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Growth in the Productivity of Labour, Energy and Materials in the EU: This figure shows the development of labour productivity, energy productivity and materials productivity in the EU
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Material productivity by country, 2000 vs 2008/2009: This figure shows the material productivity (GDP in millions of 2011 US$ (converted to 2011 price level with updated 2005 EKS PPPs) per tonnes DMC) for the EU27 member states and selected other countries in 2000 and 2009 respectively 2008.
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Total waste generation in the EU, EFTA, Turkey and Croatia in 2008 by source: This figure shows the total waste generation distribution in percentages between different sources in the EU, EFTA, Croatia and Turkey in 2008
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Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) Directive 2012/19/EU: The objective of the Directive is to promote re-use, recycling and other forms of recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in order to reduce the quantity of such waste to be disposed and to improve the environmental performance of the economic operators involved in the treatment of WEEE. The WEEE Directive sets criteria for the collection, treatment and recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment. The Directive is a recast of Directive 2002/96/EC. ( http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:197:0038:0071:EN:PDF)
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Hazardous waste generation in the EU-15, EU-12 and in EU-27 plus Norway, Switzerland, and Croatia, 1997 to 2009: The figure shows the amounts of hazardous waste generated in EU-15, EU-12 and EU-27 plus Norway, Switzerland, and Croatia in the years 1997 to 2009.
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Planet RE:think: First cut of Planet RE:think. The film tells the story of unsustainable resource use, showing the truly global nature of the problem, from environmentally devastating mining in Canada to recycling of electronic waste in India which damages the health of workers. The feature-length film also includes positive examples of 'green economy' policies and business models, from Ecuador to South Africa. The film was premiered at the UN Sustainable Development conference in Rio de Janeiro on 17 June, 2012.
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Development of municipal waste management in the EU-27, 1995–2010: -
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Trends in the use of materials and material productivity in EU-12 and EU15: This figure shows the changes of GDP, Population, DMC and Material Productivity for EU15 and EU12 between 1970 and 2011/2009 respectively 1992 and 2011/2009
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Uses of resources per capita in 2000 vs 2008/2009: This figure shows the DMC per capita for the EU27 countries and selected other countries in 2000 and 2009 respectively 2008
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Shipments of notified waste from EU Member States to other EU and non‐EU countries, 1997-2009: The figure illustrates the amount of transboundary shipped notified waste, in Million tonnes, traded from EU-member states to different countries. These cover countries within EU-15, EFTA, Non-OECD (inkl. BG and RO), EU-12 excl. BG + RO and OECD (non-EFTA).
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