viables a las Administraciones Públicas para fomentar la economía circular en la agricultura. Se trata de dar visibilidad a este problema al tiempo que poder conseguir que cualquier residuo producido en el medio agrario tenga garantizada una vía de recuperación y, en la medida de lo posible, de valorización. La legislación actual Como hemos dicho, la normativa estatal debe ser regulada para permitir agrupar los distintos residuos agrarios para proceder a su gestión. En la administración ha habido intención de abordar este tema ya que en el 2015 se aprobó Plan Estatal Marco de Gestión de Residuos. Es la primera que vez que un texto normativo reconocía la problemática de la gestión de los residuos agrarios y ganaderos. El plan contempló los siguientes objetivos para la mejora de la gestión de los residuos agrarios. En primer lugar se estudiarían las alternativas de gestión para los diferentes residuos agrarios, coordinando sus diferentes normativas, identificando qué residuos deben recogerse de forma separada. Además se previó ampliar la responsabilidad del producto a otros envases y valorar aplicar la logística inversa en las recogidas, por ejemplo en el caso de SIGFITO, el distribuidor podría recoger los envases agrarios a sus clientes particulares. Además de todo esto se valoró la implantación de experiencias piloto, como establecer puntos limpios agrarios en los que poder asegurar la gestión de los residuos. Pero ninguna de estas acciones se pudieron llevar a cabo por falta de medios. Ahora tanto el MITECO como el Ministerio de Agricultura trabajan conjuntamente en una Estrategia de Plásticos que seguro que pronto conoceremos y que será muy beneficiosa para el sector agrario. this information the basis for short and long-term improvement of farmwaste management and to promote a broader perspective of the concept of agricultural waste. One of the actions associated with the study is to classify the types of waste that pose the greatest environmental risk, not so much because of the nature of the waste but rather its potential impact, which makes its correct management so vital. The goal is to identify processes for the recovery of this waste and to create a compilation of studies carried out both in Spain and abroad for learning purposes. On completion of this first stage, the next stage will be to create a long-term working strategy based on lessons learnt. These lessons will be reflected in a handbook, the ultimate aim of which will be to provide information and training to farmers on agricultural waste management and to offer public authorities feasible solutions to foster the circular economy in agriculture. The objective is to give visibility to the problem whilst ensuring that any waste produced in an agricultural environment has a guaranteed recovery route, and, insofar as possible, undergoes a valorisation process. Current legislation As we have pointed out, state legislation should allow different types of agricultural waste to be grouped together. There have been attempts to address this issue by the public authorities. The SpanishWaste Management Framework Plan was passed in 2015, representing the first time that a regulatory text acknowledged the problem of crop and livestock farming waste. The Plan set a number of objectives to improve agricultural waste management. First of all, there was to be a study of management alternatives for the different types of agricultural waste and coordination of the different regulations governing the management of this waste, with identification of waste that should be collected separately. It was also envisaged that product responsibility would be extended to other packaging and that the implementation of reverse logistics in collection operations would be evaluated. For example, in the case of SIGFITO, distributors would be able to collect the agricultural packaging from their particular customers. In addition to this, the implementation of pilot studies was to be evaluated, as was the establishment of dedicated selective collection points for agricultural waste to ensure its correct management. But none of these actions were implemented due to lack of resources. The Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition (MITECO) and the Ministry of Agriculture are now working together on a Strategy for Plastics, which I am sure will soon be made known and will prove very beneficial for the farming sector. Rocío Pastor Matut Directora General de SIGFITO Chief Executive Officer at SIGFITO Gestión y tratamiento de residuos | Waste Management & Treatment FuturEnviro | Marzo/Abril March/April 2020 www.futurenviro.es 25
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