Towards a circular economy : waste management in the EU

This STOA study explores waste management in the EU. Around one third of EU municipal waste was sent to landfill in 2012. To turn waste into a resource, waste management objectives must be aligned with the goals of a circular economy transition. This report highlights progress and challenges across Member States and in municipalities for (1) reducing waste, and (2) generating high-quality waste streams for re-use and recovery. It focuses on the current policy landscape, trends, and technologies for the five waste streams identified in the European Commission´s Circular Economy Action Plan. Employment opportunities for the different steps of the waste hierarchy as well as future policy options are identified and discussed.

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Year of publication:	[2017]
Other Persons:	Lee, Peter (contributor) ; Sims, Edward (contributor) ; Bertham, Olivia (contributor) ; Symington, Harry (contributor) ; Bell, Nia (contributor) ; Pfaltzgraff, Lucie (contributor) ; Sjögren, Pernilla (contributor) ; Wilts, Hennin (contributor) ; O'Brien, Meghan (contributor)
Institutions:	European Parliament / Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (issuing body) ; Oakdene Hollins (issuing body) ; Wuppertal Institute (issuing body)
Publisher:	Brussels : European Parliament
Subject:	Kreislaufwirtschaft \| Recycling \| Abfallwirtschaft \| Waste management

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (134 p.) Illustrationen (farbig)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Manuscript completed in September 2017. - Bibl. : p. 108-115
ISBN:	978-92-846-1548-3
Other identifiers:	10.2861/978568 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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