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The disposal of residual household waste in landfills above ground level can be avoided. This is the outcome of seven scenarios that have been set up in the study entitled "A Future Strategy for Municipal Waste Management (Goal 2020)". Commissioned by the German Federal Environmental Agency, the study was supposed to yield a technical basis for a strategy establishing the entire and ecologically sound recycling of municipal waste (goal 2020).

Main Focus of the study
The main focus of this research project was on household residual waste. OtherRead more

With their accession in May 2004 the new Member States will have to apply among others the European regulations on waste management. The European challenges were summarised in a study carried out by Ecologic and discussed during seminars with municipalities and national representatives in Lithuania and Latvia. The objective of the two projects is to prepare the regional and local environmental administrations in Lithuania and in Latvia for their EU-accession.

Representatives from municipalities, regional administrations, inspectorates and from related sectors such as urban planningRead more

An important issue with regard to the Middle and Eastern European enlargement of the European Union is the development of environmental infrastructures. The EU promotes this process, e.g., with the financing programme ISPA. For German enterprises this provides new business opportunities. Therefore Ecologic organizes this seminar, informing the respective businesses about existing challenges and risks.

Engineering businesses and environment technology companies that wish to work in the Accession Countries tend to be small- and medium-sized enterprises. Their human and financialRead more