2017-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2017 Volume 1. Barrios Intl. Symp. / Non-ferrous Smelting & Hydro/Electrochemical Processing

Editors:Kongoli F, Palacios M, Buenger T, Meza JH, Delgado E, Joudrie MC, Gonzales T, Treand N
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2017
Pages:264 pages
ISBN:978-1-987820-61-4
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.

    Keywords:

    Copper; Industry; Sustainability;

    Cite this article as:

    Barrios P. (2017). The European Environmental Policies: A Vector Aiming to Sustainability. In Kongoli F, Palacios M, Buenger T, Meza JH, Delgado E, Joudrie MC, Gonzales T, Treand N (Eds.), Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2017 Volume 1. Barrios Intl. Symp. / Non-ferrous Smelting & Hydro/Electrochemical Processing (pp. 24-25). Montreal, Canada: FLOGEN Star Outreach