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Resource efficiency and waste

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The global environmental problems we face today are largely the result of human overexploitation of natural resources, including (fossil) fuels, minerals, water, land and biodiversity. It has become increasingly clear that Europe's prevailing model of economic development — based on high resource use, waste generation and pollution — cannot be sustained in the long term. Today, the European Union (EU) is heavily reliant on imports and we need twice the total land area of the EU to meet our resource demands. Many of the resources are only in use for a short period of time, or they are lost to the economy through being landfilled or downcycled (involving a decrease of quality during recovery operations).
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Resource efficiency and waste 7.5 KB 18 Dec 2018, 10:54 AM Published
Folder text/texmacs News 1 KB 06 Jan 2017, 04:37 PM Published
Folder Articles 1 KB 19 Apr 2016, 05:39 PM Published
Folder Publications 1 KB 19 Apr 2016, 05:39 PM Published
Folder Octet Stream Multimedia 1 KB 12 Jan 2018, 02:53 PM Published
Folder Data and maps 1 KB 13 Apr 2011, 07:49 PM Published
Folder Indicators 1 KB 20 Apr 2016, 12:52 PM Published
Countries data reporting 0 KB 19 Apr 2016, 07:33 PM Published
Data services overview 0 KB 19 Apr 2016, 06:00 PM Published
Folder Briefings from the latest European state and outlook report 1 KB 14 Aug 2015, 11:42 AM Published
Folder Resource efficiency 1 KB 08 Aug 2018, 02:36 PM Published
Storytelling An average of 5.2 tonnes of waste from all sources was generated per person in the EU-27 in 2018 1 KB 02 Feb 2021, 11:50 AM Published
Promotion The environmental impacts across the life cycle of plastics 0 KB 28 Jan 2021, 10:53 AM Published