2017-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2017 Volume 9. Iron and Steel, Metals and Alloys
| Editors: | Kongoli F, Conejo A, Gomez-Marroquin MC |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Pages: | 242 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-987820-77-5 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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The European Environmental Policies: A Vector Aiming to Sustainability
Patricio Barrios1;1AURUBIS, Hamburg, Germany (Deutschland);
Type of Paper: General Plenary
Id Paper: 354
Topic: 46
Abstract:
Since 1973 the European Industry has been dealing with a growing regulatory pressure that obliged to generate additional cash flow to be invested in environmental protection -process and equipment- resulting in the correspondent increase of the operating costs without any or negligible financial compensation.
Nevertheless those policies have greatly contributed not only to the reduction of the pollutants and to the improvement of the quality of life but also they have been a driver for an unparalleled industrial sustainable development across the states members of the EU.
This presentation will review the regulatory steps and the contribution of the Copper industry to the above joint endeavor.