# Commission Decision (EU) 2020/519 of 3 April 2020 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the waste management sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Decision 2020/519 ยท adopted 3 April 2020 Commission Decision (EU) 2020/519 of 3 April 2020 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the waste management sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (Text with EEA relevance) ## Introductory text Commission Decision (EU) 2020/519 of 3 April 2020 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the waste management sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Relevant legal background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## How to understand and use this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## How SRDs should be taken into account by EMAS registered organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Structure of the document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 BEST ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND BENCHMARKS OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 Cross-cutting BEMPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.1 Integrated waste management strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.2 Life cycle assessment of waste management options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.3 Economic instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.4 Link to other relevant reference documents for best practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 BEMPs for municipal solid waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Strategy BEMPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.1 Cost benchmarking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.2 Advanced waste monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.3 Pay-as-you-throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.4 Performance-based waste management contracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.5 Awareness-raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.6 Establishment of a network of waste advisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.7 Home and community composting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## BEMPs for waste prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.8 Local waste prevention programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.9 Schemes fostering the re-use of products and the preparation for re-use of waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## BEMPs for waste collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.10 Waste collection strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.11 Inter-municipal cooperation among small municipalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.12 Civic amenity sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.13 Logistic optimisation for waste collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.14 Low-emission vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## BEMPs for extended producer responsibility schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.15 Best use of incentives by producer responsibility organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## BEMPs for waste treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.16 Sorting of co-mingled light packaging waste to maximise recycling yields for high-quality output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.17 Processing of mixed plastic packaging waste to maximise recycling yields for high-quality output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.18 Treatment of mattresses for improved recycling of materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.19 Treatment of absorbent hygiene products for improved recycling of materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 Common environmental performance indicators for municipal solid waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Indicators for the overall municipal solid waste management system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.1 MSW generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.2 Amount of mixed MSW collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.3 MSW sent to energy recovery and/or disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.4 MSW sent to disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Waste stream specific indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.5 Capture rate of a specific waste stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.6 Impurity rate of a specific waste stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.7 Biowaste in mixed waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4 BEMPs for construction and demolition waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4.1 Integrated construction and demolition waste plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4.2 Avoidance of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination of construction and demolition waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4.3 Local schemes for proper management of waste asbestos removed by residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4.4 Processing of waste plasterboard to foster recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4.5 Processing CDW for the production of recycled aggregates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5 BEMPs for healthcare waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## BEMPs for healthcare waste segregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5.1 Encouragement of healthcare waste segregation at healthcare facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5.2 Healthcare waste collection for households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## BEMPs for the treatment of healthcare waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5.3 Alternative treatments for healthcare waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 RECOMMENDED SECTOR-SPECIFIC KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/519 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-519 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.