Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Waste | Resources

Technical Guide on the treatment and recycling techniques for sludge from municipal waste water treatment

Nearly all waste water treatment techniques lead to the formation of sewage sludge. This sludge needs to be safely treated on-site or forwarded to disposal with different options of secondary use. This guide presents sewage sludge treatment and recycling options – beginning from the stabilisation of the sludge up to the wider spectrum of options for its utilisation. It gives orientation for decisi...read more

Soil | Land

Guidance for decision - making on sewage sludge management

Recommended proceedings for Waste Water Treatment Plant Operators

Operators of waste water treatment plants have to make decisions on the economical and environmentally safe management of the generated sewage sludge. This guidance gives orientation on the various aspects that should be considered in conjunction with efforts to achieve an optimised sewage sludge disposal and to maximise the utilisation of this secondary resource within an economically sound frame...read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Hazard prevention and Crisis Management in the Danube River Delta

The general objective of the Danube Delta project was to improve the cooperation between the national authorities and industrial operators of the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine in the Danube Delta region through enhancing, and where possible harmonizing, the mechanisms and approaches for efficient and effective hazard and crisis management. The project promoted cooperation between the re...read more

Chemicals

PROMETHEUS – Prioritization Of chemicals: a METHodology Embracing PBT parameters into a Unified Strategy

Ziel des PROMETHEUS-Projektes ist es, ein Konzept für ein Programm zur Priorisierung von Substanzen innerhalb des PBT-Assessments zu entwickeln. Grundlage hierfür sind die Nutzung und die Implementierung einer Vielzahl von in-silico Modellen für P, B und T (in Zusammenarbeit mit dem CALEIDOS LIFE Projekt), um in naher Zukunft ein Pilotprogramm für das PBT-Assessment lauffähig zur Verfügung stellen...read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Improving the safety of industrial tailings management facilities based on the example of Ukrainian facilities

The aim of the project was to overcome the problems in the implementation of the UNECE Safety Guidelines for tailings management facilities and to thus permanently reduce the risk posed by these facilities. The practicality of the project outcomes, a Checklist and a Tailings Hazard Index (THI) was successfully tested at two Ukrainian facilities.read more

Climate | Energy

Implications of the changed reporting requirements of the Effort Sharing Decision for the EU ETS and the national GHG inventory

Work package 1: Comparison of ETS and IPCC emission calculation methodologies

This report analyses the technical provisions related to monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions under the EU ETS and the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories as of beginning 2014. Differences can lead to different reported CO2 (equivalent) emissions under the EU ETS and in the GHG inventory. Some of these issues may also prevent inventory compilers from using verified em...read more