This report gives the JRC authors’ technical viewpoint on sustainability criteria which could be used in the preparation of the EU Battery Regulation, expected to be adopted in 2021. It is based on the work performed by JRC in support to DG GROW and DG ENV during the preparation of the mentioned...
This study, based on a survey of twenty-five sorting plants for household packaging across Europe, examines the drivers and parameters that influence the quality, quantity and fate of household packaging recycling. The study examines the different drivers present for plant operators sorting and ...
The steady growth over the past decades of the Telecommunications and ICT Services sector, and its uninterrupted progress with the constant provision of renewed and ever-faster services as well as new applications, has transformed many aspects of our society and lives but has also spurred the de...
This report encloses technical information pertinent to the development of Best Environmental Management Practices (BEMPs) for the Sectoral Reference Document on the Fabricated Metal Products manufacturing sector, to be produced by the European Commission according to Article 46 of Regulation (E...
The European Commission has been identifying and promoting Best Environmental Management Practices (BEMPs) in implementation of a provision of the (EU) Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) Regulation. BEMPs are those actions or techniques resulting in improvements of environmental performance ...