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First report on Wastewater treatments plants: how to deal with inspections
IMPEL launches a first report on Wastewater treatments plants: how to deal with inspections. The report provides an overview of the regulatory framework and monitoring requirements of urban and industrial waste water. The report is the result of the work of the IMPEL subgroup “Wastewater”, that is part of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) Implementation… [Read more]
IMPEL presentations: Waste Management and Circular Economy
The importance and relevance of the IMPEL Waste Management and Circular Economy project , part of the Waste and TFS Expert Team projects for 2019, is gaining momentum. As a result, IMPEL Project Leader Romano Ruggeri has been invited to speak in September and October 2019 about the Waste management and Circular Economy project at… [Read more]
LIFE SMART Waste Project Final Conference 12 – 13 November 2019, Belgium
LIFE SMART Waste is joining together with INTERPOL’s Pollution Crime Working Group to deliver its final conference entitled, ‘Smarter waste regulation and pollution crime enforcement’. The joint conference will bring together environmental regulators, law enforcement agencies, policymakers, legislators, waste management industry representatives and other key stakeholders, creating opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaboration on a… [Read more]
Overview of IMPEL projects now available – 2019
IMPEL made its 2019 Work Programme, containing relevant information for each of the 22 projects, available.
IMPEL is hiring an Online Toolkit Editor for the SPIDER WEB project
We are hiring! To support the development of the SPIDER WEB online capacity building toolkit for environmental inspectors and law enforcers, IMPEL is looking to contract an editor to support us with: Compiling, editing and streamlining the content of the toolkit in plain British English. The technical content is provided for by the Waste and… [Read more]
Save the date! SPIDER WEB Conference on 12 and 13 November 2019, Croatia
Save the date! The SPIDER WEB Conference ‘Building Future Resilience to Detect and Disrupt Environmental Crime’ will take place on 12 and 13 November 2019 in Croatia. SPIDER WEB aims to increase the awareness and the skillset of all actors in the environmental law enforcement chain to successfully disrupt and prosecute illegal behaviour and limit… [Read more]
European countries facing water stress due to increasing scarcity, WRI data show
European countries such as Belgium, Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal are currently facing high water stress, with water scarcity only set to worsen with climate change, according to new data from the World Resources Institute (WRI). “Water stress is the biggest crisis no one is talking about,” said Andrew Steer, president and CEO of WRI…. [Read more]
Land is a Critical Resource, according to latest IPPC special report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPPC) report on climate change and land use makes for alarming reading. It states how land is being degraded by climate change, which in turn is made worse by poor land management practices. Climate Change and Land Governments must urgently improve land management practices to reduce the risk to… [Read more]
New circular economy report focuses on electrical and electronic equipment (EEE)
Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) should be the next big focus in EU efforts to establish a circular economy, according to a new report by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Some 80% of the pollution and 90% of the manufacturing costs associated with EEE are the result of decisions made at the product design stage,… [Read more]
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