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  • Green procurement: Article / Tender recommendation / Environmental criteria from 29.01.2020 | Last changed: 29.01.2020

    Wallpaper and ingrain wallpaper

    Raufasertapete auf Tapeziertisch

    … Source: K.-P. Adler/FOTOLIA.com Making wallpaper out of recycled paper reduces waste paper burdens, particularly when low and medium quality waste papers are used. This in turn helps to avoid the environmental degradation … and wood pulp production. last update on 29.01.2020 When it comes to resource use, wastewater load, water use, and energy use, waste paper is far better for the …

  • Press release 20/2018 from 25.07.2018 | Last changed: 30.07.2018

    Level of packaging consumption in Germany remains very high

    Yellow bags of packaging waste

    … consumption in Germany remains very high An average of 220.5 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 packaging waste was generated in Germany in 2016. This is an increase of .05% over 2015, says … which is received at recycling facilities. For most waste fractions these are the wastes sorted according to material type which have come from sorting facilities. …

  • Publication from 12.01.2015

    Measures to reduce micropollutant emissions to water - Summary

    Cover Texte 87/2014 Measures to reduce micropollutant emissions to water Summary

    … to reduce micropollutant emissions to water - Summary Discharge via the municipal waste water system is the dominant emission pathway to water for many … conditions to reduce the emission of micropollutants to water via the municipal waste water system that are characterized by high cost efficiency. The … and effectiveness of the introduction of an advanced treatment stage in municipal wastewater treatment plants and the constraints to be considered with this. At the …

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    Tar basin

     Open stack basin with waste containing tar.

    … Tar basin The picture paradigmatically shows the deposition of industrial waste products, here tar containing waste, in open stack resp. clarifying basins. Source: Frauenstein The following … Kontamination … The picture paradigmatically shows the deposition of industrial waste products, here tar containing waste, in open stack resp. clarifying basins. … …

  • Publication from 03.12.2018

    Environmentally harmful subsidies in Germany

    … state and industry spent a combined total of €34.1 billion on water conservation, waste management,  air quality control and noise abatement. Download Series brochure …

  • Publication from 25.05.2016

    The Environmental Economy in Germany 2015

    Cover The Environmental Economy in Germany 2015

    … goods and services. The range of products and services covers such varied fields as waste management and recycling, water conservation and wastewater treatment, air quality control, noise abatement, and measurement and …

  • Publication from 02.02.2022

    Kurzgutachten Kommunale Wärmeplanung

    Cover TEXTE

    … information PDF is accessible File size 4.19 MB Print version not available Tags waste heat citizen participation Fernwärmeversorgung municipal climate protection …

  • Press release 34/2023 from 25.09.2023 | Last changed: 26.09.2023

    CO2 storage must not hinder phase-out of fossil fuels

    schematische Darstellung der Verpressung von CO2 in den Boden

    … must not hinder phase-out of fossil fuels New UBA paper: Testing CCS technology for waste incineration - priority to be given to peatlands, forests and other natural … German Environment Agency (UBA) advises testing carbon capture and storage (CCS) in waste management. UBA President Dirk Messner said: "We need CCS especially on a … should we use CCS." The UBA therefore suggests testing the technology first in waste incineration plants where heat and electricity are generated from …

  • Press release 32/2017 from 13.09.2017 | Last changed: 26.09.2017

    Round Table Against Marine Litter goes into round two

    beach with a lot of plastic waste coming from the sea

    … Hutner The North and Baltic Sea coasts of Germany continue to be polluted with waste, say the results of swash zone monitoring activities which are conducted locally. Inputs of human wastes to oceans are an enduring problem which is harming the entire marine …

  • Press release 36/2022 from 12.09.2022 | Last changed: 14.09.2022

    Rotor blade recycling from A to Z

    Windenergieanlagen auf einem Feld.

    … Agency (UBA) now presents a comprehensive overview of the sustainable use and waste processing of rotor blades. Many wind turbines are expected to reach end of lifetime in the next two decades, generating high volumes of blade waste for which there are no clear recycling specifications. An annual volume of up …