IMPEL will be contributing to the regular seminar: Lessons Learnt from Industrial Accidents, hosted by the French Ministry of Sustainable Development from 29-30 May in Strasbourg.
Download the provisional programme
The on-line registration is open in English, German and French at:
http://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/accueil-inscription-seminaire-IMPEL-2013–7227.html
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The authors of the INECE Paper: “Compliance Management and System Based Supervision – June 2011” and project leaders of the IMPEL project: “Compliance Assurance Through Company Compliance Management Systems” Paul Meerman, Han de Haas (both Province Noord Brabant) and Martin de Bree (Next Step Management and Erasmus University) from the Netherlands were invited by the [...]...
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Improved rules on the collection and treatment of e-waste enter into force today. E-waste (i.e. waste electrical and electronic equipment, or WEEE) is one the fastest growing waste streams, and it offers substantial opportunities in terms of making secondary raw materials available on the market. Systematic collection and proper treatment is a precondition for recycling [...]...
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British scientists plan to monitor the effect of storms on nitrate and phosphate contamination in rivers, research they say is crucial because climate change means that the intensity and frequency of storms are likely to increase.
Results of the study by the scientists from the Universities of Southampton, Portsmouth and East Anglia and the National Oceanography [...]...
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Point source discharges and effluents from industrial activities are amongst the main reason across EU Member States which create significant pressures on the aquatic ecosystem.
The IMPEL project, “Linking the implementation of the Water Framework Directive to the implementation of the IPPC Directive,” has developed two reports on linkages between both directives and on challenges and [...]...
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Draft revised guidance for the pulp and paper sector has been issued by the IPPC Bureau in Seville. A deadline for receiving comments on the second draft of the revised Pulp, Paper and Board (PP) BREF has been set as the 13 July 2012.
There is also a second draft of the revised Mineral Oil and Gas Refineries (REF) [...]...
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