Reports and letters

Below is a list of reports and correspondence where members of the EPA Network have expressed their views.

All publications are written in the name of network members who have given their agreement.

Title Description
Deposit return schemes (IG Plastics) March 2019: This working paper gives an overview of how deposit return schemes are organized in different European states. Data from 16 EPA Network members have been collected through a questionnaire.
Genetically Modified Plants (IG GMOs) February 2019: This technical report provides an overview of the experience with monitoring of spontaneous populations of genetically modified plants (GMPs).
Biodegradable plastics (IG Plastics) January 2019: This working paper presents seven recommendations on the use of biodegradable plastics based on a recent study from the German Environment Agency and a questionnaire developed by IG Plastics.
Conclusions 2018 Plastics Conference December 2018: This document contains the documentation and conclusions from the EPA Network conference "Eliminating Plastic and Micro-Plastic Pollution – an Urgent Need, 2nd Stakeholder Conference" held 20 November 2018 in Brussels.
Response European Railway Association on IG Noise letter June 2018: This letter is a response from the European Railway Association (ERA) to a letter sent by IG Noise on the EU strategy for noise abatement in freight railway traffic in February 2018.
Response DG Move on IG Noise letter June 2018: This letter is a response from DG Move on a letter sent by IG Noise on the EU strategy for noise abatement in freight railway traffic in February 2018.
Waste as Resource (IG Green and Circular Economy) June 2018: This discussion paper provides a synthesis of nine European cases where waste has been turned into secondary material and used as a resource. The original case studies are described in the working paper Secondary materials (IG Green and Circular Economy) available on the EPA Network website.
Countering Obsolescence (IG Green and Circle Economy) June 2018: This discussion paper explores ways to secure a minimum lifetime and prolong the service life of products. The focus is especially on material obsolescence.
Secondary materials (IG Green and Circular Economy) June 2018: This working paper serves as background material for the discussion paper Waste as resource (IG Green and Circular Economy). The aim of the project “From waste to secondary materials” was to increase understanding of the possibilities connected to secondary raw materials.
Letter to the European Railway Association (IG Noise) February 2018: This letter on the EU strategy for noise abatement in freight railway traffic was sent to the European Railway Agency (ERA).
Letter to DG Move (IG Noise) February 2018: This letter on the EU strategy for noise abatement in freight railway traffic was sent to DG MOVE.
Cost and benefits of noise abatement (IG Noise) February 2018: This study describes and compares different methods for cost-optimisation of decision-making for noise-abatement measures.
Recommendations towards the EU Plastics Strategy (IG Plastics Conference report) June 2017: On June 8th 2017, the European Expert Conference „Recommendations towards the EU Plastics Strategy“ took place in Brussels. The conference was organized jointly by the EPA Network, the European Commission, UBA Germany and UBA Austria.
Monitoring Circular Economy (Cover letter) May 2017: This cover letter was sent to Director-General of DG Environment Daniel Calleja Crespo regarding the discussion paper from the EPA Network IG Green and Circular Economy on Monitoring Circular Economy.
Monitoring Circular Economy (IG Green and Circular Economy) May 2017: This discussion paper provides input to the European Commission on their framework for monitoring progress of the transition to the circular economy.
Recommendations EU Plastics Strategy (Cover letter) May 2017: This cover letter was sent to Commissioner Karmenu Vella regarding the recently published “Roadmap on the EU Plastics Strategy” and the recommendations from the EPA Network IG Plastics.
Recommendations EU Plastics Strategy (IG Plastics) April 2017: This discussion paper shares views and recommendations on the Roadmap published by Directorate General Environment prior to the publication of the EU Plastics Strategy.
Final report IG Noise 2011-2017 February 2016: This is a final report summarising the findings of the EPA Network Interest Group on Noise in the period 2011-2017.
Response EFSA Impacts of GM HR Plants January 2016: This is a response from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on the letter and report on Impacts from Genetically Modified Herbicide-Resistant Plants on Biodiversity sent October 2015 by the EPA Network Interest Group on GMOs.
Impacts of GM HR Plants EFSA (Cover Letter) November 2015: This cover letter was sent to Behrnard Url, Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) regarding the paper on Impacts from Genetically Modified herbicide resistant plants on Biodiversity from the EPA Network Interest Group on GMOs.