This report provides information about EEA member countries; facilities for the treatment of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes, including their type, location and capacity. It is intended to support policy making since information about available treatment facilities is a prerequisite for...

Packaging waste is an important and growing waste stream. The amended Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive has recently been adopted, and work is underway to develop EU thematic strategies on waste prevention and recycling and on the sustainable use and management of natural resources. The...

With landfill at the bottom of the European waste hierarchy, policies to divert waste from landfill play a very important role within European and national waste policies. This report analyses the effectiveness of implemented policies on the diversion of total municipal waste and biodegradable...

This report contains a description of environmental policy tools, gives an overview of post-Normal science (bridge between complex systems and environmental policy), ecological economics, the incommensurability principle, the mulitcriteria evaluation and the NAIDE method (fuzzy information).

This report reviews relevant knowledge and identifies issues for consideration in implementing the European Environment Agencyu0092s new mission to facilitate the dissemination of policy-relevant environmental scientific research. It begins by examining and analysing literature relating to...

This report is a broad assessment of soil conditions in the pan-European region. It describes the degradation of soil, its relevance in the European and global contexts, and the links between soil and sustainable development. The report is mainly addressed to policy makers and the general public.

This report presents an inventory of existing scenarios studies relevant for Europe in the context of sustainable development, including European and global models. It also provides a useful review of a selected number of scenarios and pinpoints their strengths and weaknesses.

The use of environmental taxes in Europe is widening and more tax bases are being used. The EEA reports on developments in the use and impact of environmental taxes and on progress made with ecological tax reform.

The use of environmental taxes in Europe is widening and more tax bases are being used. The EEA reports on developments in the use and impact of environmental taxes and on progress made with ecological tax reform.

This first edition of Environmental signals marks the beginning of a new period in reporting on the environment for policy-makers and the public by the European Environment Agency. Previous reports such as Europe's environment: the second assessment and Environment in the European Union at the...