Required Drivers for Resource Efficiency in Waste Management

However, the existing system (legal,economic, technical) still provides both positive and negative incentives for the optimal use of this resource. In a series of strategic papers on national and EU level resource efficiency is seen as an important contribution to securing raw materials and thus consequently as a central aspect concerning the supply situation in Europe, ranging from a complete self-sufficiency to a high import dependency.The final aim is to enhance the economic performance while reducing resource consumption at the same time leading to the central topic of reducing the absolute resource consumption. Nevertheless, especially within the waste management industry current regulations and Standard practice tend to stop at the idea of an environmentally friendly as possible disposal form.