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RSSThe European Commission and the European Environment Agency published today new data which shows that over 90% of Europe’s urban waste waters are collected and treated in line with EU standards.
Today, the Commission adopted three new initiatives that are necessary for making the European Green Deal a reality.
Questions and Answers: New rules for deforestation-free products
Question and Answers: Revised waste shipment rules
Question and Answers on the EU Soil Strategy for 2030, which aims to have all European soils restored, resilient, and adequately protected by 2050.
Annual waste generation from all economic activities in the EU amounts to 2.5 billion tonnes, or 5 tonnes per capita a year, and each citizen produces on average nearly half a tonne of municipal waste.
Today, the European Commission adopted a proposal to protect human health and the environment from some of the most harmful chemicals in waste - Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
The Commission Report published today shows that the Invasive Alien Species (IAS) Regulation is making a steady impact on the ground.
The latest Commission Report on the implementation of the Nitrates Directive (based on data for 2016-2019) warns that nitrates are still causing harmful pollution to water in the EU
At a ministerial meeting held today in Cascais Portugal, the contracting parties of the Convention for the Protection of the marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR) agreed on a decade-long North-East Atlantic Strategy that aims to protect the sea and ocean.