EU waste rules could create half million jobs, says EU environment head

Speaking at the European Business Summit, Kurt Vandenberghe, the head of cabinet for Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik, said it was the job of the Commission to make clear the links between waste management and macroeconomics, calling for a phasing out of environmental subsidies. Vandenberghe stated that if European Union countries implemented existing waste-management regulations, they could create some 400,000 jobs and save diminishing resources.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: Speech: European Business Summit http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-european-business-summit/

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