Traduction de «Post-industrial waste » (Anglais → Français) :

– Conservation and sustainable management of natural and man-made resources and biodiversity: ecosystems; water resources management; waste management and prevention; protection and management of biodiversity, including control of invasive alien species, soil, seabed, lagoons and coastal areas protection, approaches against desertification and land degradation, preservation of landscape; sustainable use and management of forests; sustainable management and planning of urban environment, including post-industrialized zones; data manage ...[+++]ment and information services; assessment and foresight relating to natural processes.

It is fundamental that the EU and its Member States need to focus on the problem of this type of waste and the protection of our environment via requirements on Members States and their industries to have waste management plans; to have inventories of closed waste facilities; to make financial guarantees to national competent authorities for rehabilitation and post-clean up operations; to apply monitoring and management controls to prevent water and soil pollution, all of which are consistent with the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle.

In that context, the European PVC industry has signed a voluntary commitment on the sustainable development of PVC, which, inter alia, addresses the reduction of the use of certain heavy metal stabilisers, the mechanical recycling of certain post-consumer wastes, and the development of further recycling technologies.

The European PVC industry has signed a voluntary commitment on the sustainable development of PVC, which, inter alia, addresses the reduction of the use of certain heavy metal stabilisers, the mechanical recycling of certain post-consumer wastes, and the development of further recycling technologies.

In addition to the above mentioned activities, training and awareness-raising schemes have been organised, notably in the form of a helpdesk (via telephone, e-mail or post) to clarify questions from various sectors of society (industry, students, private individuals) on the widest variety of issues relating to waste, including the waste oils stream; participation in the many activities organised in Portugal on waste (training courses, seminars, conferences and other events); participation, in response to requests from the widest variety of media, to raise awareness of waste issues and, in particular, of waste oils, amongst the general ...[+++]public.

Mr. Robinson: Senator, I would speak on behalf of our members, that they have lived up to their responsibility through their active participation and voluntary participation in industry-funded programs in terms of stewardship of post-consumer product and waste.