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SWISS BENCHMARK STUDY COMPARES FIVE EUROPEAN EPAS Switzerland enjoys an above-average quality of environment for an average level of environmental expenditure. This is achieved with a below-average number of personnel at the national environmental agency. These findings emerge in a benchmark study commissioned by SAEFL – Switzerland’s environment agency, which …

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This document provides the final version of the Proceedings of the OECD Workshop on Waste Prevention: Toward Performance Indicators. It was declassified by the Delegates of the Working Group on Waste Prevention and Recycling and Delegates of the Working Group on Environmental Information and Outlooks in July 2002. Part 1 …

This document provides the final version of the Proceedings of the OECD Workshop on Waste Prevention: Toward Performance Indicators. It was declassified by the Delegates of the Working Group on Waste Prevention and Recycling and Delegates of the Working Group on Environmental Information and Outlooks in July 2002. Part 1 …

Remarketing offers domestic appliance manufacturers a profitable avenue for the disposal of their used goods, says a new report. The impending EU Directive on electrical goods will require producers to recycle three quarters of their appliances. The latest study by an environmental research body (DARP Environmental, funded by Biffaward) shows …

The US administration have launched a campaign to boost recycling. The initiative, which also aims to slash the generation of toxic chemicals, was announced by the US EPA at the National Recycling Coalition’s 21st Annual Congress and Exposition in Austin, Texas. The EPA wants to boost nationwide recycling of items …

Plans to spur Germans to even greater recycling efforts suffered a blow Tuesday when a court ruled against a new regulation putting a deposit on drink cans and many previously deposit-free bottles. AP reports that the administrative court in Düsseldorf said the impact of the deposit for consumers and companies …