It was announced on Monday that the new Chair of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee would be German S&D MEP, Matthias Groote. Other changes of relevance for IMPEL is the change to the Chair of the Industry Committee who will now be Amalia Sartori (EPP, Italy).
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A European Commission press release says that: “Full implementation of EU waste legislation would save €72 billion a year, increase the annual turnover of the EU waste management and recycling sector by €42 billion and create over 400,000 jobs by 2020″. This is the conclusion of a report published by the European Commission on the [...]...
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European Voice: Collection rate to rise to 85% by 2019. National governments approved a deal on legislation to increase the recovery of electronic waste.
For the full story please go to the European Voice website.
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From the 24-25th November the IMPEL network held its 8th General Assembly meeting in Warsaw, Poland as part of its continuing efforts to facilitate good cooperation, share experiences and learn from one another to better implement and enforce EU environmental legislation. The network agreed to support 22 projects in 2012 looking at new approaches to regulation, the [...]...
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INECE (in cooperation with IMPEL) co-facilitated an international workshop in Rotterdam on the 14-15 November in which authorities and organizations met with stakeholders from the shipping industry to find common ground for effective approaches to fight illegal transnational hazardous waste shipments. Such shipments are in conflict with the provisions of the Basel Convention and cause [...]...
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The European Commission has unveiled its 2012 work programme.
An annex to the report can be seen here.
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