377 Articles found
European Environment Agency (EEA) Articles
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Biodegradable Municipal Waste Management in Europe
This report is intended as guidance to help decision-makers in their efforts to comply with the EU Landfill Directive`s targets for reducing the landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste. The first two parts of the report provide ...
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Scenarios as Tools for International Environmental Assessments
Scenarios can be useful tools in international environmental assessments for evaluating future environmental problems, and this report is intended to contribute to improving scenario-building and analysis for decision-makers. It proposes a step-wise ...
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Review of Selected Waste Streams: Sewage Sludge, Construction and Demolition Waste, Waste Oils, Waste from Coal-fired Power Plants and Biodegradable Municipal Waste
Five waste streams are reviewed in this technical report: sewage sludge, construction and demolition waste, waste oils, waste from coal-fired power plants and biodegradable municipal waste. The review focuses on the quantities of wastes produced and ...
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Biodegradable Municipal Waste Management in Europe - Part 1: Strategies and instruments PDF
This report is intended as guidance to help decision-makers in their efforts to comply with the EU Landfill Directive`s targets for reducing the landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste. The first two parts of the report provide information on ...
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New EEA Report
Environmental Signals 2000 is the first of a series of regular indicator reports on the European environment to come from the Agency. Published annually, these reports will provide policy makers, experts and the general public with the very latest ...
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Dangerous Substances in Waste
Abstract The report focuses specifically on environmental risks associated with the main final disposal technologies, landfilling and incineration. The main objective of the report is the analysis of these technologies and the description of the ...
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Future Waste Amounts in the EU
Abstract As waste generation and economic activity are closely related, it is possible to predict how much waste we will generate in years to come. Such projections are, however, subject to much uncertainty, especially because the necessary basis ...
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Waste in The EU at the Turn of the Century
Abstract The major part of waste in the EU ends up at landfills. In the EU waste strategy, a hierarchy for waste management has been set up: minimisation, material recovery, energy recovery and, only as the last resort, landfilling. This hierarchy ...
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Hazardous Waste Generation in Selected European Countries: Comparability of Classification Systems and Quantities
Executive summary Background & methodology The purpose of this report is to review existing data on hazardous waste for the period 1993-1996 and to try to improve the comparability of the data. The report has been prepared by the ...
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Baseline Projections of Selected Waste Streams
Abstract Waste represents an enormous loss of resources both in the form of materials and energy. Indeed, quantities of waste can be seen as an indicator of the material efficiency of society. Waste generation is increasing in the European Union, ...
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Information on Waste Management Practices
The European Topic Centre on Waste (ETC/W) has prepared this technical report on the design of catalogues on waste management and waste minimisation. During the initial stages of the work, it became evident that basic work related to data, structure ...
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Ozone Depleting Substances
Abstract In Europe the increase in ultra-violet radiation (UV) is estimated to be larger over the western parts because of large depletion in the total ozone column. UV global trends are estimated to increase by 3-4% per decade in northern ...
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Environmental Management Tools for SMEs: A Handbook
Abstract This handbook looks at the way SMEs can use environmental management to improve their business performance. It looks at environmental management systems (including ISO 14001 and EMAS) and at a number of other tools that firms can use to ...
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Sludge Treatment and Disposal: Management Approaches and Experiences
Abstract This report describes various methods of sludge treatment and disposal: it is intended for those charged with the task of determining the fate of sludge, providing them with the information necessary to select among action ...
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Non-Ionising Radiation
Pressures on the environment may occur through chemical, physical and biological agents. The subject of this study is physical agents, where physical fields are examined. Physical fields are part of the natural environment. Depending upon their ...
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Ionising Radiation
Introduction The energy level of some types of radiation is high enough so that when they interact with matter they cause the formation of electrically charged particles or ion-pairs and break molecular bonds. These so-called ionising radiations ...
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Environmental Noise
Introduction The ability to hear sounds is a sensory function vital for human survival and communication. However, not all sounds are wanted. `Unwanted sounds`, for which the term `noise` is normally used, often have their origin in human ...