A new report by the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) finds that Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway risk missing some of the 2025 targets for the preparation for re-use and recycling of municipal waste, and for the recycling of packaging waste.

EEA waste legislation requires States to reach certain waste targets. The two headline targets require States, by 2025, to prepare for re-use or recycle 55% of their municipal solid waste, and to recycle more than 65% of their total packaging waste. Further material-specific targets are foreseen for packaging made of glass, ferrous metals, paper and cardboard, plastic and wood. A target to divert municipal waste from landfilling is also foreseen by 2035. 

For further information see https://www.eftasurv.int/newsroom/updates/eea-efta-states-risk-missing-waste-targets.