29/6/2004

Balancing Waste Management with Economic Growth
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Press Release

European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Waste management strategies vary tremendously within the enlarged European Union.  Several new Member States and Candidate Countries continue to rely on uncontrolled waste dumps. This can have a detrimental impact on the environment and human health.

Faced with the challenge of balancing expected strong economic growth with environmental deterioration, new Member States are being supported by the JRC to integrate EU Directives into national laws.  This will also avoid that old waste dumps are a burden for future development. At the same time, the JRC is helping these States to plan strategies to cope with  ...........  (Continue)


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