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Recycling stops greenhouse gases

The contribution of the recycling and water management industry to climate protection


A great deal has changed for the German waste management industry in recent decades. Purely waste disposal firms have become highly specialised suppliers and experts for efficient recycling and energy generation. In 1990, the German municipal waste management sector still burdened the climate with nearly 38m tonnes of climate-damaging gas.

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16
Year of publication
January 2010
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Umweltbundesamt (Hrsg.)
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English
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Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungs-,Wasser- und Rohstoffwirtschaft e.V.
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 Umweltbundesamt  greenhouse gas  climate change  water management  climate

The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an insight into our work.

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