title: Eco-innovations for waste prevention--best practices, drivers and barriers.
abstract: Several studies in Germany aimed at the development of a sound database on existing waste prevention measures by public bodies at the local, regional and federal levels. These results are the starting point for the creation of a national prevention program, which has to be presented by all European Member States until the end of 2013--due to the revised European Waste Framework Directive. Based on this empirical foundation, this paper draws conclusions with regard to drivers and barriers for eco-innovations in the field of waste prevention. The analysis shows that an optimized adaptation of information on waste prevention to the needs of specific target groups is still missing but could be a relevant driver. With regard to barriers the results of the study show that waste prevention is by no means always a win-win-situation. Institutional frameworks are missing to coordinate the different interests and for the exchange of experiences that could help to realize learning effects regarding innovation approaches.
authors.affiliation: Wuppertal Institute, Research Group Material Flows and Resource Management, Germany. henning.wilts@wupperinst.org
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wilts
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dehoust
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jepsen
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Knappe
mesh_terms: D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005060:Europe; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007391:International Cooperation; D062069:Inventions / Q000639:trends*; D011640:Public Policy
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste
keywords: Eco-innovation; Integrated product policy; Waste prevention