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  • Publication from 29.04.2024

    Indicators for sustainable management of chemicals

    Cover of report "Indicators for sustainable management of chemicals"

    … chemicals worldwide throughout their entire life cycle, including the products and waste produced from them. In this study, indicators were developed using the concept …

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    Industrial fomer landfill in an opencast mining hole.

    Former landfill in an opencast mining hole.

    … fomer landfill in an opencast mining hole. The picture shows the fomer landfill of waste in an opencast mining hole. In context of the definition of contaminated … und ihre Sanierung Kontamination … The picture shows the fomer landfill of waste in an opencast mining hole. In context of the definition of contaminated …

  • Press release 36/2016 from 22.11.2016 | Last changed: 01.03.2017

    Grocery discounters should offer more deposit bottle beverages

    returnable glass bottles with mineral water in a crate

    … offer more deposit bottle beverages Germans producing 30 per cent more packaging waste than 20 years ago A returnable bottle replaces the use of up to 40 one-way … The merchants who are rejecting returnables must also commit to more prevention of waste and make returnable bottles the universal choice in beverage packaging. We have seen with the example of plastic bags that consumers are supportive of waste avoidance with many who have given up single-use bags", said UBA's President …

  • Press release 42/2022 from 29.09.2022 | Last changed: 04.10.2022

    Pandemic triggered slight decline in 2020 packaging consumption

    Separated packaging in the household, collected in boxes. Glass, cardboard, plastic, etc.

    … triggered slight decline in 2020 packaging consumption Higher volume of household waste contrasts lower volume in commercial sector Household packaging Source: … in Germany in 2020, marking the first decline since 2009. Total packaging waste in 2020 was 18.8 million tonnes, or 0.7 per cent less than in 2019. Per … are increasingly leading to improvements in sorting and recycling. Of all packaging waste, 68.2 per cent was sent to the final recycling process, with the remainder …

  • News from 14.07.2015 | Last changed: 14.07.2015

    Removing POP from the cycle: proposal to introduce limit values

    polystyrene insulation materials are removed from a facade

    … values HBCD was used as a flame retardant in polystyrene insulation materials – a waste disposal headache Source: Leo Brix / Fotolia.com One of the principles of environmental protection is that wastes must be recycled. However, it is counterproductive to reintroduce a recycled …

  • Green procurement: Article / Tender recommendation / Environmental criteria from 21.01.2022 | Last changed: 21.01.2022

    Hand drying

    Fabric towel roll in towel dispenser with the Blue Angel ecolabel

    … Electrical blower hand dryers, towel dispensers filled with paper towels made of waste paper or cellulose-based paper towels as well as towel dispensers with cloth … drying systems mentioned above - i.e. towel dispensers with paper towels made of waste paper, towel dispensers with cloth towel rolls and hot-air dryers. In … … Electrical blower hand dryers, towel dispensers filled with paper towels made of waste paper or cellulose-based paper towels as well as towel dispensers with cloth …

  • News from 18.07.2016 | Last changed: 18.08.2016

    Technical guides advise on sewage sludge management

    sludgy water in a facility for waste water treatment

    … Technical guides advise on sewage sludge management A challenge in waste water treatment: ecologically safe and economic sewage sludge disposal Source: … guides are now available to countries where modernisation of facilities for waste water treatment and sewage sludge management is imminent, e.g. to comply with … Technical Guide on the treatment and recycling techniques for sludge from municipal waste water treatment All news Related contents Beratungshilfeprogramm des …