A CRMA incorporated-reference facility term for a waste facility under Directive 2006/21/EC in the extractive-waste context.
Extractive waste facility identifies the facility context for extractive waste under the CRMA’s incorporated reference to Directive 2006/21/EC. It is not a recycler, not a generic permitted facility, not a mine by itself, and not proof that critical raw materials have been recovered or that a project has approval.
This page is anchored in CRMA Article 2, point 38, which points to the waste-facility definition in Directive 2006/21/EC. The term should stay tied to extractive waste rather than being generalized to all waste, recycling, or battery-treatment facilities.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
waste facility as defined in Article 3, point (15), of Directive 2006/21/EC
The EU Critical Raw Materials Act incorporates this definition by reference to Directive 2006/21/EC Article 3, point 15; the referenced act remains the primary source for the underlying definition.
Reference: Article 2, point 38
Use extractive waste facility when mapping where extractive waste is stored, managed, or assessed in relation to possible critical-raw-material recovery. It helps distinguish facility context from the recovery process, economic assessment, permitting status, or downstream recycling outcome.
Facility language can easily sound like approval or operational proof. Minespider keeps extractive waste facility as an evidence-location and waste-management context, then connects it to separate records for recovery, project status, permits, and economic assessment only when those records exist.