DEFRA publishes waste management review
DEFRA publishes waste management review
- 2004
- DEFRA News Release (175/04) 6 May 2004 (3) .
DEFRA has published a comprehensive review of environmental and health effects of municipal waste management as fulfilment of a government commitment to commission an independent review of the available evidence. The review concludes that present day practice for managing municipal waste has at most a minor effect on human health and the environment, particularly compared with everyday activities. The "Review of environmental and health effects of waste management - municipal waste and similar wastes" is available on the DEFRA website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/health-e ffects/index.htm.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
HEALTH EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
POLLUTION LEVELS
DEFRA has published a comprehensive review of environmental and health effects of municipal waste management as fulfilment of a government commitment to commission an independent review of the available evidence. The review concludes that present day practice for managing municipal waste has at most a minor effect on human health and the environment, particularly compared with everyday activities. The "Review of environmental and health effects of waste management - municipal waste and similar wastes" is available on the DEFRA website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/health-e ffects/index.htm.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
HEALTH EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
POLLUTION LEVELS