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48.0 Minimum Recycling Standards<br />

(Construction and Demolition <strong>Waste</strong>) - <strong>International</strong><br />

48.1 Outline <strong>of</strong> <strong>Policy</strong><br />

A number <strong>of</strong> countries currently employ a minimum recycling standards policy for<br />

householders, commerce and industry, and construction and demolition wastes. This<br />

section presents those minimum standards for the construction and demolition (C&D)<br />

waste stream. These policies require the separate collection <strong>of</strong> a number <strong>of</strong> waste<br />

materials, with the key goals <strong>of</strong> diverting waste away from landfill and increasing<br />

material recovery.<br />

As noted in Annex 1.0, the revised <strong>Waste</strong> Framework Directive now requires C&D<br />

waste to meet 70% recycling targets:<br />

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2. In order to comply with the objectives <strong>of</strong> this Directive, and to move towards<br />

a European recycling society with a high level <strong>of</strong> resource efficiency, Member<br />

States shall take the necessary measures designed to achieve the following<br />

targets:<br />

a) by 2020 the preparing for re-use and the recycling <strong>of</strong> waste materials such as at<br />

least paper, metal, plastic and glass from households and possibly from other<br />

origins as far as these waste streams are similar to waste from households,<br />

shall be increased to a minimum <strong>of</strong> overall 50% by weight;<br />

b) by 2020 the preparing for re-use, recycling and other material recovery,<br />

including backfilling operations using waste to substitute other materials, <strong>of</strong><br />

non-hazardous construction and demolition waste excluding naturally occurring<br />

material defined in category 17 05 04 in the European <strong>Waste</strong> Catalogue (EWC)<br />

shall be increased to a minimum <strong>of</strong> 70% by weight.<br />

The use <strong>of</strong> minimum recycling standards is generally designed to improve resource<br />

recovery from the C&D sector and to reduce waste sent to landfill.<br />

48.2 Where Has the <strong>Policy</strong> Been Applied and Why?<br />

The countries that currently use a mandatory minimum recycling standard for the<br />

C&D sector include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Slovenia, the<br />

Netherlands, USA and Japan. A minimum recycling standard for C&D has been<br />

implemented in these countries in order to push waste up the hierarchy away from<br />

landfill, and to increase the recovery <strong>of</strong> materials and hence reduce the need for<br />

primary material consumption.<br />

The main country-specific policy details are discussed below.<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>: Annexes

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