LIFE10 ENV/ES/516
POLYMER WASTES IN ASPHALT MIXES: A WAY TO INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY OF ROADS INFRASTRUCTURES
Legislation
| - | Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC POLYMERS: This Directive obliges Member States to meet the 2020 target of 50% for re-use and recycling of waste materials such as paper, metal, plastic and glass form households and similar waste streams. WASTE TYRES: The concept end-of-waste introduced by this Directive establishes that End of Life Tyres ELT-derived must be considered as a resource and secondary material for new applications instead of waste. |
| - | Packaging Waste Directive 2004/12/EC POLYMERS: This Directive includes and overall packaging waste (including materials such as cardboard, paper, glass, plastic, steel, aluminium and wood) recovery target of 60%, of which 55-80% must be recycled, together with material-specific targets. These targets were set to be fulfilled by the Member States in 2008. |
| - | Landfill Directive 1999/31/EC POLYMER AND ELT: This Directive obliges member states to reduces the amount of biodegradable waste in landfill by 65% in 2016 compared to 1995 levels. WASTE TYRES: This Directive laid down a ban on whole tyres by 16 July 2003 and on shredded tyres by 16 July 2006. |
EUROPE: LEGAL FRAMEWORK
SPAIN: LEGAL FRAMEWORK
SPAIN: LEGAL FRAMEWORK
| - | National Integrated Waste Management Plan 2008-2015 |
| - | National Plan for Waste Tyres Management 2008-2015 |
WASTE TYRES: This plan establishes new sustainable objectives for the management of waste tyres. The rate of end-of-life tyres retreated shoud increse to 20%; the recycled rate shoud increase to 55% (45% of the recycled rubber will be used in bituminous mixes) and the remaining 20% will be used for energy recovery.
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