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"The HIT-GATE Consortium goal is to develop a generic gateway that allows communications across networks currently used by first responders in Europe. It is well known that, all over Europe, current first-responder networks use a large number of different and incompatible technologies therefore compromising efficient coordination of combined operations (such as cross-border or crisis management). ...

Background The European Union Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) requires Member States to organise strategies to reduce biodegradable municipal waste disposed of in landfills to 75% of 1995 amounts by 2010. Some organic materials, such as newspaper and office paper, already have a high recovery rate. However, other organic materials, such as garden trimm ...