Waste: 'A Managed Resource By 2020'

Link to 'The Wasters Blog'

"...Numbers for EU resource usage and waste produced are huge, as given by the EU Commission:

• Disposal of 2.7bn tonnes of waste annually 
• ... 98m tonnes of which is hazardous. 
• Only 40 percent of the EU’s solid waste is re-used or recycled.

"There will within the next few years be another new layer of regulations to ensure that:

1. Higher priority is given to re-use and recycling.
2. All product design integrating a life-cycle approach, is implemented 
3. Yet bigger incentives for waste prevention and recycling, and 
4. More public investment takes place in modern facilities for waste treatment and recycling.