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Pilot project for the dismantling and decontamination of discarded boats (Recyship)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

Background A ship reaches the end of it working life after 20-30 years and is sold as scrap and dismantled to recover the steel. Almost 90% can be reused as high-quality steel. The problem is that the remaining 10% contains high quantities of dangerous waste. In the 1970s, ships were dismantled in European ports. It was a complex and mechanised industrial ...
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Integrating civil, scientific and stakeholder knowledge towards African sustainable energy policy (SustainergyNet)

Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2010,

Sustainable development is closely linked to the issues of Environment and Energy and their interdependencies. Sustainable economic growth and social development are only possible if secure, constant and equal access to energy sources is guaranteed. However, intensive energy use is likely to present serious implications for the environment and the climate. Especially in developing countries, promo ...
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DISCO II - European Dictionary on Skills and Competences II

DISCO II provides a much needed and so far at European level not available terminological support for the description and translation of knowledge, skills and competences in the context of labour market and education. Transparency and comparability of competences is supported by DISCO II, based on a common terminology offered for competence descriptions in European transparency instruments and lea ...
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Boat Dismantling Insight by Generating Environmental and Safety Training

Europe has the largest concentration of recreational craft in the World made of materials such as Fibre-reinforced plastic, wood, PVC and neoprene. The life span ranges from 10 years for inflatable boats to 30 years for motorboats, and when it comes to the end of life of recreational craft there is no financial incentive to dismantle it, as the materials have no recyclable value leading sometimes ...
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