Resource Productivity and Waste

The OECD Control System for waste recovery OECD is tackling today’s most challenging waste issue: promoting sustainable use of materials in order to reduce their negative environmental impacts and to encourage waste minimisation, while supporting economic development. Click here to find out the ways in which OECD is apprehending these challenges or follow the links below:
Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)   
Environmentally Sound management of Waste (ESM)
Transboundary Movements of Waste (TMW)
- Waste Prevention and Minimisation

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Report on Resource Productivity in the G8 and the OECD

13-Sep-2011

This report on “Resource Productivity in the G8 and the OECD” responds to a request by G8 Environment Ministers at their meeting in Kobe in May 2008 and presents an interim evaluation of progress in the last three years. It was published in May 2011.

OECD’s Work on Sustainable Materials & Waste Management

01-Mar-2011

To encourage waste prevention and minimisation and to manage materials in a sustainable manner, the OECD is working in the following areas: sustainable materials management, environmentally sound management of waste, transboundary movements of waste, waste prevention and minimisation, and radioactive waste management.

A new brochure on the OECD work on Environment is available

07-Feb-2011

This brochure highlights the OECD work on Environment for 2011-2012, covering green growth, climate change, biodiversity, water, eco-innovation, chemical and bio-safety, resource efficiency.

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