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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7762
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment

Margot Wallström welcomes Parliament and Council agreement on new "waste incineration" directive and emphasises advantages

Brussels, 19/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - Margot Wallström, European Environment Commissioner, welcomed the successful conciliation between Parliament and Council on the new directive on waste incineration which will make it possible to significantly reduce emissions of several pollutants throughout the Union, despite the predicted rise in the amount of waste incinerated. Controls of dumping in water, imposed for the first time, will reduce contamination of marine and freshwater ecosystems....

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