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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. Find out the ways in which OECD is apprehending these challenges:
- Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)
- Environmentally Sound management of Waste (ESM)
- Transboundary Movements of Waste (TMW)
- Waste Prevention and Minimisation
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04-Apr-2012
The new OECD report “Greenhouse gas emissions and the potential for mitigation from materials management within OECD countries” provides support to governments in showing the importance of using a life-cycle approach to analyse GHG mitigation options from materials management. Further, the literature suggests that substantial emission reductions can be achieved at low or zero costs.
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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.
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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.
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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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