Plan to support the implementation of waste legislation and the promotion of the circular economy

The objective of this measure shall be to help to foster the circular economy in Spain, by financing projects designed to implement the national waste regulation framework and to achieve EU objectives in the area of waste, as well as innovative circular economy projects in the private sector to facilitate the transition towards the circular economy.
 
The measure shall support the upgrade of existing separate waste collection systems, and investments in collection points to enhance recycling, the construction of new waste treatment plants and the increase of resource efficiency in existing mechanical biological treatment plants, without increasing their lifetime or capacity (to be verified at plant level).

The objective of the measure shall also cover digital solutions in the field and the promotion of the circular economy at firm level.

The proposed objective is to have completed at least 30 of the projects planned.

The measure shall achieve a minimum of 30 % of separately collected municipal waste as a share of total municipal waste generated in 2024 (2024 data to be available in 2026), in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC.

The measure shall also include the distribution of funds to the Autonomous Communities for projects implementing waste legislation, to be agreed and approved in a Sectoral Conference or through direct grant in line with the General Law on Subsidies 38/2003, by the end of 2024.