Just over 5 million tonnes of recycled plastic made it back into the EU product stream each year between 2016 and 2019, which is only half of the targeted market size for 2025, according to a new report for the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) — State of Play on Collection and Sorting. Based on the… [Read more]
IMPEL Fixed Line Transects Europe project reports successful kick-off meetings
The first two recent kick off meetings have set the tone for the IMPEL Fixed Line Transects (FLT) Europe project. The projects aims to address gaps in macro fauna monitoring along marine transborder transects to respond to EU legislative drivers, and aims to draw shared guidelines for cetacean (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and turtles monitoring… [Read more]
IMPEL Water and Land Remediation project calls for submission of case studies on remediation technologies
One of the projects of the IMPEL Water and Land Expertise Team is the Water and Land Remediation project. This project focuses on contaminated sites management, which is a process that has different speeds in Members States. This is due partly to differences in legislation that would mean different definitions as for making some examples… [Read more]
IMPEL project on reversing groundwater pollution officially started – survey to gather information ongoing
Many EU countries have a problem with polluted groundwater. According to a recent report, 25 % of ground water bodies in the European Union (and e.g. 36 % in Germany) were chemically in a poor status in 2015, mostly due to pollution with nitrates and pesticides from agriculture. Moreover, and contrary to the objectives laid… [Read more]
Over 200,000 tonnes of plastic leaking into the Mediterranean each year, reports IUCN
A new IUCN report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year, equivalent to over 500 shipping containers each day. Unless significant measures are taken to address mismanaged waste, the main source of the leakage, this will at least double by 2040. Based on a compilation of… [Read more]
IMPEL Work Programme for 2020 complete and available
The complete IMPEL Work Programme for 2020 is now available, containing the proposed Terms of References (ToR’s) for the 2020 IMPEL Work Programme (1 July 2020 – 31 March 2021) of the following IMPEL Expert Teams: • Industry & Air. • Waste & TFS. • Water & Land. • Nature Protection. • Cross-cutting tools and approaches…. [Read more]
SWEAP Inspector Exchanges: joint control action at Austrian-Swiss borders
In the context of the SWEAP project to coordinate inspector exchanges, early 2020, the Austrian competent authority — the Federal Ministry for Climate action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology BMK –, proposed the Swiss competent authority — the Federal Office for the Environment FOE –, to collaborate in a joint customs control action between… [Read more]
SWEAP reports successful inspectors exchanges and calls for new approaches in the Covid-19 era
The aim of the SWEAP project (Shipment of Waste Enforcement Actions Project) is to carry out joint enforcement projects, to promote exchange of knowledge, best practices and experience with the enforcement of the regulations and directives to stimulate a uniform enforcement regime. Since 2018 the inspector exchanges project has been managed by Northern Ireland Environment… [Read more]
EPHA: How much is air pollution costing our health?
A new study comparing the health-related costs of transport and air pollution in 432 European cities reveals the high cost we all bear. In many European cities, air pollution poses a significant threat to human health. For Europe, the World Health Organization estimate for the number of premature deaths attributed to air pollution is over… [Read more]
Europe’s nature in serious, continuing decline, according to EEA report
Unsustainable farming and forestry, urban sprawl and pollution are the top pressures to blame for a drastic decline in Europe’s biodiversity, threatening the survival of thousands of animal species and habitats. Moreover, European Union (EU) nature directives and other environmental laws still lack implementation by Member States. Most protected habitats and species are not in… [Read more]
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