Transport of Waste Products

With the treatment of waste set to increase -- since the volume of waste is closely related to economic growth -- waste transport will be a major challenge in the future. This raises several issues. Should transport regulations be made more stringent and their implementation reviewed? Should the proximity principle -- incorporated in the regulations in the interests of environmental protection -- be questioned, since it prevents the consolidation of flows in sufficient volume to make the most environmentally-friendly modes of transport viable?. The environmental performance of waste transport

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Year of publication:	2001
Institutions:	OECD (contributor)
Publisher:	Paris : OECD Publishing and European Conference of Ministers of Transport

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (190 p.)
Series:	ECMT Round Tables ; 116
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record CONTENTS; Report by G. KOSCHANY (Germany); Transport of waste in the Federal Republic of Germany; 1. Legal requirements for the transport of waste; 2. Description of current situation and effects on waste management in Germany; 3. Outlook; Report by P. DIHLMANN (Germany); Economic aspects of the international transport of waste: impact on the Europeanwaste facilities network; 1. Introduction; 2. Current waste transport situation and its effects; 3. Legislative background; 4. Attempts to counter the trend; 5. The economic dimension of waste transport 6. Reasons for maintaining an adequate network of waste facilities7. Conclusion; Annex - Industrial waste management in Germany; Report by C. RIPERT (France); General introduction; 1. The size of the waste sector in France; 2. Organisational systems put in place to deal with waste disposal:what role for transport?; 3. Waste transport and logistics: a fast-changing business; General conclusion; Report by T. DONNELLY, G.K. ANDERSON and J. RIGG (United Kingdom); Executive summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Trends in waste transport; 3. International waste management legislation 4. Overview of relevant international transport legislation5. Discussion and conclusions; OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS; AZKONA, A. (Spain): Transport of waste in an integrated global context; LEHOUX, J.P. (Belgium): Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) comments; SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS (Round Table debate on reports); LIST OF PARTICIPANTS;
ISBN:	978-92-821-1364-6 ; 978-92-821-1285-4 ; 978-92-821-1285-4
Other identifiers:	10.1787/9789282112854-en [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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