Prevention of WasteThis publication is part of a series of annual reviews by the European Environment Agency (EEA) of national waste prevention programmes in Europe. The review process covers programmes in the 28 European Union (EU) Member States and three European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. This third review, which covers the 30 national and regional programmes (2) that had been adopted by the end of 2015 (Table 4.1), focuses on the prevention of hazardous waste.