http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/what/public-events/competitions/waste-smart-competition/wastesmart-competition-2013?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Imagine all the resources, energy and labour that are used to produce food, cars, clothes, mobile phones and everything we consume. If we do not re-use and recycle them, they could be ending up in landfills or incineration plants. Each year, EU citizens generate an average of six tonnes of solid waste per person. Waste can not only be an economic loss but also negatively impact the environment as well as human health. No publisher jaeglmar waste EEA competition public outreach 2013-05-08T15:55:00+02:00 Page http://www.eea.europa.eu/pressroom/newsreleases/highest-recycling-rates-in-austria?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Austria, Germany and Belgium recycled the largest proportion of municipal waste in Europe in 2010. Although some countries have rapidly increased recycling rates, Europe is still wasting vast quantities of valuable resources by sending them to landfill, and many countries risk falling short of legally binding recycling targets. No publisher girliar garbage composting recycling metals plastic glass paper rubbish waste municipal waste 2013-03-19T09:00:00+01:00 Press Release http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/development-of-municipal-waste-management?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The amount of municipal waste related to treatment in million tonnes No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Copenhagen Resource Institute (CRI). recycling waste municipal solid waste municipal waste generation municipal waste 2013-03-05T10:05:00+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/municipal-waste-generated-per-capita?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The amount of municipal solid waste generated per capita in kilogramme No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Copenhagen Resource Institute (CRI). waste municipal solid waste 2013-03-05T10:02:32+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/11.2-recycling-rates-for-packaging/assessment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Recycling rates have generally increased steadily in Europe for most packaging waste fractions and total municipal waste since the mid-1990s. Total packaging waste recycling rates increased in the EU-15 from 47% to 65% between 1998 and 2010. Recycling rates for total packaging waste for the EU-27 as a whole had reached similar levels (63%) by 2010. Recycling rates of municipal waste in the EU-27 more than doubled between 1995 and 2007, but have stagnated since then. Increasing recycling rates are a sign that Europe is making progress towards a recycling society, but for a number of packaging waste fractions as well as for municipal waste, there is still room for improvement. No publisher mckinlin recycling rates packaging waste SCP SCP016 2013-01-22T12:48:20+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/11.1-total-recycling-amounts-of/assessment-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Europe appears not to be moving closer to a closed loop society within its internal market. While, yearly recycled quantities of plastic, paper, glass, metals, textiles and wood waste generated in the EU increased by 11.1 million tonnes (7%) between 2004 and 2008, almost all of the increase resulted from a sharp rise in net exports of waste for recycling overseas. Yearly exports of waste for recycling had increased by a further 8 million tonnes by 2010. This may suggest some movement towards a closed loop society when treatment of European waste is viewed from a more global perspective. No publisher mckinlin recycling waste materials recycling households waste SCP SCP015 economy 2013-01-22T12:43:00+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/municipal-waste-generation/municipal-waste-generation-assessment-published-5?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic One of the most important objectives of the EU policy is to decouple waste generation from economic growth. Data shows that Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation in the EU-27 has been stabilising since 2000 albeit at a high level of around 520 kg/capita. However, MSW generation went down to 513 kg/capita in 2010, probably an effect of the economic downturn starting in 2008.   No publisher alec SOER2010 CSI CSI016 municipal waste generation households waste001 waste economy 2013-01-11T16:26:45+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/trend-in-the-amount-of-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The figures show the amount of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) that has been collected from private households in European countries, stated in kg/capita. The figures are related to the EU collection target of 4 kg/capita/year. Values are related to 2006, 2008 and 2010. No publisher iverscar EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Copenhagen Resource Institute (CRI). WEEE collected WEEE collection target waste private households None EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment/assessment-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Data indicates that while reuse and recycling of the collected waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) seems to be on track in the majority of the EU and EFTA member countries, the collection of the WEEE has shown varying but generally improving results. It appears that the amounts of WEEE that are collected, are largely reused or recycled although there is still room for improvement in some countries. However, more attention should be given to the improvement of collection systems. The level of collection is still very low in many countries, especially when compared to the amount put on the market (Figure 1). No publisher iverscar WEEE collected reused WEEE collection target recycling private households waste003 waste 2012-12-12T10:00:21+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/treatment-of-packaging-waste-in-the-eu-4?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The figure shows the treatment of packaging waste 1997-2010 No publisher Carsten Iversen EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). disposal waste packaging waste decoupling None EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/treatment-of-packaging-waste-in-the-eu-5?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The figure shows the treatment of packaging waste 2005-2010 No publisher Carsten Iversen EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). disposal waste packaging waste None EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/generation-and-recycling-of-packaging-waste/generation-and-recycling-of-packaging-4?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The generation of packaging waste per capita in the EU has followed a growing trend until 2006. Between 2006 and 2009, a stabilisation was observed, while in 2009 effects of the economic downturn were reflected by a decreased level of packaging waste. In 2010, amount of packaging waste generated became 157 kg/capita following a slight increase in the trend after the economic downturn. This is a clear indication that, neither decoupling waste generation from economic growth nor the EU policy objective of waste prevention has as yet been accomplished for this waste stream. However, the recycling schemes appear to be quite effective for packaging waste. After 2000, recycling covered more than 50% of the generated packaging waste, a lot higher than the 25% target of the Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste for the year 2001. In 2008, recycling covered 61% of the generated waste, already exceeding the 2008 target of the Directive, which is 55%. The situation improved slightly in 2010 as the recycling rate of 63,2% was achieved at the EU-27 level. No publisher Carsten Iversen recycling CSI decoupling disposal CSI017 waste002 Packaging waste packaging waste waste 2012-11-14T10:29:30+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/exports-of-hazardous-waste-from?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The graph shows export from EU-27 member countries to differenct country groups. Country groups are defined as: EU-15, EU-12, EFTA, OECD (non-EFTA) No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Copenhagen Resource Institute (CRI), Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat). hazardous waste waste movements of waste waste management 2012-11-09T12:40:00+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/the-30-largest-flows-of?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The table shows the 30 largest flows of hazardous waste between EU-27 countries, and between EU-27 countries and other countries, shown in tonnes No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Copenhagen Resource Institute (CRI), Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat). hazardous waste waste movements of waste waste shipment 2012-11-09T12:40:00+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/hazardous-waste-generation-in-the-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The amount of hazardous waste generation in the EU-27, EU-15 and EU-12 No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Copenhagen Resource Institute (CRI). waste generation hazardous waste waste movements of waste 2012-11-09T12:40:00+01:00 EEAFigure