Waste oil - European Commission - Environment
2024年9月27日 · Waste oils are considered hazardous waste and have some dangerous properties. One litre of waste oil can contaminate one million litres of water. Waste oils in rivers, lakes and streams threaten aquatic life. Also, if waste oils are left on the ground, they can severely contaminate soil. Everyone, including industries, consumers, and garages ...
Waste and recycling - European Commission - Environment
6 天之前 · Overview. EU waste policy aims to contribute to the circular economy by extracting high-quality resources from waste as much as possible. The European Green Deal aims to promote growth by transitioning to a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy. As part of this transition, several EU waste laws will be reviewed.
New Regulation on waste shipments enters into force
2024年5月20日 · New rules to ensure the EU takes greater responsibility for its waste entered into force on Monday 20 May 2024. The new Waste Shipments Regulation sets out stricter rules on the export of waste to non-EU countries. The Regulation will also increase traceability and facilitate the shipments of waste for recycling in the EU and beyond.
Waste shipments - European Commission - Environment
2024年5月20日 · The new Regulation on waste shipments was adopted on 11 April 2024 and entered into force on 20 May 2024. It aims to: Ensure that the EU does not export its waste challenges to third countries and contributes to environmentally sound management of waste. Strengthen enforcement to prevent illegal shipments of waste occurring within the EU, as ...
PCBs/PCTs - European Commission - Environment
1996年9月16日 · Background. PCBs and PCTs are manmade chemicals that were produced on a large scale across the world between the 1930s and 1980s. They were used in particular in lubricants and in electrical and hydraulic equipment. They are pervasive, and have since been detected in soil, surface and ground water, as well as in food.
Implementation of the Waste Framework Directive
The amended Waste Framework Directive, Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and Landfill Directive have removed the obligation for implementation reports. Now the European Commission, supported by the EEA, is required to publish early warning reports three years ahead of the recycling and landfilling target years. 2018 implementation report.
Waste Framework Directive - European Commission - Environment
The Waste Framework Directive provides additional labelling, record keeping, monitoring and control obligations from the "cradle to the grave", in other words from the waste production to the final disposal or recovery. It also bans the mixing of hazardous waste with other categories of hazardous waste, and with non-hazardous waste.
Mining waste - European Commission - Environment
2020年2月21日 · Mining waste is one of the largest waste streams in the EU. It can contain large quantities of dangerous substances. Mining waste comes from extracting and processing mineral resources. It includes materials such as topsoil overburden (which are removed to gain access to mineral resources), and waste rock and tailings (after the extraction of ...
More circular, less carbon: chemical recycling holds promise for …
2023年10月19日 · More circular, less carbon: chemical recycling holds promise for wind-turbine blade waste. Issue 611: Disposing of complex and cumbersome wind turbine blades at the end of their lives is a key challenge facing the renewable energy sector. Researchers now identify a form of chemical recycling as the most circular and low-carbon solution. Photo ...
Shipments of waste in the EU in the context of the Coronavirus crisis. 30 March 2020. companies dealing with waste continue provi. ing an essential serviceto our society even in these dificult times. The Commission works with the Member States to keep the green lanes for waste open so that it could be shipped without delay, become the resource.