EDITOR: Lawmakers in Europe have signed off on an update to the urban waste water treatment (UWWT) directive, which is to further tighten restrictions on pollution. More nutrients from agricultural waste and sewage will have to be removed from waterways under the new rules. It also, for the first time, applies standards to micro-pollutants such as chemicals from pharmaceutical waste. The update also introduces a crucial measure called “extended producer.
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