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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9366
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Parliament calls on EU to stabilise waste production by 2012 to begin reduction in 2020 - Priority to recycling - Incineration is not best option

Strasbourg, 14/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - In the future, the European Parliament intends to vigorously, and as effectively as possible, tackle the mountain of waste that it already manages and which reaches new peaks each year. In order to do so, it is calling on the EU to set itself the target of stabilising waste production by 2012 (compared to 2008) so that it can begin reducing waste in 2020. How can this be done? By setting targets for member states for reduction at source and by...

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