Waste, geological disposal and public trust
Updated: 20 January 2026. Objective: address the issue with rigour, transparency and governance, for acceptable and lasting decisions.
Principles
- Responsibility: producers fund the management.
- Traceability: documented inventories and flows.
- Transparency: public information and independent assessment.
Points of debate
- Geological disposal: timeline and governance.
- Funding: provisions, dedicated funds, oversight.
- Acceptability: dialogue, open data, reviews.
What we call for
- Accessible data (inventories, reports, assessments).
- Strong independent institutions.
- Public monitoring indicators (without jargon).
Key message
Trust cannot be decreed: it is built through transparency, independent assessments and clear funding mechanisms.