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"Talking Rubbish" Municipal Waste Europe (14th May 2013)
William NEALE Member of Cabinet Commissioner Potocnik European Commissioner for Environment
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Northern hemisphere average Water use
surface temperature Species extinctions Population Paper consumption CO2 concentration Motor vehicles Loss of tropical rainforest Fisheries exploited and woodlands Ozone depletion GDP Foreign investment 2 Source: “How our economy is killing the Earth”, The New Scientist, 16 October 2008
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Roadmap on Resource Efficiency
2020 aspirational objectives Full implementation of the EU waste acquis Waste generation per capita in decline Recycling and reuse are economically attractive and at 'max feasible level' Energy recovery limited to non-recyclable materials Landfilling virtually eliminated
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Member States' Performance Statistics & Calculation Simplification
Issues Member States' Performance Statistics & Calculation Simplification Waste Hierarchy Instruments 4
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