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The global environmental problems we face today are largely the result of human overexploitation of natural resources, including (fossil) fuels, minerals, water, land and biodiversity. It has become increasingly clear that Europe's prevailing model of economic development — based on high resource use, waste generation and pollution — cannot be sustained in the long term. Today, the European Union (EU) is heavily reliant on imports and we need twice the total land area of the EU to meet our resource demands. Many of the resources are only in use for a short period of time, or they are lost to the economy through being landfilled or downcycled (involving a decrease of quality during recovery operations).

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Resource efficiency and waste	Resource efficiency and waste	7.5 KB	18 Dec 2018, 10:54 AM	Published
News	News	1 KB	06 Jan 2017, 04:37 PM	Published
Articles	Articles	1 KB	19 Apr 2016, 05:39 PM	Published
Publications	Publications	1 KB	19 Apr 2016, 05:39 PM	Published
Multimedia	Multimedia	1 KB	12 Jan 2018, 02:53 PM	Published
Data and maps	Data and maps	1 KB	13 Apr 2011, 07:49 PM	Published
Indicators	Indicators	1 KB	20 Apr 2016, 12:52 PM	Published
Countries data reporting	Countries data reporting	0 KB	19 Apr 2016, 07:33 PM	Published
Data services overview	Data services overview	0 KB	19 Apr 2016, 06:00 PM	Published
Briefings from the latest European state and outlook report	Briefings from the latest European state and outlook report	1 KB	14 Aug 2015, 11:42 AM	Published
Resource efficiency	Resource efficiency	1 KB	08 Aug 2018, 02:36 PM	Published
An average of 5.2 tonnes of waste from all sources was generated per person in the EU-27 in 2018	An average of 5.2 tonnes of waste from all sources was generated per person in the EU-27 in 2018	1 KB	02 Feb 2021, 11:50 AM	Published
The environmental impacts across the life cycle of plastics	The environmental impacts across the life cycle of plastics	0 KB	28 Jan 2021, 10:53 AM	Published

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