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European Pathway to Zero Waste: demonstrating the route to zero waste to landfill via end of waste protocols and building a recycling society (EPOW)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2012,
Background
Waste can amount to a loss of valuable natural resources. It also puts great pressure on the environment through inadequate disposal and the additional impact of extracting and processing new materials, and the manufacturing and distribution of new goods. Although data on waste across the EU is inconsistent, a wide range of different waste stre ...
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Critical Raw Material Closed Loop Recovery (LIFE 2014 CRMRecovery)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2015, Date de fin: 29 mars 2019,
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The UK has identified electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) as priority products due to their high embodied carbon and their environmental impact as a waste stream. Each year around 9.9 million tonnes of WEEE is generated in the EU. Only 30% of WEEE generated is reported as properly collected and recycled.
Many modern electrical and electronic pro ...
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Developing Resource Efficient Business Models (LIFE REBus)
Date du début: 1 juil. 2013, Date de fin: 30 déc. 2016,
Background
Domestic material consumption (DMC) in the EU reached 8.2 billion tonnes in 2007, 13% of all materials extracted globally. The annual average per capita material consumption in the EU was some 65% above the global average. The supply of stable, secure resources, however, is now constrained, while the global population continues to grow and the ...
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Electronic Duty of Care (EDOC)
Date du début: 10 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 18 déc. 2014,
Background
The UK Environmental Protection Act (1990) states that producers of waste have a legal âduty of careâ to take all reasonable steps to keep waste safe. The duty of care also applies to everyone involved in handling the waste, from those who produce it, to those whocarry it and to those who finally dispose of it or recover it. One of the most ...
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