A CRMA incorporated-reference term for extractive waste under Directive 2006/21/EC, relevant to critical-raw-material recovery from mining waste streams.
Extractive waste is the CRMA waste-context term for mining and extractive-industry waste that may become relevant when assessing recovery of critical raw materials. Because the CRMA definition points back to Directive 2006/21/EC, it is not the same as generic waste, waste battery, product waste, recycled content, or a general circularity claim.
This page is anchored in CRMA Article 2, point 37, which incorporates Directive 2006/21/EC. Keep the CRMA citation and the upstream Extractive Waste Directive boundary visible when using the term publicly.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
extractive waste within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Directive 2006/21/EC
The EU Critical Raw Materials Act incorporates this definition by reference to Directive 2006/21/EC Article 2(1); the referenced act remains the primary source for the underlying definition.
Reference: Article 2, point 37
Implementation records should capture the waste-stream identifier, extractive site, Directive 2006/21/EC reference, recovery-source record, operator or facility link, waste-characterization evidence, target material, and distinction from generic waste, battery waste, or recycled-content claims.
Extractive waste is an extractive-waste recovery-source control: the evidence consequence is that mining-waste recovery opportunities can be recorded as source context before any claim about recovery yield, reserves, commercial viability, or product content is made.