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  • Article from 18.07.2024 | Last changed: 19.07.2024

    EU Regulation on Minimum Requirements for Water Reuse

    … The regulation adds to already existing EU environmental legislation as the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive ( 91/271/EWG ), the Water Framework Directive ( … reclamation facility operator. The water reclamation can be integrated in an urban wastewater treatment plant or a dedicated reclamation plant can be set up. The …

  • Article from 29.12.2021 | Last changed: 05.01.2024

    Water Resource Management

    … Flood Risk Management Directive , the Industrial Emissions Directive and the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive . Germany has fully transposed the requirements of … under the UN-Water Decade as well as a guiding framework for the extension of urban waste water treatment plants (“fourth tratement stage”) and resulted in the …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Permitting research projects on marine geoengineering

    … ( HSEG ) is to protect the marine environment by regulating the dumping of waste and other matter in the high seas since 1998. The international basis for this … since 1996. Exceptions to this ban are only permitted for certain categories of waste and other matter. In 2013, the contracting parties unanimously amended the LP … from the general prohibition on dumping; Establishing a general export ban on wastes and substances, with the exception of exporting CO₂ to other states for …

  • Article from 20.07.2020 | Last changed: 27.07.2020

    Electrical and electronic waste

    Old televisions and computer monitors on a pile.

    Electrical and electronic waste End-of-life electrical and electronic devices are not waste, for they contain … other things by expanding the possibilities for returning it. In addition, the illegal collection and illegal export of WEEE and components must be curbed and all … Ghana, India, South Africa and other countries. The customs declarations for these shipments identified the contents as “used devices.” Such shipments consisted for …

  • Article from 06.06.2019 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Batteries

    Batteries of different size and color

    … Hence under no circumstances should batteries ever be disposed of with household waste. last update on 06.06.2019 Batteries in Germany In 2012 43,549 tonnes of … to ensure that manufacturers meet their obligations to take back and dispose of the waste batteries. Violation of the Batteriegesetz-Melderegister reporting obligation …

  • Article from 19.03.2024 | Last changed: 19.03.2024

    Climate protection and energy policy in Germany

    transformer station

    … targets for the sectors (energy, industry, buildings, transport, agriculture and waste management) Targets for carbon sequestration in the LULUCF sector (natural … targets for the sectors (energy, industry, buildings, transport, agriculture and waste management) Targets for carbon sequestration in the LULUCF sector (natural …

  • Article from 22.01.2014 | Last changed: 03.11.2020

    End-of-life-vehicles

    Pressed old cars in a junkyard

    … rates will rise to 85 and 95 percent respectively as of 2015. They are based on waste statistics that the Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt) as … this issue, the EU member states adopted Correspondents’ Guidelines No. 9 on Shipments of Waste Vehicles, which though not legally binding is a useful tool for … Related contents Altauto fachgerecht entsorgen oder verkaufen Related publications Illegal Treatment of End-of-Life Vehicles EU Single-Use Plastics Directive - …

  • Article from 19.10.2017 | Last changed: 26.02.2018

    Plastics

    nach Farben sortiertes Plastikgranulat

    … Plastics Plastic granules, which are made of plastic waste, are used to make new plastic products Source: digitalstock / Fotolia.com … separately and that as from 2020 at least 65 weight-percent of all municipal wastes are to be recycled. Municipal waste however, contains other materials besides …

  • Article from 07.01.2020 | Last changed: 09.01.2020

    Packaging

    Yellow bags of packaging waste

    … last update on 07.01.2020 Packaging in Germany 16,6 million tons of packaging waste were generated in Germany in 2012 alone; this figure breaks down as follows … packaging is placed in yellow bags or containers by consumers themselves. This waste is collected by companies (under the statutory “dual systems”) and brought to … containers, and the various types of plastic (PE, PP, PET, PS). Mixed plastic waste is to some extent further processed for material or energy recovery. Residuals …

  • Article from 07.01.2020 | Last changed: 07.01.2020

    Product stewardship and waste management

        Old car tires into the reeds are between grasses in the water

    Product stewardship and waste management Product stewardship enables manufacturers and distributors to avoid … electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) - KUREA Illegal Treatment of End-of-Life Vehicles EU Single-Use Plastics Directive - …

  • Article from 08.05.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2022

    Waste regulations

    Golden paragraph mark surrounded by grey and white paragraph sign

    Waste regulations Environmental laws contribute to a cleaner environment Source: virtua73 / Fotolia.com The central concern of waste policy is to avoid waste and to recycle. So that, natural resources are …

  • Article from 27.09.2016 | Last changed: 27.09.2016

    Waste statistics

    huge stacks of paper and two blue waste paper bins

    Waste statistics Waste paper bins and stacks of paper destined for recycling Source: Christian Maurer …