BRUSSELS SUGGESTS NEW EU WASTE MANAGEMENT AGENCY
February 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW European Union (EU) agency could be created to enforce and implement EU waste control legislation. That is the proposal of a new European Commission report, which says the standard of waste disposal in some EU countries remains low. A Brussels communiqué said: "Illegal dumping of waste continues on a significant scale, many landfill sites are sub standard", noting that in some EU countries "basic waste infrastructure is still missing." Outgoing EU environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: "Compliance with EU ...
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