… for aluminium in particular. The overall decline in packaging consumption is due to economic factors and mediocre harvests, which led to fewer cans being filled, as …

… creation and resource conservation” , as municipalities are key players in local economic development and quality of life. Close communication between towns and …

… Renewable Energy Statistics (AGEE-Stat) works on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy to take stock of renewable energy use. Based on the data …

… emissions the aircraft produces, the cleaner and quieter aircraft would prove more economical. UBA also suggests the introduction of a national kerosene tax that is …

… environmentally friendly goods to a lower rate of value added tax. For example, an economical fridge would be sold at a 7% instead of 19% VAT rate, making the products …

… effects of environmental protection was authored by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) for the Federal Environment Ministry and the German …

… unmixed collection of plastics. However, these measures are only ecologically and economically viable provided there is a greater demand for recyclates on the market. …

… are not the result of technological factors, but of the interplay of various economic and organisational factors. As a consequence, devices that are actually …

… East and West. Emissions data between 1970 and 1989 show little change except for economic and weather effects. This changed abruptly with German reunification: the …

… for new heavy-goods vehicles, quotas for alternative fuels) play a role, as do economic instruments that increase the price of transport CO 2 emissions or make …

… policy. It was once commonly believed that environmental protection and economic strength was a contradiction in terms. Nowadays the opposite is true: …