The kick-off meeting for drawing up the Best Available Techniques REFerence document for Landfills (LAN BREF) took place as a hybrid event from 6 to 9 October 2025, gathering 166 experts—82 in person and 84 online—representing EU Member States, Norway, industry, environmental NGOs, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), and European Commission services. This meeting launched the process of developing a standalone BAT reference document specifically for landfills, reflecting their importance and complexity within waste management.
On 17 August 2025, the European Commission published the Decision establishing the BAT conclusions for Waste Treatment (WT) in the Official Journal of the EU. This BREF focuses on waste treatment technologies but intentionally left landfills out of its scope. The decision to exclude landfills was made deliberately to allow for a dedicated and more comprehensive BAT document addressing landfill-specific issues, which is now being developed through the ongoing LAN BREF process.
