http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 3. http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/big-potential-of-cutting-greenhouse?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic There is a big potential to cut greenhouse gases (GHGs) from municipal solid waste management, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The report, 'Waste opportunities – Past and future climate benefits from better municipal waste management in Europe', covers the EU-27 (excluding Cyprus), Norway and Switzerland. It estimates that these countries could make GHG savings of up to 78 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) by 2020, or 1.53 % of Europe's emissions in 2008. No publisher stanhibe GHG emissions climate change recycling waste policy GHG GHG emission emission reduction biodegradable waste greenhouse gas emission landfill directive waste greenhouse gas emissions municipal waste management greenhouse gas life-cycle thinking municipal waste CO2 natural resources landfill CO2 emissions life cycle 2011-08-29T10:00:00+02:00 Highlight http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/countries/fi/waste-state-and-impacts-finland?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Waste - State and Impacts No publisher SOER2010finland waste generation SOER2010 construction waste packaging waste hazardous waste biodegradable waste recycling waste plan waste deposition waste incineration waste sector paper recycling country assessment cardboard recycling waste municipal waste 2010-11-26T18:45:50+02:00 Common environmental theme http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/diverting-waste-from-landfill-effectiveness-of-waste-management-policies-in-the-european-union?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Issued in 1999, the Landfill Directive marked a decisive shift from landfill towards the EU's new waste hierarchy, which prioritises waste prevention, followed by re-use, recycling and recovery, and seeks to avoid landfilling wherever feasible. The Landfill Directive set targets for progressively reducing the amount of biodegradable municipal waste landfilled in the period to 2016. A decade on from the Landfill Directive's enactment seems a fitting time to review progress and extract key lessons for policy-makers in Europe and elsewhere. Through individual and comparative analyses of waste management in five countries and one sub-national region (Estonia, Finland, the Flemish Region of Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Italy), as well as an econometric analysis of the EU–25 Member States, this report seeks to answer a number of important questions, including: To what extent was waste management practice changed in the last decade? How much of the change was due to the Landfill Directive (and other EU instruments)? What measures and institutional arrangements did countries introduce? Which measures and arrangements proved most effective in different national and regional contexts? No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. biodegradable waste recycling waste policy landfill policy effectiveness evaluation municipal waste 2009-06-10T15:52:25+01:00 Publication