Article 11 › 2

In order to comply with the objectives of this Directive, and move to a European circular economy with a high level of resource efficiency, Member States shall take the necessary measures designed to achieve the following targets: (a) by 2020, the preparing for re-use and the recycling of waste materials such as at least paper, metal, plastic and glass from households and possibly from other origins as far as these waste streams are similar to waste from households, shall be increased to a minimum of overall 50 % by weight; (b) by 2020, the preparing for re-use, recycling and other material recovery, including backfilling operations using waste to substitute other materials, of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste excluding naturally occurring material defined in category 17 05 04 in the list of waste shall be increased to a minimum of 70 % by weight; (c) by 2025, the preparing for re-use and the recycling of municipal waste shall be increased to a minimum of 55 % by weight; (d) by 2030, the preparing for re-use and the recycling of municipal waste shall be increased to a minimum of 60 % by weight; (e) by 2035, the preparing for re-use and the recycling of municipal waste shall be increased to a minimum of 65 % by weight.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-09