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The report “Study to support the implementation of reporting obligations resulting from the new waste legislation adopted in 2018”, with the contribution of ENT, is now available. It is…
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On 15 July ENT participated in a special edition of the General Assembly of the DECISIVE project that took place on-line, due to the Covid-19 emergency. The main advances and results…
Local authorities are key players in the management of municipal waste. The regulatory framework and the prevailing economic incentives – in particular, landfill and waste incineration…
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Ignasi Puig (ENT) is the author of a new article on municipal waste taxation published in the “IEB Report 1/2020: Cities, taxation and climate change”. The publication is…
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With the support of the São João da Madeira municipality (Portugal), the 2nd edition of the International Waste Management Seminar will be held on the 25th of June.
The purpose of the…
We have finished our contribution to the ”Global Ghost Gear Initiative” evaluation, that was led by Baobab consultancy. We have provided our technical expertise to identify the…
This project aimed to develop a questionnaire for the collection of information from the municipalities about cleaning and treatment costs of marine litter in Mediterranean beaches of the…
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We have completed the order made by the Regional Activity Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC) to provide technical support for the development of a process for…
Developing economies largely rely on imported consumer goods from the manufacturing industries of industrialized economies through free-trade agreements.
After consumption, goods end-up in…
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The article “A waste lexicon to negotiate extended producer responsibility in free trade agreements” by J.M. Torrente, Rosaria Chifari (ENT), M. Rippa, S. Bukkens and M….
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The article “Robust information for effective municipal solid waste policies: Identifying behaviour of waste generation across spatial levels of organization” by J.M. Torrente, Rosaria…
Existing studies have studied influencing factors of MSW generation behaviour at different spatial levels of organization, but always one at a time and not simultaneously. Income is a…
This paper studies landfill emissions and the related environmental and health risks in Panama City, with the aim to sensitize the population about the harmful effects of irresponsible…
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The article “Landfill reactions to society actions: The case of local and global air pollutants of Cerro Patacón in Panama” by J.M. Torrente, M. Giampietro, M. Rippa and Rosaria…
Separate collection of biodegradable waste provides a better-quality raw material for the production of fertilisers than material obtained from the mechanical separation of municipal solid…
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The article “The impact of improper materials in biowaste on the quality of compost” by Luís Campos (ENT), Ignasi Puig (ENT), T. Guerrero, A. García, M. López and X….
ENT will attend the Workshop “Which solutions for «zero waste» regions in the Mediterranean?” in Marseille (France) on December 17th.
The workshop is focused on strong specific…
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On 12-15 November ENT will participate in the General Assembly of the DECISIVE project that will take place in Lyon. Scheduled meetings will be dedicated to the DECISIVE consortium…
This project aimed to develop a questionnaire for the collection of information from the municipalities about cleaning and treatment costs of marine litter in Mediterranean beaches of the…
The notion of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been part of the waste policy for a long time, particularly within the OECD countries. According to the OECD, EPR “aims to make…
