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Waste prevention: decoupling waste generation from economic growth

News Published 17 Dec 2014 Last modified 10 Dec 2019

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Photo: © Michael Coghlan

Preventing waste is a top priority of waste policy in the European Union with potential economic and environmental benefits. A new European Environment Agency (EEA) report reviews the state of play in the EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.