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Tag: resource efficiency roadmap

Europe dumps or incinerates 60% of waste: NGO report - 14 February 2013 - News

Europe recycles only 25% of its municipal waste, a far-cry from the EU's promise of a resource-efficient economy, says a study released today (14 February) by Friends of the Earth Europe.

REACH chemicals law hampers EU recycling goals - 16 November 2012 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / The REACH chemical safety regulation is creating headaches for recycled products manufacturers, hampering the European Union's efforts to decrease its reliance on imported raw materials. The European Commission has only begun acknowledging the problem, saying it will take time to address.

Metal, steel industries warn EU efficiency laws could force them out of Europe - 15 November 2012 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / Steelmakers and other metals industries fear that limits the EU is considering imposing on the amount of natural resources they use will push them out of Europe, where environmental regulations are less stringent.

Commission official: Lack of resource efficiency rules hurts industry - 14 November 2012 - Interview

SPECIAL REPORT / The European Commission is working on turning resource efficiency into a political aspiration, by setting indicators to measure it and scoreboards for countries to compare their performance. This will help industry, says William Neale, responsible for resource efficiency in the Commission's environment unit.

Debate rages over how to measure resource efficiency - 13 November 2012 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / Industrial and environmental groups are lining up to pressure the European Commission on how best to measure resource efficiency. Businesses have warned that a one-size-fits-all approach will hamper economic growth at a time when Europe strives to emerge from its sovereign debt crisis.

Brussels strives to keep resource-efficiency 'on the radar' - 12 November 2012 - News

SPECIAL REPORT / Faced with strong political headwinds against new environmental legislation in the current economic crisis, the European Commission is multiplying initiatives to keep resource-efficiency on the political radar.

Ministers set out 2050 vision for a 'green Europe' - 12 June 2012 - News

The EU's 27 environment ministers have set out the key elements of the bloc's environment policy for decades to come, calling for "an ambitious and compelling 2050 vision for a green Europe" that decouples economic growth from environmental degradation.

Parliament backs resource-efficiency roadmap - 25 May 2012 - News

The EU's roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe received a green light from the European Parliament yesterday (24 May), in a bid to “turn talk into reality” for green economic growth. 

MEPs 'compromise' on resource efficiency roadmap - 26 April 2012 - News

The European Parliament's environment committee backed a proposed resource efficiency roadmap for Europe on 25 April, marking an important step in EU policymakers' efforts to decouple natural resource use from economic growth. However, in an effort to find a compromise, they left aside proposed ambitious deadlines and measures.

Food matters: Setting the table for a greener future - 28 February 2012 - Opinion

Humans ought to change their eating habits to successfully meet the 2050 targets set out in the European Commission's resource efficiency roadmap, writes Oliver Smith.

Gerbrandy MEP: 'I will be proposing a sort of Schengen area for waste' - 23 February 2012 - Interview

Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, a Dutch Liberal MEP who is drafting a resolution on resource-efficiency for the European Parliament, proposes a ‘Schengen area’ for waste that would allow all sorts of second-hand resources to be traded more freely between member states. He spoke to EurActiv about the priority actions he will try to push for in the coming months and years.

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