www.futurenviro.es | Marzo-Abril March-April 2021 24 Gestión y Tratamiento de Residuos | Waste Management & Treatment casuística para la exportación es el precio, si un cliente asiático paga más por el residuo de envase para transformar en escama o granza que un europeo, ¿porqué no se lo voy a vender a él? No nos olvidemos que la mayoría de las prendas textiles, de materiales reciclados o no, se producen en estos países aunque la marca sea europea. Lo que vengo a decir en este escrito es que el legislador debería tener un conocimiento más real del sistema y tener en cuenta una visión más amplia, porque la sociedad evoluciona mucho más rápido que las leyes y a veces, propuestas que parecen que deben favorecer lo que hacen es lo contrario. Demonizar ciertos materiales es una irresponsabilidad del mismo modo que obligar a usar ciertos otros sin tener claro si el mercado los va a poder suministrar, lo que se debe hacer es incentivar primero el tejido industrial para poder asegurar los flujos y una vez lo tienes incentivado, establecer la exigencia normativa. Solo así estableces un cambio de verdad, porque si no, lo que consigues es tener una normativa que pueda parecer positiva, pero que en realidad va a conllevar muchos aspectos negativos. Y sobretodo conocer la realidad, para pescar un pez, hay que mojarse si o si. Actualmente nos encontramos en un momento de la historia circunstancial de pandemia sanitaria mundial, que a pesar del gran coste emocional que nos está suponiendo a todos, por perdidas de seres queridos, nos permite parar para pensar. Es muy necesario parar y pensar para avanzar en que modelo queremos y sobretodo, recopilar todos los datos para tomar decisiones correctas, porqué si no, lo que hacemos es poner vallas al campo, que no sirven. Until now, only a communication was required to export plastic waste to countries outside the EU, because this waste is nonhazardous and is classified as green on the Basel Convention list. However, from 1 January 2021, this plastic waste is classified as amber waste and, as such, exports are subject to prior authorisation, meaning that a deposit must be paid in the EU Member State of origin prior to exportation in case the recipient rejects the shipment and the company responsible for it disappears. The EU shields itself behind the need to incentivise the internal market in order to satisfy the requirements, but they are not aware that if companies export this waste, it is because their treatment capacity is limited. In other words, if I have the authorisation to treat 80,000 tonnes per year, no matter how much I want to, I cannot treat more. However, the market can provide waste managers with more tonnes for treatment, forcing many of them to export because they do not have local treatment capacity. I am talking about managers who actually export waste that can be recycled, and not unrecyclable waste. Another reason for exporting is the price. If Asian clients pays more for packaging waste to be transformed into flakes or pellets than European clients, why shouldn’t I sell it to them? Let’s not forget that the majority of textile garments, whether made from recycled materials or not, are produced in these countries, even if the brand is European. What I am saying in this article is that legislators should have real knowledge of the system and adopt a broader vision, because society evolves much faster than laws and, sometimes, proposals that aim and seem likely to achieve one thing, in fact, achieve the very opposite. Demonising certain materials is irresponsible, and so is obliging the use of others without being clear whether the market will be able to supply them. What should be done first is to provide incentives for industry in order to guarantee the streams and then establish the regulatory requirements once these incentives are in place. This is the only way to achieve a real change, because otherwise, the result is a regulation that may seem positive, but which in reality has many negative aspects. And above all, it is necessary to be aware of the reality. To catch a fish, you have to get wet. There is no other way. We are currently at a unique time in world history due to the pandemic, which, despite the great emotional cost to all of us, due to the loss of loved ones, has allowed us to stop and think. It is very necessary to stop and think in order to make progress on the model we want to achieve and, above all, to gather all the data in order to make the right decisions. Otherwise, we are simply putting up fences around the countryside, and these are of no use. Victoria Ferrer Maymo Directora General, Gremi de Recuperació de Catalunya General Director, Gremi de Recuperació de Catalunya (Catalan Recovery Guild)
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