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Turning waste into resources
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As Europe grows wealthier it creates more and more rubbish. Every man, woman and child in the EU generates over a kilo of waste every day. Multiply that figure by nearly half a billion EU citizens and it quickly becomes clear that managing our waste without harming the environment is a major headache.
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REACH: A new regulation for chemical substances
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The new European law known as REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) was adopted by the Member States and the European Parliament and has entered into force in June 2007. By tabling this new legislation, the European Commission demonstrated its determination to protect Europeans' health and the environment. Indeed, recent scientific research has demonstrated that certain chemicals enter and accumulate in living organisms, including humans. While all substances placed on the market after 1981 have been tested to assess their safety, that is not the case for the tens of thousands of chemicals marketed before that date. That is why the European Union has developed this ambitious new Regulation on chemicals, one of the key sectors of the European economy.
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EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory Guidebook - 2007
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Direct and riverine inputs of hazardous substances into the North-East Atlantic
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This figure shows the input of cadmium, mercury, lead, lindane and PCB7 into the Northeast Atlantic (including the North Sea) as a percentage of 1990 values
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Feasibility assessment of using the Substance Flow Analysis Methodology for chemicals information at macro-level
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Priority issues in the Mediterranean environment (revised version)
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Following the principles of the European Thematic
Strategy on the Protection and Conservation of
the Marine Environment, the collective interest
of EEA and UNEP/MAP has been developed
towards a product focusing on priority pollution
zones in the Mediterranean Sea and addressing
emerging issues. All these issues come under the
prism of an ecosystem approach. The core of this
report derives from the latest (2003–2004) country
National Diagnostic Analyses reports (NDA).
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Reference Waterbase - Monitoring stations for rivers and lakes
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Water quality monitoring stations in rivers and lakes
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