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Waste Incineration and Waste Prevention: Not a Contradiction in Terms


Recently, various press reports on waste management in Germany have drawn attention to a supposed contradiction between waste incineration and waste prevention. The main claim was that the current expansion of waste incineration in Germany would thwart further efforts at waste prevention and block further advances in recycling and waste management.

Series
background paper | 2009
Number of pages
5
Year of publication
Author(s)
Umweltbundesamt (Hrsg.)
Language
English
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Umweltbundesamt
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2182 KB
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 waste industry  waste combustion  waste prevention  preparation engineering