets to limit the amount of bio-waste available for the least desirable waste management solutions such as landfilling and incineration. The resolution also states that in order for bio-waste incineration to become a viable alternative in the waste hierarchy, a crucial prerequisite is that it be coupled with energy recovery. The Parliament also urges the Commission to include in all current or additional impact studies on the matter the question of what type of economic incentives, funds or aids could be mobilised or created for the development and implantation of technologies permitting the proper management of bio-waste.

CEMBUREAU regrets that co-processing is not mentioned as a possible option down the value chain. As such, CEMBUREAU would like to take the opportunity to re-state the potential contribution of the cement industry to biomass management.

The resolution can be found here:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2010-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN