To provide a solid basis for policies and policymaking in the field of waste management, the environmental and economic impacts caused by different waste treatment options should be examined. In recent years, a large number of studies comparing recycling with recovery or final disposal have been...

The EEA continued to deliver a major contribution to the European Community's Sixth Environment Action Programme in 2006, at the same time as developing further its information systems and networks, providing support to the European Parliament and meetings of the Council of Ministers, and...

This publication is the EEA's third environmental statement. It presents our environmental policy and describes our performance..

The TERM 2006 report examines the environmental performance of the transport sector and finds that it is still unsatisfactory. There is a need to intensify efforts to improve it, not least concerning the sector's contribution to climate change. The Commission's mid-term review of the 2001...

According to Article 21 of the Emissions Trading Directive Member States shall report annually on the application of the directive. The reporting obligation will allow the European Commission to continuously follow the implementation of the directive and provide information for the European...