They also adopted an own-initiative report by Johannes Blokland (IND/DEM, NL) on the "thematic strategy" for waste, a more general text without binding rules, whose content they wish to flesh out and make more ambitious.
Jaunās direktīvas mērķis — mazināt un novērst atkritumu rašanos un veicināt to, lai atkritumus izmantotu galvenokārt kā resursu.