Resource productivity and waste
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Material Resources, Productivity and the Environment
Improving resource productivity and ensuring a sustainable resource and materials management building on the principle of the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) is a central element of green growth policies. To be successful such policies need to be founded on a good understanding. This report contributes to this understanding.
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JAPAN - Global Forum on Extended Producer Responsibility
This Forum on Environment held on 17-19 June 2014, in Tokyo, discussed and compared recent experiences in the design and implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes.
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Managing our natural resources: can we build more with less?
For World Environment Day on 5 June 2014, this blog by Peter Borkey, OECD Environment Directorate, looks at how we use and manage natural resources.
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OECD is tackling today’s most challenging waste issues by promoting sustainable use of materials in order to reduce their negative environmental impacts and encourage waste minimisation. Our work includes:
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