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Tourism is dependent on the existence of natural and antrophic resources. Because Romania is characterized by great variety and diversity of these type of resources, we want to study the evolution and attractiveness of tourism and how it was influenced by the EU accession. The analysis is focused on two important touristic regions of Romania, namely Nord-Est and Sud-Est. For this approach, we use the comparative analysis, in dynamics, of the main indicators used in tourism activity, based on statistical data at regional and national level. The results of the analysis will highlight the potential and attractiveness of tourism and the advantages of Romania's EU membership.

The paper presents a study of the industrial waste incorporating in glass in order to obtain decorative colored glasses. The influence of iron and chromium oxides from waste amount is discussed. The samples properties such as density, thermal expansion coefficient and viscosity are investigated. Including different oxides of heavy metals (obtained from sludge that contains chromium and iron) into the vitreous system leads to the obtaining of several decorative glasses. Their colour varies widely, to the added quantity and the atmosphere of the work place.

The paper follows both the national preservation and durable managing policy, as well as the European laws for the area of environmental protection (UE’s Directive 1999/31/EC – „landfill of waste” an the Council’s Directive no. 94/62/CE regarding the packaging and the packaging waste, amended by the Council’s Directive no. 2004/12/CE). The proposed technologies lead to reducing the need of both raw materials and energy in the process of obtaining various types of glass. The study proposes new ways of retrieving and eliminating waste that contains heavy metals alongside borosilicate shards. This paper also aims to increase the responsibility of the waste generating companies and to make the potential users more sensible.

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