EU ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ADMITS INCREASING CONSUMPTION
July 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Environment Agency (EEA) has been making progress towards reducing its own impact on the environment, but has work to do regarding its consumption of water and certain wastes. The agency has promised to make its contribution towards a sustainable Europe by doing more with less, and it has slashed the amount of paper it uses to 1.37 million sheets in 2005, from 1.655 million in 2004. Electricity usage has also fallen - from 6,234 kWh/FTE/year in 2004, to 5,961 last year. The EEA's organic waste has fallen from 2,900kg to 2,580kg, but ...
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