health care waste disposal [ healthcare waste disposal | medical waste disposal ]

regulated medical waste | potentially infectious medical waste | PIMW | clinical waste | biohazardous waste | biohazardous medical waste | biohazard waste

healthcare waste | medical waste

veterinary medical waste [ veterinary waste | veterinary healthcare waste | veterinary biomedical waste ]

health care waste management | HCWM [Abbr.]

health care waste [ HCW | healthcare waste | medical waste ]

healthcare waste (1) | medical waste (2) [ HCW ]

13. Stresses that the current crisis poses a threat to the weak economy and to political and social stability, not only in the countries affected but also throughout the West African region; emphasises that improving health systems will not be enough to eradicate Ebola; takes the view that a concerted and long-term approach involving international, national and regional actors and the various sectors (healthcare, education and training, sanitation, hygiene, disinfection, food aid, drinking water, functioning sewerage systems, waste disposal, economy) is needed to address the critical gaps in all essential services; stresses that educa ...[+++]tion covering the cultural dimension and beliefs of these countries, and addressing the current Ebola outbreak in a complete way, including the appropriate dissemination of clear information, is essential in finding a fully comprehensive solution to the problem; recalls its commitments to dedicate 20 % of funds available under the development cooperation instrument to health services;

The actual disposal costs for spent fuel and intermediate level waste in the UK are highly uncertain at the moment.

13. Advocates, with a view to fostering awareness-raising, concrete actions and campaigns such as the establishment of a European Day for plastic waste, when citizens could return any volume of plastic waste to predetermined points, for example in return for appropriate monetary compensation, as a means of ensuring the supply of recyclable plastic and increasing public awareness of recycling and resource efficiency; considers that this event could also include community cleaning activities (e.g. at beaches), as a symbolic contributio ...[+++]n to the containment of pollution from plastic waste; calls for synergies between this kind of event and the ‘Let’s do it’ campaign, European Waste Reduction Week and the forthcoming ’Clean-up Day’; welcomes the Commission’s MARELITT pilot project for removing marine litter from Europe’s four regional seas and reducing the environmental, health, economic and social impact of marine plastic litter; suggests that the Commission step up its dialogue with third countries, such as those with Black Sea territorial waters, in order to address the problem of marine plastic litter more effectively;

13. Advocates, with a view to fostering awareness-raising, concrete actions and campaigns such as the establishment of a European Day for plastic waste, when citizens could return any volume of plastic waste to predetermined points, for example in return for appropriate monetary compensation, as a means of ensuring the supply of recyclable plastic and increasing public awareness of recycling and resource efficiency; considers that this event could also include community cleaning activities (e.g. at beaches), as a symbolic contributio ...[+++]n to the containment of pollution from plastic waste; calls for synergies between this kind of event and the ‘Let’s do it’ campaign, European Waste Reduction Week and the forthcoming ‘Clean-up Day’; welcomes the Commission’s MARELITT pilot project for removing marine litter from Europe’s four regional seas and reducing the environmental, health, economic and social impact of marine plastic litter; suggests that the Commission step up its dialogue with third countries, such as those with Black Sea territorial waters, in order to address the problem of marine plastic litter more effectively;