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Jean-Marc BOURSIER appointed as new FEAD President

FEAD Biennial Conference: Driving Circularity in Europe’s Industries

At its General Assembly on 21 June 2017 in Paris, FEAD appointed Jean-Marc Boursier as its new President taking over from David Palmer-Jones who successfully chaired the European Federation of waste and resource management for three years during an exciting period revising the Circular Economy Package. Read the full press release here

FEAD position paper on the revised Commission proposal on Circular Economy

The FEAD position paper sets out our vision of how the resource management industry can play its full part in achieving a more sustainable and prosperous European economy, given the right policy framework and regulatory and economic instruments.

The position paper is available for download here

FEAD opinion pieces on Circular Economy

FEAD President David Palmer-Jones published a series of opinion pieces in view of the new legislative proposal on Circular Economy.

Pull measures are crucial for a circular economy

Investment is the key to creating a more circular economy

A circular economy needs resilient markets for secondary raw materials

Free and fair competition is essential for a circular economy

INERIS report on accuracy of air emissions measurement

FEAD together with ESWET and CEWEP is pleased to publish a report prepared by Ineris Institute addressing the question of air emissions monitoring, particularly within the IED (Industrial Emissions Directive).

The report is available in French(authoritative language version) and English.

The report focuses on reliability and accuracy at very low concentrations, which has significant implications on the drawing up and review of BREFs (Best available technique REFerence documents) and the setting of new IED-based BATAELs (Best Available Technique Associated Emission Levels). We consider that the monitoring issue must be very seriously taken into account before going further in the Waste-Treatment BREF and Waste Incineration BREF review processes and before official validation of Large Combustion Plants BREF and Reference Report on Monitoring.

Please find our summary note on this important topic here.

Explanatory note on INERIS report addressing the performance of monitoring techniques

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FEAD is the European federation representing the private waste and resource management industry across Europe. FEAD’s members are national waste management associations covering 18 Member States, Norway and Serbia. Our companies play a key role in the transition to a circular economy by producing resources which can be re-injected in the economy and by supplying energy. They add value through innovative and cost-efficient collection, sorting, and recycling of secondary raw materials. In doing so, they play a key role in achieving the best economic and environmental outcomes.

FEAD members represent about 3,000 companies with activities in all forms of waste management. These companies employ over 320,000 people who operate around 2,400 recycling and sorting centres, 1,100 composting sites, 260 waste-to-energy plants and 900 controlled landfills. Our companies have an approximate 60% share in the household waste market and handle more than 75% of industrial and commercial waste in Europe. Their combined annual turnover is approximately € 75 billion.

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Further publications:

FEAD Strategy for 2014-2020: "Driving the Circular Economy"

(German translation available upon request)

The Vital Role of the Private Sector in European Waste and Resource Management (2014)

Public Private Partnership Case Examples (2012)

Special brochure published on the occasion of FEAD's 30th anniversary