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Smarter Regulation of Waste in Europe (LIFE SMART Waste)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: May 31, 2019,

Background Waste streams that are of low quality and value, or are difficult to treat, persistently attract criminal activities that profit at the expense of the environment and legitimate operators in Europe’s waste industry. These illegal practises are ever-changing and are not easily visible. For environmental and partner bodies, there are big gaps i ...
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European Week for Waste Reduction (Life EWWR+)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Background The Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC clearly emphasises waste prevention through reuse and recycling as a top priority. An overall review of existing European awareness campaigns shows that, whilst the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is currently the only pan-European initiative focusing on waste prevention, there is no such initia ...
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Regions for Recycling (R4R)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

R4R (Regions for Recycling) aims at promoting regional contributions to the European Recycling Society, by allowing local and regional authorities to make consistent comparisons thanks to a common method and exchange of transferable good practices related to local instruments in order to improve recycling performances.The European Waste Policy aims at preventing waste generation and optimising the ...
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Improve the effectiveness of waste prevention policies in EU territories (Pre-waste)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

The importance of waste prevention is nowadays fully recognized and generally considered as a priority within EU, national and regional authorities waste management strategies and plans, but many efforts need still to be done. One of the targets sets in the 5th Environment Action Programme (EAP) was to reduce the generation of municipal waste per capita per year to the average 1985 EU level (300 k ...
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European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jul 15, 2012,

Background The revised Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) laid down a five-step hierarchy of waste management options where waste prevention is considered a priority. Households in the EU produce 8% of total waste (figure 2006). This figure may seem relatively small, however, relative to the billions of tonnes produced every year, the role of each Eu ...
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Assessing the Potential of Plastic Recycling in the Construction and Demolition Activities. (APPRICOD)

Start date: Nov 28, 2003, End date: May 31, 2006,

Background The total weight of C&D waste generated within the European Union (EU-15) is estimated at 180 million tonnes per year. Plastics have been used on construction sites since the 1940s and more intensively since the 1960s. With a 20% share of plastics consumption in Europe in 2004, the construction sector is the third largest plastics user, after ...
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