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Please don't hesitate to consult the official reports on waste prevention available in this section, they are there for you to use!
This section will be regularly updated regularly with new content.

EWWR guide of good practices

The EWWR guide of good practices compiles the best actions implemented during the three editions of the European Week for Waste Reduction. More than 14000 actions were implemented along the 3 years of the LIFE+ project, from which 45 have been chosen, on the basis of the finalists designated by the EWWR jury each year.

2012
Home Composting – Catalogue of educational resources

This brochure presents a catalogue, analysis and assessment of educational resources on home composting. It has been led by the “Réseau Ecoles Nature” during the first quarter of 2008.

Link « Compostage domestique – Inventaire des ressources pédagogiques » - ADEME Website

ADEME
August 2009
21x29.7 – 62p
Organizing a No Junk-Mail campaign, 10 milestones

The No Junk-Mail label, which consists of a notice on a mailbox that marks you do not want to receive advertisements, has contributed to the reduction of household waste. For more control over the prevention of waste, the No Junk-Mail label must be a concerted, organized and perpetuated.

Elected communities, consultants, associations...
6726
ADEME
November 2009
21x29.7 - 5p.
Home composting, a fertile idea for valuable waste

Household bio-waste (excluding paper and cardboard) is almost one third of household waste and a large proportion of green waste deposited in waste collection centers.

Home composting can give the soil organic matter and reduce the waste stream entering incineration plants or waste storage facilities.

Elected communities, consultants, associations...
5980
ADEME / MEDAD
June 2007
21x29.7 - 6p
Waste prevention - towards sustainable development planning, ADEME supports you

Regarding Grenelle Environnement, as a plan on waste it sets a clear objective of reducing household waste and adopting new forms of waste management: - 7% per capita per year for five years.

The prevention (or reduction of waste) covers all stages of production and consumption of goods and products and community consumption, acting around two objectives: reduce the amount of waste and reduce its harmfulness.

 

Elected community
6570
ADEME
June 2009
21x29.7 - 4p.
Reducing waste at work - it works, it pays, it benefits everyone!

This booklet summarizes the main benefits of waste reduction, in particular to monitoring captured by ADEME on the action plans of 100 companies for two years.

Businesses
6567
ADEME
June 2009
21x29.7 - 4p.