The European Commission has announced that it has selected 89 innovation projects out of the 534 applications it received from public and private organisations to finance environmental innovation projects under the LIFE-Environment programme.
With 27 million euros (39% of the total), waste management amounts to a substantial part of the 71 million euros the Commission has promised to spend on LIFE-Environment. EU countries will provide the remaining sums for a total of 220 million euros.
Other areas to receive funding include management of ground and surface water, land-use management and minimising the environmental costs of economic activity.
"These innovations also contribute to achieving the EU's competitiveness and growth goals," said Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas.
Separate LIFE funding is also being allocated to nature conservation projects (LIFE-Nature, 69 million euros) as well as for countries outside the EU (LIFE-Third Countries, 6 million euros).
