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  • Article from 17.03.2014 | Last changed: 17.03.2014

    Waste disposal

    A backhoe pushes together the waste of the waste landfill

    Waste disposal Despite the ready availability of separate collection bins for … or physicochemical treatment facilities. Associated content Links Hazardous waste Waste management Related contents Gefährliche Abfälle Abfall- und …

  • Article from 15.07.2015 | Last changed: 15.07.2015

    Climate protection in the waste management sector

    Bio-gas plant

    Climate protection in the waste management sector Bio-gas plants contribute to climate protection Source: Markus Bormann / Fotolia Waste management makes an important contribution to climate protection. Recycling, …

  • Article from 14.11.2025 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Renewable energies in figures

    The diagram shows the development of the shares of renewable energies for electricity, heat and transport. While electricity shares grew steadily, the development of heat and transport shares stagnated for several years. The share of renewables in electricity fell significantly in 2021 (to 41.7 percent), but since then rose considerably to 54.1 percent in 2024. The share of renewables in the heat sector reaches 17.8 percent in 2024 and in the transport sector 7.3 percent.

    … The remaining share of approximately 8 percent comes from the renewable fraction of waste. Renewables in transport The transport sector holds the lowest share of … The remaining share of approximately 8 percent comes from the renewable fraction of waste. Renewables in transport The transport sector holds the lowest share of …

  • Article from 15.04.2016 | Last changed: 15.04.2016

    Waste containing asbestos

    Construction workers in white protective suits and respirators in a corrugated asbestos roof.

    Waste containing asbestos When the asbestos protective clothing must be worn. … and clearly labeled receptacles. Such waste is to be kept separate from other wastes so as to avoid mixing with other materials that would enlarge the amount of …

  • Article from 17.04.2015 | Last changed: 17.04.2015

    Wastes containing POPs and PCB

    transformer station

    Wastes containing POPs and PCB Transformer: Transformers formerly contained PCBs as …

  • Article from 18.03.2014 | Last changed: 05.04.2016

    Hazardous waste

    Workers remove asbestos roof sheets

    Hazardous waste Asbestos is a hazardous waste Source: Lucaz80 / Fotolia.com The term … gathered concerning waste disposal within a given enterprise or for transfrontier waste shipments, as these statistics are gathered separately. For hazardous waste

  • Article from 05.12.2025 | Last changed: 05.12.2025

    Sustainable lifestyles: NiCE - From niche to centre

    young woman offers things to swap instead of buy in modern furnished store

    … - From niche to centre Swapping instead of buying new saves resources and avoids waste. Source: LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS / Adobe Stock City centres have long been … Lifestyles in Action!", the participants got to know a NiCE pilot project, the Zero Waste Multicenter and had the opportunity to try out some hands-on craft activities. …

  • Article from 01.03.2024 | Last changed: 20.08.2025

    Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂

    The photo shows a view of the surface of the North Sea.

    … stresses - such as rising temperatures, eutrophication, or pollution from waste and pollutants. More information can be found in the results of the … stresses - such as rising temperatures, eutrophication, or pollution from waste and pollutants. More information can be found in the results of the …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Series: Extended Producer Responsibility in international law

    World map from green leaves

    … (EPR) has been increasingly discussed as a concept to solve the current waste problems for specific products. Thomas Lindhqvist first described it in 1990 … Proponents of EPR argue that by assigning the organizational responsibility for waste management to a producer, EPR could reduce the financial burden of … and support the internalization of commonly externalized costs associated with waste. As such, EPR might also constitute a transformative framework for a shared …

  • Article from 13.09.2024 | Last changed: 28.01.2025

    International strategies and programmes

    Flag poles with flags

    … pioneers in the development of political strategies and programmes in the field of "waste / resources". As early as 2011, the Commission adopted a "Roadmap to a … impacts by promoting strategies to increase resource productivity and implement waste management. The OECD develops material flow and waste databases, related indicators and publishes working papers, reports and …

  • Article from 03.08.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Why Planetary Health can promote a more inclusive

    … to solve crises by addressing the root causes of global threats instead of wasting precious human and financial resources addressing emergencies. Planetary … to solve crises by addressing the root causes of global threats instead of wasting precious human and financial resources addressing emergencies. Planetary …

  • Article from 06.10.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Sustainability Transformations and Covid

    … go in the development models we adopt across the world. All of us heard the news of waste from certain countries in the West being dumped in South-East Asia. While this … need to do is to arrive at common goals for achieving better environments. Waste discharge from factories, whether into water bodies or into the atmosphere …