Question 6424 — waste

Summary

The extended producer responsibility (EPR) sector for building construction products and materials (PMCB) was created in the anti-waste law of February 2020 to meet three objectives: combat illegal dumping, in particular by creating a network of collection points so that building craftsmen can deposit sorted waste as close as possible to their construction sites, develop the recycling of building waste, the building and public works sector being the leading economic sector producing waste in France, and developing the eco-design of construction products and materials, in order to facilitate their reuse or recycling. Furthermore, this REP sector was considered too costly by the producers who finance it and insufficiently effective by the building professionals who must benefit from it. This is why the March 20, 2025, the Minister for Ecological Transition announced the complete overhaul of this sector for 2026, with the objective of returning to the initial priorities of the system, that is to say combating illegal dumping, improving the recovery of waste and encouraging eco-design and reuse. The first point of the reform concerns the intervention framework of the sector. Only materials whose collection and sorting are not “mature” in nature, i.e. requiring investment in collection, sorting and recycling or reuse facilities, will be supported by the REP. This will be the case, for example, for glass wool, frames or bituminous membranes. Only overseas territories will continue to benefit from support for all materials given the lack of collection and disposal facilities. recycling. The draft decree making it possible to reform the initial criteria leading materials to the various provisions of the REP was the subject of all mandatory consultations and notably received the favorable opinion of the High Council for Construction and Energy Efficiency and the REP Inter-Sector Commission. It is now being examined by the Council of State. The mesh of the recovery points will be reconsidered. It will no longer be systematically imposed on distributors of construction materials to offer waste recovery points, priority is given to supporting professional recycling centers, then supporting voluntary distributors and public recycling centers who wish to do so. This network will be the responsibility of the regional councils, responsible for planning waste management in the regional scale. Regarding white areas, eco-organizations will have to offer relevant support solutions. The delegate minister responsible for ecological transition wrote a letter to the presidents of regional councils and prefects so that a revised network can be established quickly. Finally, the resumption of illegal dumping will be handled more systematically by eco-organizations. This requires the adoption of legislative provisions and discussions with the Ministry of Finance have started within the framework of tax conferences. Work is therefore underway to enable the implementation of the decisions announced in March 2026.

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