www.futurenviro.es | Diciembre2021-Enero2022 December2021-January2022 47 A fondo: Análisis 2021 | In depth: 2021 Analysis Desincentivar el reciclaje En términos de normativas nacionales, la situación tampoco es muy halagüeña al detectar una peligrosa deriva a favorecer al sector público y correspondiente creación de desventajas competitivas a las empresas privadas. Por lo que unido a las probables restricciones a la exportación de materias primas secundarias que plantea la modificación del Reglamento de traslado de residuos podría poner incluso en serio riesgo al propio modelo de economía circular, al obtener justo lo contrario de lo que se pretende, desincentivando el reciclaje. Si bien es cierto que el sector recuperador se ha caracterizado por una capacidad de adaptación casi infinita, esta cualidad se va a poner a prueba con las normas que se van a aprobar en 2022 y la paradoja que se está creando en ellas: aquellos que más han contribuido a cumplir con los objetivos de reciclaje fijados por la Unión Europea serán sobre los que recaigan nuevas, continuas y gravosas cargas administrativas. Si el futuro, en cuanto a avanzar a mayor velocidad hacia la economía circular, pasa sin duda por la capacidad de la industria del reciclaje de acometer elevadas inversiones en I+D+i para mejorar las tasas de recuperación de diversos flujos de residuos, difícilmente se podrá afrontar tamaño desafío si cada nueva transposición o adaptación normativa se traduce en mayores costes o barreras para las empresas que forman parte de ella. De puertas para adentro En el caso de nuestro país, lo que nos dice la realidad es que la mayor parte de las líneas de financiación del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia diseñado por el Gobierno se han destinado a los residuos municipales, de mayoritaria gestión pública, por lo que se hace más que necesarias mayores partidas presupuestarias para otros flujos de residuos que también forman parte de las líneas de inversión de la economía verde, tal y como establecen los objetivos fijados en el Pacto Verde Europeo. Regresando a lo que a normativa se refiere, pocas veces este sector ha estado tan expectante ante la publicación de normativas tan importantes como la nueva Ley de Residuos y Suelos Contaminados, el nuevo Real Decreto de Envases y Residuos de Envases appreciated from the first legislative changes, bring with them the risk of legal uncertainty and the impossibility of adaptation for companies. Disincentivising recycling In terms of national regulations, the situation is not very promising either, with a dangerous drift towards favouring the public sector and the corresponding creation of competitive disadvantages for private companies. This, together with likely restrictions on the export of secondary raw materials envisaged in the amendment to the Waste Shipment Regulation, could even seriously jeopardise the circular economy model itself, by achieving the exact opposite of what is intended, i.e., disincentivising recycling. While it is true that the recovery sector has been characterised by an almost infinite capacity for adaptation, this quality is going to be put to the test with the regulations scheduled to be passed in 2022 and the paradoxical situation that they will create, whereby those who have contributed most to meeting EU recycling targets will face new, ongoing and damaging administrative burdens. In terms of moving faster towards the circular economy, the future unquestionably depends on the recycling industry’s capacity to undertake large-scale investments in R&D&i to improve the recovery rates of different waste streams. However, it will be difficult to meet this challenge if each new transposition or legislative amendment results in higher costs or barriers for the companies of which the sector is composed. Looking towards home In the case of Spain, reality tells us that most of the funding lines of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan drawn up by the Government have been allocated to municipal waste, which is mainly managed by the public sector. Therefore, it is vital to increase budget allocations for other waste streams that also form part of the investment lines of the green economy, as established in the targets set out in the European Green Deal. Returning to legislation, rarely has this sector been so expectant prior to the passing of extremely important legislation, such as the newWaste and Contaminated Land Act, the new Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging Waste and the amendment of the Regulation on waste shipment. Our ability to move forward together towards this new circular economy model will depend on whether all this legislation takes account of the main proposals submitted by the Spanish recycling industry. At FER, we have never underestimated the great importance of waste managers in the recycling value chain, but for the purpose of meeting the ambitious targets set by Brussels, we accept our role as a vital link in that chain. However, ultimately, we are just one part of it. Producers, public authorities and citizens are of fundamental importance when measuring the strength of the chain as a whole. That is why it is so important that all these new laws result in us all walking together in the same direction. Disproportionate energy costs Associated with all of the foregoing is a basic issue for the competitiveness of companies, i.e., the cost of energy. With
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