29/09/06
The European Parliament Industry Committee has taken a step forward to ensure regulatory consistency in directives on waste and sewage sludge (biosolids).
The adoption by the committee of an amendment requesting the exclusion of the sewage sludge directive from the scope of the revised waste framework directive will help ensure consistency, as a continuum of the provisions of the 'old' waste directive (75/442).
Confusion, which we have seen over many years, could have led to an increased risk of non-compliance with both directives, loss of the agricultural outlet for sewage sludge (as a result of it being moved down to the waste hierarchy) and a consequent increase in landfill and incineration.
Contact: Gaetane Suzenet
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