The Industrial Emission Directive Baseline Report as a tool for potentially contaminated site and industrial hazardous waste management

摘要

This is a special issue dedicated to the best studies on waste management presented in the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology that took place on Rhodes Island, Greece, in September 2017. A significant part of these studies addresses the fate of industrial waste and the environmental impacts of insufficient waste management. In this context the EU's Industrial Emission Directive (IED) Baseline Report is discussed herein as an important tool for policymakers, competent authorities, consultants and installations for potentially contaminated site and industrial hazardous waste (IHW) management in the European Union (EU) and thus in Greece. However, the IED Baseline Report may be also used by consultants and authorities in non-EU countries across the globe, lacking a sufficient legal framework and experience to protect soil and groundwater from contamination.