actual direct materials quantity | actual quantity of materials used

actual direct materials quantity [ actual quantity of materials used ]

standard direct materials quantity | direct materials quantity standard | standard materials usage | standard quantity allowed

commodities trader | commodity exchange floor trader | commodities traders | commodity trader

raw material consumption

direct materials mix variance | materials mix variance | total direct materials mix variance

industrial raw material

raw materials production manager

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 24040103_1 - EN - Ensuring the sustainable supply and use of raw materials

These initiatives have prepared the ground for an EU strategy on raw materials underlining the concept of “added value chain” which will continue to follow the 3-pillar strategy to: (i) ensure a level playing field in access to resources in third countries; (ii) foster sustainable supply of raw materials from European sources, and (iii) reduce consumption of primary raw materials by increasing resource efficiency and promoting recycling.

Sustainable consumption and production || Reduce, reuse, recycle waste Could include prevention, access to collection schemes, recycling and reduction of landfill || Improve resource productivity Could include ratio of GDP to raw material consumption, reduced carbon dioxide intensity, environmentally performing techniques || Reduce the environmental impacts of consumption Could include environmental footprints, economic instruments, toxic exposure, litter || Ensure the sound management of chemicals throughout their life-cycle Could include life cycle approaches to products, registration and approval of chemicals , hazardous waste, regulatory frameworks and management facilities || Hazardous chemicals: reduce human exposure and release into ...[+++]the environment Could include contaminant levels in people/food, and the environment, and reduction of toxic sites || Improve sustainability performance of companies, products and services Could include company reporting on sustainability, ,sustainable public procurement, certified labelling, investment in green sectors,

Funding of over €650 million under Horizon 2020 and €5.5 billion under the structural funds; Actions to reduce food waste including a common measurement methodology, improved date marking, and tools to meet the global Sustainable Development Goal to halve food waste by 2030; Development of quality standards for secondary raw materials to increase the confidence of operators in the single market; Measures in the Ecodesign working plan for 2015-2017 to promote reparability, durability and recyclability of products, in addition to energy efficiency; A revised Regulation on fertilisers, to facilitate the recognition of organic and waste- ...[+++]based fertilisers in the single market and support the role of bio-nutrients; A strategy on plastics in the circular economy, addressing issues of recyclability, biodegradability, the presence of hazardous substances in plastics, and the Sustainable Development Goals target for significantly reducing marine litter; A series of actions on water reuse including a legislative proposal on minimum requirements for the reuse of wastewater.