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The Manual: Chapter 2 - Air quality
This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter focuses on EU air quality policy. The policy field is extensive and contains many directives that impose standards, provisions and developments of air quality management and regulation.
air
air quality
benefits of legislation
industrial pollution
pollution
thematic strategies27 Nov 2014 -
The Manual: Chapter 1 - Policy framework
This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. In this chapter, the reader is introduced to European environmental policy, EU institutions and agencies, and the development of EU treaties.
environmental action programme
Environmental Policy Integration
EU 2020 strategy
EU institutions
EU treaties
Lisbon Treaty
marine
natural resources
pesticides
policy instruments
pollution
thematic strategies
urban27 Nov 2014 -
The Manual: Chapter 7 - Resource use
This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter illustrates the variety of EU laws, policies and guidance documents that have been adopted to improve the efficiency of our use of natural resources and to reduce environmental impacts throughout a product's life cycle.
benefits of legislation
eco-innovation
eco-labelling
environmental action programme
green economy
natural resources
packaging
recycling
resource use
RoHS
Strategic Environmental Assessment
thematic strategies
waste
WEEE27 Nov 2014 -
The Manual: Chapter 6 - Waste
This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter on EU waste policies focuses on the management of waste, the environmental requirements with which waste management installations must comply and the big picture policy initiatives focused on waste.
benefits of legislation
best practice
better regulation
chemicals
environmental action programme
land use
natural resources
thematic strategies
transport
waste
Waste Framework Directive27 Nov 2014 -
Economic instruments to improve waste management
This report investigates a range of economic instruments in place in the EU Member States to improve waste management. It focuses on disposal taxes, pay-as-you-throw systems and producer responsibility schemes, and attempts to assess their contribution to waste management performance.
best practice
economics
environmental taxation
financial instruments
incineration
landfill
market based instruments
packaging
policy instruments
producer responsibility
recycling
sustainable consumption and production
thematic strategies
waste
Waste Framework Directive
WEEE10 Apr 2012 -
Assessment of the 6th Environment Action Programme
This report presents the results of an independent evaluation of the 6th Environment Action Programme (6EAP). The overall objective of this evaluation was to provide an in-depth assessment of the achievements of the 6EAP since its adoption in 2002 to the end of 2010.
environmental action programme
governance
thematic strategies26 Mar 2011 -
Review of the Waste Thematic Strategy
This report supported the European Commission’s review of the Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste. It summarises available data on waste management in the EU, assesses progress towards the EU becoming a ‘recycling society’, outlines the achievements of the Waste Thematic Strategy, and makes recommendations for the development of future EU waste policies.
incineration
landfill
natural resources
packaging
policy instruments
producer responsibility
recycling
resource use
RoHS
sustainable consumption and production
thematic strategies
waste
Waste Framework Directive
WEEE11 Mar 2011