Interview Simonne Rufener by Matei Dumitru, editor at Ecologic Magazine, Rumania 16 October 2019 — Note: written by Ecologic and shared with IMPEL On October 16 and 17 2019, the conference entitled “All about plastic waste” was organised in Bucharest by IMPEL (European Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Law) and national… [Read more]
IMPEL Waste & TFS Conference ‘All About Plastic Waste’ Bucharest, October 2019 – presentations available
UPDATE: presentations are available here. During two days, on 16 and 17 of October, more than 100 practitioners from different countries and different organisations and institutions met in Bucharest at the invitation of the Romania National Environmental Guard for the 2019 Waste & TFS Conference. On the 1st day of the conference there were updates… [Read more]
Waste and TFS Conference 16 – 17 October 2019 in Romania is “All about plastic waste”
International cooperation and alignment are very important when it comes to the enforcement of the European Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR). Previous and current Waste and Transfrontier Shipments (TFS) projects showed that it is essential to work together as competent authorities. The upcoming Waste and TFS Conference on 16 and 17 October 2019 in Bucharest, Romania,… [Read more]
Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): fast growing waste stream in Europe
Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is one of the fastest growing waste streams in Europe, with some 12,3 Mt (16,6 kg/inh) generated in the EU 2016 (and 44,7 Mt worldwide), and expected to grow to more than 52,2 Mt in 2021 worldwide (The global E-waste Monitor UNU-IAS, 2017). WEEE contains a complex mixture… [Read more]