… zero-emissions wood heating system and a next-generation concept for the removal of plastic particles from the oceans. Press release No. 38/2016 | 28.11.2016 More than … Hansch, RWTH Aachen. The floating Pacific Garbage Screening platform filters plastic waste from the oceans without endangering marine life. Sustainability and … zero-emissions wood heating system and a next-generation concept for the removal of plastic particles from the oceans. … "Mehr als schön" - more than beautiful: Winners …

… kg of packaging waste per capita in 2016 Yellow garbage bags containing discarded plastic packaging Source: Zauberhut / Fotolia.com A total of 18.16 million tonnes of … for glass (85.5%), paper/cardboard (88.7%), aluminium (87.9%) and steel (92.1%). Plastics (49.7%) and wood (26%) still hold a lot of potential. Plastic packaging in …

… in the effort to generate less waste." Most beverages are now bottled in disposable plastic bottles, a segment with a market share of about 52 percent. Cans have a … systems are the better choice: reusable glass bottles can be refilled 50 times, plastic reusables 20 times. Reusable bottles sourced from the region are optimal due … in the effort to generate less waste." Most beverages are now bottled in disposable plastic bottles, a segment with a market share of about 52 percent. Cans have a …

… Assessment value set for plasticisers in urine HBM Commission at the German … also take into account the extent to which the people tested are exposed to other plasticisers. In addition, the UBA will continue to work with other authorities to …

… communities must tackle. Disposable cups consume valuable resources such as wood, plastic, water and energy, but they are only used for about 15 minutes. Disposable … is not commonly used in food packaging. Furthermore, there is the problem of the plastic lids, which are usually made from polystyrene. Disposable cold-beverage cups are produced mainly from fossil plastics, most typically polypropylene, polystyrene and polyethylene terephthalate. …

… the Federal Ministry for Environment in the framework of a 5-point plan to reduce plastic and increase recycling. Other sponsors include the German Environment … be collecting over three million tonnes more biowaste nationwide with the bio-bin. Plastic bags, glass and other materials are unwanted. The bio-bin and composting are …

… (87.6%), and steel (92.2%), there is a lot of potential to be tapped in plastics (49.7%) and wood (25.8%). The recycling rate for aluminium of 87.2 percent …

… money. Disposable cups also mean consumption of valuable resources such as wood and plastic and their production requires water and energy. In stark contrast, the … that may cause harm to the environment or health. The products must not be made of plastics containing polycarbonate or melamine, which might release bisphenol A. Cups …

… in products Bioblo construction blocks: 60% sustainable sawdust, 40% recycled plastics Source: Umweltbundesamt The Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) and … It consists of 60 percent sawdust from native conifers and 40 percent recycled plastics. The latter is produced in a resource-efficient upcycling process using …

… latest “German Organic Waste Bin Campaign” succeeds in halving the proportion of plastic in separately collected organic waste Kitchen and garden waste, if collected … by type. We know that considerable quantities are not yet collected or contain plastics and other foreign substances. Improving this is a joint task for everyone …

… targets for the recycling of paper/cardboard/cartons, tinplate, aluminium and plastic packaging and in some cases even significantly exceeded them. This means that significant quantities of these materials continue to be recycled. For plastic packaging, for example, the actual feed-in rate for mechanical recycling was … with the positive recycling results of the dual systems, especially for metal and plastic packaging. We are currently particularly concerned about other composite …

… for the environment. Biowaste must also be collected more properly, which means plastic, glass and metal do not belong in the bio-bin as it is complex and costly to separate them from biowaste later on. After all, nobody wants bits of plastic and shards of glass on fields or in their own garden." In autumn 2020 cities …