The joint ENVI/IMCO vote on the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation (ELVR) is a welcome step towards a more circular automotive industry in Europe. However, while progress has been made, EuRIC warns that low targets, loopholes, and legal uncertainties risk holding back the investments and market confidence needed to scale Europe’s circular economy in practice.
The Parliament’s committees agreed on a reduced recycled content (RC) target for plastics to 20%, with only 10% post-consumer, and a closed-loop target to 15%, within six years of the rules’ entry into force. Although the recycled content target is increased to 25% within 10 years of entry into force, half of it can still be met with pre-consumer waste and a review clause is stablished. EuRIC regrets this outcome, which ignores the JRC’s clear evidence that higher post-consumer recycled content targets are both feasible and realistic, and falls short of Europe’s circular ambitions.
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) is the umbrella organisation for the recycling industries in Europe.
Source and more information:
- full EuRIC press release available here
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