End of Waste (EoW) is a concrete measure to achieve, as agreed by all EU states, a recycling and recovery society, which becomes reality when materials resulting from a high quality recycling or recovery process can be re-introduced to the market and are able to compete with virgin raw materials, allowing a reduction in the consumption of natural resources and raw materials.

This decree aims to implement the requirements of Article 184b of Legislative Decree No 152 of 3 April 2006, which was introduced into Italian law – in accordance with Article 6(4) of Directive 2008/98/EC – by Legislative Decree No 205 of 3 December 2010, with which the aforementioned directive was implemented. In general, it is noted that recovered aggregates of various granulometry result from the treatment of inert construction and demolition waste and inert waste of mineral origin, with a similar performance to those from quarries.