… Increases in recycling rates can be seen for all materials. The accuracy of the values at the new quota interface may be affected in the first few years. However, if one compares the values at the previous point of intersection (input to the first recycling …

… costs for materials, and the economy as a whole as a result of increasing domestic value added. The recycling industry is already a driver of innovation and source of … to prevent the opening of new quarries or gravel pits. The greatest financial value is in disused metals such as the iron girders, steel reinforcements or copper …

… evaluating Member State - even if the latter has recognizably violated evaluation guidelines or if their evaluation is incorrect from today's perspective. In several … degradation products of the above-mentioned substances already exceed the threshold values in raw water and impair its marketability. The current authorisation …

… one year’s time. This innovation cycle may impair quality, and thus some sets are now only tested for a few well-known weak points and no longer comprehensively. This can reduce the duration of … assume a measure of responsibility. Smartphones, notebooks and flat screen TVs are now replaced although they are in perfectly good working order. Many cities already …

… levels and we are even observing a renewed increase in coal firing. We must now take decisive countermeasures in this respect and move away from fossil … of renewables needs to pick up speed and we must phase out coal by 2030. The now reformed emissions trading system, with significantly lowered emissions caps …

… the GreenSupreme scenario can be reduced from around 2,500 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2015 to less than 1,100 TWh by 2050 and is covered entirely by renewable energies. … depends on the society’s willingness to rethink and change their cherished although now unsustainable habits. The GreenSupreme scenario has less domestic air travel, …

… reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport (EU 2015/757). The Regulation applies to all vessels above 5,000 gross tonnage during …

… and quantities of potential secondary raw materials available in Germany. 26.10.2015 Germany’s so-called “anthropogenic material stock” including stones, metals, …