… Increasing the recycling of precious and minor metals Optimising waste management logistics makes recycling of precious and minor metals more profitable. Source: serkat Photography / Fotolia.com To increase …

… Sewage sludge disposal in Germany Sewage sludge Source: Andrea Roskosch / UBA Heavy metals, residues of pharmaceutical drugs and plastic: just a few of the many …

… of ships on the marine environment. Scrubber discharge contains pollutants such as heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are classified as extremely …

… more. In this way, possible sources of exposure can be identified. The beginning: heavy metals In the mid-1980s, the issue of heavy metals in the body became a matter of …

… The production of new models requires the consumption of valuable precious metals and energy which are not compensated by innovations such as lower energy use. … The production of new models requires the consumption of valuable precious metals and energy which are not compensated by innovations such as lower energy use. …

… or storms. Source: Siegfried Layda/Getty Images Sources of natural hazards, such as heavy rainfall, flooding, winter storms or lightning, can cause major accidents. … risk management natural hazard plant safety … Sources of natural hazards, such as heavy rainfall, flooding, winter storms or lightning, can cause major accidents. …

… companies, particularly in the automobile and engineering sectors, are dependent on metals from global supply chains. At the same time, they also consider themselves … describes environmental aspects in the extraction and processing of mineral and metallic raw materials. It aims to support companies within the “downstream” part of …

… UBA announces conference Seagoing vessels are usually fueled with polluting heavy oil, the residual oils of a refinery. Source: Horst Schmidt / Fotolia.com … the North and Baltic Seas. 05.10.2016 Filter systems or alternatives to polluting heavy oil are just a few of the many things that can be done to reduce emissions …

… rivers, lakes, coastal and marine waters, pollutions of persistent chemicals, metals, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, hydromorphological changes especially in …

… resilient. A vision and more than 70 recommendations for measures UBA’s brochure “Heavy Freight. Big Challenge. One Goal. - Environmentally sustainable freight … Guidelines regarding policy measures and regulations (i.e. CO 2 standards for new heavy-goods vehicles, quotas for alternative fuels) play a role, as do economic …

… 10.07.2017 Toys made from textiles, wood, plastic, leather, paper, rubber and metal are eligible for the ecolabel. The caps on pollution loads which the Blue …

… 26.10.2015 Germany’s so-called “anthropogenic material stock” including stones, metals, wood and plastics was estimated to amount to a total material stock of 51.7 …