Stop waste and scrap export to countries not meeting EU environment standards, asks EUROFER

„The current provisions on waste export are clearly insufficient and bound to become a missed opportunity for climate, industry, citizens and the EU as a whole”, said Axel Eggert, Director General of the European Steel Association (EUROFER). “We are in an absurd situation where the EU sets very high environmental standards and circular economy objectives for the internal market – that the EU steel industry fully shares -, while millions of tons of valuable secondary raw materials are being exported to jurisdictions where these same standards and objectives are not met. We cannot afford to give away a key secondary raw material such as scrap, if we want to fulfil the circular economy and climate objectives as well as ensuring EU strategic autonomy and social standards”, he stressed. Read mor at Euractiv: https://pr.euractiv.com/pr/stop-waste-and-scrap-export-countries-not-meeting-eu-environment-standards-asks-eurofer-233200