European recycling value chains depend on materials moving efficiently between specialised facilities across Member States. In this joint statement, EERA and seven European industry associations support the Commission's Green-Listing Initiative and call for greater legal clarity to ensure that suitable non-hazardous waste can move efficiently for recycling while supporting Europe's secondary raw materials market.

Cross-border shipments allow e-waste and recovered materials to reach specialist recycling facilities, but lengthy approvals, inconsistent procedures and high costs can create unnecessary barriers. In this 2022 joint response, EERA and FEAD called for a more harmonised, digital and risk-based approach to e-waste shipments, including faster procedures for pre-consented facilities.

Moving plastic waste efficiently across the EU helps recyclers access sufficient feedstock and direct materials to the most appropriate treatment facilities. In this 2022 coalition position, EERA and five European industry associations called for harmonised pre-consent rules, faster notifications, lower financial burdens and digitalised waste shipment procedures

EERA and EBRA's 2022 Joint Position Statement set out recommendations for a more harmonised and proportionate EU waste shipment framework, covering specialist recycling, waste classification, financial guarantees, pre-consented facilities, digitalisation and controls on illegal shipments and exports outside the EU

Joint statement calling for batteries in electrical and electronic products to be removable and replaceable throughout a product's lifetime. The signatories argued that better battery access would support repair and longer product lifetimes, while enabling safer removal at end-of-life and improving the collection, treatment and recycling of waste batteries and WEEE.