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Green taxation needs well-designed policy packages, concluded a conference exploring the successes and failures of recent environmental taxation. European ministers are calling for a rethink in how taxes are structured to ensure maximum environmental impact with minimum costs for those with low salaries. News service Edie reports that the meeting’s …

The annual mountain of 15 million mobile phones scrapped because their users upgrade to newer models is being tackled with a new recycling scheme. Customers will be encouraged by retailers and service providers to return their old phones under a programme called Fonebak, launched on September 24. The BBC reports …

UK ‘worst in Europe on the environment’ according to yellow pages recycling survey The UK is seen as the worst country in Europe at protecting the environment, according to the latest Yellow Pages Annual Recycling Survey. Sweden is ranked the greenest country in Europe, with Germany a close second. But …

MAKING THE POLLUTER PAY – EC ADOPTS LIABILITY SCHEME The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive on environmental liability which aims both to prevent and restore environmental damage. The pollution of water, damage to biodiversity and land contamination which causes serious harm to human health would all …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …