Waste as a resource in the green transition: Legal preconditions for secondary extraction

• Re-utilization of extractive waste has the potential to help meet the future demand of critical raw materials. • The EU legal framework can be considered underdeveloped in relation to re-utilization of extractive waste. • The preconditions for secondary extraction in the EU are not sufficiently clear to contribute to higher recovery rates. • A shortcoming of the EU legal framework is the interface between waste, extractive waste and non-waste.