The immediate objective of the report is to provide an overview on waste factors, their derivation and application and the experiences made, based on reports and literature available. This report has been prepared by the European Topic Centre on Waste (ETC/W) as part of the work programme of the...

This report focuses specifically on environmental risks associated with the main final disposal technologies, landfilling and incineration.

This report presents greenhouse gas inventories for the European Community and its Member States, for 1990-1998. The EU has to report annual inventories to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The European Commission submitted the report to the UNFCCC secretariat in April 2000. Total...

This study describes the present situation on available data and databases for waste management facilities in EEA countries based on a questionnaire inquiry. Strong and weak points are discussed and possible requirements for improvements are evaluated.

The Internet Air Quality Model Documentation System (MDS) has been developed by the ETC-AQ to provide information and guidance to users in selection of air pollution models for a specified application. After three years of operation, its functionality and utility is evaluated through a survey of...

This report is the third update of the initial version for the CORINAIR 1985 emissions inventory (1989) and firstly updated in 1991 for the CORINAIR 1990 inventory (1993) and included in the Atmospheric Emission Inventory Guidebook (1996). The second update of the methodology (1997) was...

This study has collated available environmental expenditure data on the market for goods and services produced by eco-industries in both the EU-15 and the Candidate Countries, as the basis for describing the economic significance of the sector, including employment levels. Whilst there are gaps...

Die vorliegende Analyse faßt die Schlußfolgerungen des ersten auf TERM (Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism)-Indikatoren basierenden Berichts zusammen. Es werden sieben Fragen angesprochen, die von den politischen Entscheidungsträgern in der EU als entscheidende Kriterien betrachtet...

Summary of the Environmental issues series No 12: First indicator-based Term (Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism) report. Contents a description of the TERM incl. process and outputs. Themes: description and selection of 31 indicators benchmarked against a number of policy objectives...

This, the third of the European Environment Agency's Environmental signals reports - Benchmarking the Millennium, provides an insight into the state of Europe's environment and is targeted at high-level policy makers in EEA member countries and the European Union, as well as the wider public....