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Waste - Why care? (Belgium)
Topics:
Waste and material resources
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Why Belgium cares about waste.
- Topic
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Waste
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more info
Content provider
- Organisation name
- NFP-Belgium
- Reporting country
- Belgium
- Organisation website
- Organisation website
- Contact link
- Contact link
- Last updated
- Dec 22, 2010
- Content license
- CC By 2.5
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Published: Nov 05, 2010
Modified: Apr 13, 2011
Feed synced: Dec 22, 2010 original
Key message
Waste management activities and the increasing demand of materials cause environmental pollution.
Waste management activities (landfill, incineration, etc) cause environmental pollution. Reducing and avoiding this pollution as much as possible contributes to a healthier environment and hence a better quality of life.
Also, the increasing production and consumption leads to an increasing demand of materials. This leads to depletion of resources - often not renewable - and to environmental pressures caused by the exploitation, transport and treatment of these resources. Therefore, Belgium is developing the recycling and re-use market, introducing material-efficient technologies and stimulating more environmentally friendly consumption.
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