{"id":11472,"date":"2026-07-14T17:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/?post_type=publicacoes&#038;p=11472"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:49:09","slug":"towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law","status":"publish","type":"publicacoes","link":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/publicacoes\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards Coherence in EU Waste Law: Assessing theESPR\u2019s Legal Concept of \u201cDestruction\u201d and itsSystematic Integration into EU Waste Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chapter VI of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) introduces the concept of the destruction of unsold consumer products. The Regulation defines destruction to include recycling, other recovery operations and disposal, while excluding preparation for reuse, such as refurbishment or remanufacturing.<em>refurbishment<\/em>) ou a remanufactura (<em>remanufacturing<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although this distinction appears clear, it is difficult to apply because the boundaries between waste management operations are often blurred and key concepts in EU Waste Law remain vague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Effective application of the destruction concept requires a precise understanding of the waste categories on which it relies, as each carries distinct legal consequences. This clarity is essential not only for implementing the ESPR, but also for applying Directive (EU) 2024\/1799 on the promotion of repair, which relies on ESPR definitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This paper analyses the scope of the destruction concept, argues for its systematic integration into EU Waste Law, and examines its implications for legal coherence and certainty.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"imagem-da-publicacao":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/134.png","areas-de-investigacao":"","investigador-responsavel":[],"editor-externo":"","editor":["1804"],"autores-externos":"","referencia-biografica":"Rodrigues, T. C. (2026). Towards Coherence in EU Waste Law: Assessing the ESPR\u2019s Legal Concept of \u201cDestruction\u201d and its Systematic Integration into EU Waste Law. Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law, 23(1-2), 69-90. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1163\/18760104-bja10001","projeto-a-que-pertence":"","selecionar_o_projeto_a_que_pertence":[],"titulo-do-livro-revista":"Journal for European Environmental &amp; Planning Law","ano":"2026","isbn":"1613-7272 (print) 1876-0104 (online)","editora":"Brill","link-para-download":"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/journals\/jeep\/23\/1-2\/article-p69_005.xml"},"cluster":[61],"categoria-da-publicacao":[38],"grupo-de-investigacao":[12],"class_list":["post-11472","publicacoes","type-publicacoes","status-publish","hentry","cluster-lisbon-environmental-law","categoria-da-publicacao-artigo","grupo-de-investigacao-direito-internacional-e-europeu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Towards Coherence in EU Waste Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/publicacoes\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Towards Coherence in EU Waste Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"O Cap\u00edtulo VI do Regulamento Ecodesign para Produtos Sustent\u00e1veis (ESPR) introduz o conceito de destrui\u00e7\u00e3o de produtos de consumo n\u00e3o vendidos. O Regulamento define destrui\u00e7\u00e3o como abrangendo a reciclagem, outras opera\u00e7\u00f5es de valoriza\u00e7\u00e3o e a elimina\u00e7\u00e3o de res\u00edduos, excluindo, por\u00e9m, a prepara\u00e7\u00e3o para reutiliza\u00e7\u00e3o, como a recondicionamento (refurbishment) ou a remanufactura (remanufacturing). Embora esta distin\u00e7\u00e3o [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/publicacoes\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lisbon Public Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-15T11:49:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/publicacoes\\\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/publicacoes\\\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\\\/\",\"name\":\"Towards Coherence in EU Waste Law\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-14T17:09:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-15T11:49:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/publicacoes\\\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/publicacoes\\\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/publicacoes\\\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Publica\u00e7\u00f5es\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/publicacoes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Towards Coherence in EU Waste Law: Assessing theESPR\u2019s Legal Concept of \u201cDestruction\u201d and itsSystematic Integration into EU Waste Law\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lisbon Public Law\",\"description\":\"Public Law Research Centre in Lisbon\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Lisbon Public Law\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-19-at-11.01.50-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-19-at-11.01.50-1.jpeg\",\"width\":354,\"height\":354,\"caption\":\"Lisbon Public Law\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Towards Coherence in EU Waste Law","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/publicacoes\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Towards Coherence in EU Waste Law","og_description":"O Cap\u00edtulo VI do Regulamento Ecodesign para Produtos Sustent\u00e1veis (ESPR) introduz o conceito de destrui\u00e7\u00e3o de produtos de consumo n\u00e3o vendidos. O Regulamento define destrui\u00e7\u00e3o como abrangendo a reciclagem, outras opera\u00e7\u00f5es de valoriza\u00e7\u00e3o e a elimina\u00e7\u00e3o de res\u00edduos, excluindo, por\u00e9m, a prepara\u00e7\u00e3o para reutiliza\u00e7\u00e3o, como a recondicionamento (refurbishment) ou a remanufactura (remanufacturing). Embora esta distin\u00e7\u00e3o [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/publicacoes\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\/","og_site_name":"Lisbon Public Law","article_modified_time":"2026-07-15T11:49:09+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/publicacoes\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\/","url":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/publicacoes\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\/","name":"Towards Coherence in EU Waste Law","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-07-14T17:09:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-15T11:49:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/publicacoes\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/publicacoes\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/publicacoes\/towards-coherence-in-eu-waste-law-assessing-theesprs-legal-concept-of-destruction-and-itssystematic-integration-into-eu-waste-law\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Publica\u00e7\u00f5es","item":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/publicacoes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Towards Coherence in EU Waste Law: Assessing theESPR\u2019s Legal Concept of \u201cDestruction\u201d and itsSystematic Integration into EU Waste Law"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/","name":"Lisbon Public Law","description":"Public Law Research Centre in Lisbon","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/#organization","name":"Lisbon Public Law","url":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-19-at-11.01.50-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-19-at-11.01.50-1.jpeg","width":354,"height":354,"caption":"Lisbon Public Law"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publicacoes\/11472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publicacoes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publicacoes"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cluster","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cluster?post=11472"},{"taxonomy":"categoria-da-publicacao","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria-da-publicacao?post=11472"},{"taxonomy":"grupo-de-investigacao","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grupo-de-investigacao?post=11472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}