nion (EU) member states will be required to phase out the landfilling of all biodegradable waste by 2025, under new proposals.
The EU's environment committee has called for a biowaste directive with mandatory targets, which would provide a real boost for waste management firms.
Current directives stipulate that by 2016 the amount of landfilling across the continent should be no more than 35 per cent of 1995 levels.
Speaking to a workshop run by waste management trade association FEAD in Prague, an EU official said that some countries were in real danger of failing to achieve these goals, although they were not named.
However, the EU is now keen to phase out use of landfill and plans to issue a new directive with the ambitious proposals.
This follows news that Scotland is dramatically changing its recycling programme to focus on the carbon impact of collected waste, not simply its weight.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the waste recycling industry includes:
