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Consumption and the environment — 2012 update

Consumption and the environment - SOER 2010 thematic assessment

Consumption and environment — key message 3

SOER 2010 Message (Deprecated) Published 28 Nov 2010

Topics: Resource efficiency and waste Resource efficiency and waste

The growth in global trade is resulting in an increasing share of the environmental pressures and impacts caused by consumption in EU countries being felt beyond their borders. While some of this shift is between EU countries, a large part is outside the EU and beyond the remit of current EU production-related policies.

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Topics: Resource efficiency and waste Resource efficiency and waste

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