Position Papers

• RREUSE Position Paper on End of Waste Criteria for Compost and Digestate 20/01/2012
• RREUSE response to ENVI Committee vote on WEEE Recast 04/10/2011
• RREUSE, EEB, ACR+ Join Position Paper on role of accredited reuse centres meeting a separate prepare for reuse target 04/09/2011
• RREUSE priorities for the Recast of the WEEE Directive in 2010,  [PDF, 63kB]
• RREUSE participates in the Biowaste Alliance Campaign for a specific Directive on Biowaste Management June 2009
• RREUSE Position Paper on the Waste Framework Directive Revision, February 2008 [PDF, 30 kB]
• Remarks on the Commission's Communication on Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of waste (TSPR) and the revision of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) - 2006 [PDF, 109kB]
• Prevention and Recycling of Waste [PDF, 756kB]
  RREUSE Postion on the Commision's Communication Toward a Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste
• Energy Using Products Directive [PDF, 27kB]
  Opportunity for eco-design encouraging reuse of appliances
• Letter to the Commissioner Dimas concerning the Commission's intent of abandoning the proposal for a Directive on Biowaste [PDF, 383 kB]

Archive

• Integrated Product Policy [PDF, 44kB]
  RREUSE Position on the Commission?s Communication Integrated Product Policy ? Building on Environmental Life-Cycle Thinking
• RREUSE Opinion on the Current Crisis in the Textile Sector [PDF, 29kB]
  RREUSE position paper on the current crisis of the sector, and policies to implement
• Reduced VAT for Reused Goods by Non-Profit Organisations [PDF, 23kB]
  RREUSE position paper and information on the proposal to the European Commission to amend the directive on the reduced rate on the value added tax (77/388/EEC)
• What is reuse? [PDF, 29kB]
  RREUSE (the network for Reuse and Recycling European Union Social Enterprises) suggest that the definition of ?REUSE? should be: An action or operation by which components or whole products are used for the same purpose for which they were conceived
• Letter to Commissioner Dimas: [PDF, 383kB]
  THE COMMISSION?S INTENTION TO ABANDON THE PROPOSAL FOR A BIOWASTE DIRECTIVE (6 of April 2005)
• Letter to Ms. Marianne Klingbeil: [PDF, 78kB]
  Head of Unit, Directorate-General Environment, European Commission. Implementation of the WEEE Directive Treatment Requirements according to Annex II (18 of April 2005)
• Letter to Mr. José-Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commissionl: [PDF, 35kB]
  How to get beyond the ?walk of the talk?? RREUSE is of the opinion that the Commission should recognise those existing examples that have proven to work! It is a waste if those who 'have the knowledge and insight to look at ways of making [sustainable development] a reality' do not receive the political support they need to develop their activities! (19 of April 2005)
• Letter to Commissioner Dimas: [PDF, 42kB]
  Reply to the "Draft Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste and the draft revision of the Waste Framework Directive" (18 of November 2005)

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