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WEEE collection 'must double to meet 2016 goal'
9 Mar 2010Karl-Heinz Florenz's proposed target for collecting waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in 2016 means the existing EU rate will need to double, according to a study issued on Friday by the United Nations University.
Third of Portuguese waste operators break the law
10 Mar 2010A third of the licensed waste management companies investigated by the Portuguese environment ministry since December 2009 break the law, the Portuguese environment minister Dule Pássaro announced on Tuesday. A total of 100 companies have been investigated so far.
NewsEU to propose radioactive waste law by year-end
8 Mar 2010The European Commission will table a legislative proposal on the treatment of radioactive waste before the end of the year, commission president José Manuel Barroso told a nuclear energy conference on Monday.
NewsCzechs urged to maintain coal mining restrictions
8 Mar 2010The environment committee of the Czech Sciences Academy has urged the country's government to keep restrictions on coal mining. The government is under pressure to abolish the 1991 restrictions to increase production and help bring unemployment down.
NewsGermany calls for tougher rules on WEEE exports
5 Mar 2010German environment minister Norbert Röttgen has called on the EU to adopt stricter requirements for exporters in its revision of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) directive to prove that the material they export is not actually waste.
NewsEU judges condemn Italy over Naples waste crisis
5 Mar 2010Italy breached EU waste legislation by failing to ensure waste was being disposed without endangering health and the environment during the 2007 waste crisis in Naples in the Campania region, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said on Thursday.
AnalysisIndustry sets out options for alternative WEEE vision
9 Dec 2009As initial shock over plans to revise EU rules on waste electrical equipment has worn off, Charlie Dunmore explores manufacturers’ ideas on how the law should change
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