The European Commission's Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste outlines why life cycle thinking is essential in the move towards more sustainable consumption and production. The importance of life cycle thinking is further highlighted in the Commission's complimentary Strategy on...

The amount of waste generated in Europe and, beyond, by our production and consumption patterns is significant. A proper waste management is essential in order to reduce detrimental environmental impacts. For the European Union, the general principles of good waste management are outlined in the...

The amount of waste generated in Europe and, beyond, by our production and consumption patterns is significant. A proper waste management is essential in order to reduce detrimental environmental impacts. For the European Union, the general principles of good waste management are outlined in the...

It is crucial to establish priority actions to optimise the management of the large quantities of bio-waste produced yearly in Europe. These efforts are expected to generate environmental benefits as well as financial savings and social advantages. This guidance document provides anyone involved...

Large quantities of waste are generated during the construction of developments, and when buildings and structures are decommissioned and demolished at the end of their lives. Improper management of these construction and demolition (C&D) wastes often results in considerable environmental...

Large quantities of waste are generated during the construction of developments, and when buildings and structures are decommissioned and demolished at the end of their lives. Improper management of these construction and demolition (C&D) wastes often results in considerable environmental...

It is crucial to establish priority actions to optimise the management of the large quantities of bio-waste produced yearly in Europe. These efforts are expected to generate environmental benefits as well as financial savings and social advantages. This guidance document provides anyone involved...

The project EFIResources: Resource Efficient Construction towards Sustainable Design, focusses on the development of a performance based approach for sustainable design, enabling to assess resource efficiency of buildings, in the early stages of building design, and supporting European policies...

The EU Consumer Footprint aims at assessing the potential environmental impacts due to consumption. The calculation of the Consumer footprint is based on the life cycle assessment (LCA) of representative products (or services) purchased and used in one year by an EU citizen. This report is about...

The EU Consumer Footprint aims at assessing the potential environmental impacts due to consumption. The calculation of the Consumer footprint is based on the life cycle assessment (LCA) of representative products (or services) purchased and used in one year by an EU citizen. This report is about...