Press release 55/2008 from 24.07.2008 | Last changed: 19.07.2013
Import of waste subject to authorisation rose in 2007
… 6.2 million tonnes (mn t) of waste subject to authorisation in 2007. After a two-year decline, imports have resumed their climb despite the ban on storage of organic … waste glass, used paper, plastic and textile wastes, also rose over the previous year. According to preliminary figures from the Federal Statistical Office, exports … There are various reasons for the increase in import volumes for more than ten years: on the one hand Germany has modern disposal installations and free capacity …