Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
All the other regulations are specific to air, water, soil, and waste and are
summarized on the website of the EU, according to the topics below:
(1) Air (EU Air, 2013)
- Air quality;
- Industry;
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- Pure air for Europe;
Industrial emissions;
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Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution;
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IPPC Directive;
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Clean Air for Europe (CAFE);
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Pollutants from combustion plants;
- Atmospheric pollution: land motor and
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Reducing the emissions of volatile
other vehicles;
organic compounds.
(2) Water (EU Water, 2013)
- General framework;
- Discharges of substances;
- Water Framework Directive;
- Industrial emissions;
- Pricing and long-term management;
- IPPC Directive;
- Flood management and evaluation;
- Environmental quality standards
- Water scarcity and droughts in EU;
applicable to surface water;
- Specific uses of water: drinking, bathing,
- Protection of groundwater against
fishery, and wastewater;
pollution;
- Marine pollution and maritime safety;
- Detergents, POPs, nitrates, Hg,
- Regional waters: Baltic Sea,
dangerous substances.
Mediterranean, Black Sea, Danube;
(3) Soil (EU Soil, 2013)
- General framework;
- Discharges of substances;
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Thematic strategy for
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Industrial emissions;
soil protection;
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IPPC Directive;
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Toward a strategy for
POPs, nitrates, detergents, mercury;
soil protection;
- Activities leading to specific risks:
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Assessment of the environmental
CO
2
capture, landfill of waste,
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impact of projects;
sustainable agriculture.
- Management of specific soil types:
Alps, coastal, Mediterranean, urban;
(4) Waste (EU Waste, 2013)
- General framework;
- Controlled management of
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Directive on waste;
hazardous waste;
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Waste management statistics;
- Waste from consumer goods:
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Landfill of waste;
packaging, batteries, vehicles,
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Waste incineration;
electronic goods;
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Shipments of waste;
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Waste from specific activities;
- Strategy on the prevention and
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Industrial emissions;
recycling of waste;
- Integrated pollution prevention
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Hazardous waste;
and control (IPPC Directive);
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Basel Convention;
- Radioactive waste and substances.
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