Waste management has become a main environmental issue in all industrial societies, requiring a coordinated answer. In the autonomous region of Castilla y León, the Regional Waste Management Strategy 2001-2010 develops the necessary policies to satisfy the objectives established by national and European regulations. Besides, it integrates several preexisting plans aimed at specific kinds of disposal: urban, industrial, agricultural...

The main objectives of this strategy are to reduce the waste generation, to promote recycling and reuse and to minimize the risks involved for public health and the environment by improving the ecological behaviour of all agents involved in the management.

The strategy is structured around several programs, both horizontal (prevention, education, R&D) and vertical (urban disposal, vehicles, tires, dangerous waste...).

Department of Environment. Junta de Castilla y León.
C/ Rigoberto Cortejoso, 14
47014 Valladolid
Spain
Phone: +34 983 419988
Fax: +34 983 419854
http://www.jcyl.es/jcyl-client/jcyl/cmaot?locale=es_ES&textOnly=false
José Antonio Ruiz Díaz (General Director of Environmental Quality)

01/10/2006

policy

Urban Policy > Urban environment > Environmental sustainability

Waste management and recycling, Environmental education