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Preparing a Waste Prevention Programme: Guidance document
This handbook is designed to support EU Member States and other interested parties take advantageof the many opportunities in waste prevention and resource efficiency.
The revised Waste Framework Directive requires the Member States to create national wasteprevention programmes by 12 December 2013.
The objective of these programmes is to present acoordinated national approach to waste prevention, delineating targets and policies, and aiming todecouple economic growth from the environmental impacts of waste generation.
| Creator | Drafted by BioIntelligence Service S.A.S., Paris in association with Copenhagen Resource Institute, Copenhagen Regional Environmental Center, Szentendre with contributions from members of ETAGIW Consortium (Expert team for assessment and guidance for the implementation of waste legislation), comprising Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Vienna (AEE) BiPRO GmbH, Munich Ekotoxikologické Centrum, Bratislava (ETC) |
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| Publisher | Drafted by BioIntelligence Service S.A.S., Paris in association with Copenhagen Resource Institute, Copenhagen Regional Environmental Center, Szentendre with contributions from members of ETAGIW Consortium (Expert team for assessment and guidance for the implementation of waste legislation), comprising Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Vienna (AEE) BiPRO GmbH, Munich Ekotoxikologické Centrum, Bratislava (ETC) |
| Type of document | Report |
| Rights | Public |
| File link |
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/prevention/pdf/Waste%20prevention%20guidelines.pdf |
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| Source of information | European Commission [DG Environment] |
| Keyword(s) | waste prevention, waste management, MED-3R, Waste Framework Directive |
| Subject(s) | ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , INDUSTRY , INFRASTRUCTURES |
| Relation | http://www.semide.org/initiatives/med-3r |
| Geographical coverage | n/a |
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17/04/2013
