Press Release: Environment: a new medals table for waste management

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Series Details IP/12/888 (07.8.12)
Publication Date 07/08/2012
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A new report on how Member States manage their municipal waste shows startling differences across the EU. The report grades the 27 Member States against 18 criteria, using green, orange and red flags in areas such as total waste recycled, pricing of waste disposal, and infringements of European legislation.

The resulting scoreboard forms part of an on-going study that will help Member States improve their waste management performance. Top of the table are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden, none of which have more than 2 red flags. But the pattern is reversed at the other end of the scale, where green flags are scarce.

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Related Links
European Commission: Screening Of Waste Management Performance Of EU Member States. Final Version, July 2012 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/studies/pdf/Screening_report.pdf
EurActiv, 8.8.12: Report trashes EU waste management results http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/report-trashes-eu-waste-manageme-news-514242
EUObserver, 8.8.12: Brussels names EU waste management villains http://euobserver.com/environment/117186
BBC News, 8.8.12: Big divide in Europe's waste disposal performance http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19177470

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