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Article from 04.05.2020 | Last changed: 04.05.2020

International policy and knowledge transfer

… into national law. The support relates to both classic fields of action such as waste management, chemical safety, water protection and air quality management as well as …

Article from 15.07.2024 | Last changed: 15.07.2024

Mobile air conditioning with climate-friendly refrigerant CO2

Silver VW Touran in front of the UBA headquarters.

… hydrocarbons are also being considered. In 2023, an electric car with a thermal management system that cools and heats with propane, was presented as a concept … Links VW-CO2 heat pump applied by Ford as an option for e-vehicle(2024) Thermomanagement with propane under development (2024) R744 heat pump by Schaeffler for …

Article from 02.09.2013 | Last changed: 25.03.2014

Environmental product declarations for construction products

… latter – in addition other standards in sustainability of construction works – is managed and further developed by CEN/TC 350 in cooperation with UBA. Development and … latter – in addition other standards in sustainability of construction works – is managed and further developed by CEN/TC 350 in cooperation with UBA. … The process …

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Important Environmental Indicators

… Nitrate in groundwater © Research and Technology Centre West Coast a.o. Plastic waste in the North Sea © German Environment Agency according to the Federal States … © Umweltbundesamt Environmental protection goods © EMAS-Register Environmental management © …

Article from 22.07.2024 | Last changed: 20.08.2024

Statistics concerning transfrontier shipment of waste

Development of the import and export of hazardous waste and other restricted waste 1995-2008

… Statistics concerning transfrontier shipment of waste Time series on wastes requiring written notification Source: Umweltbundesamt …

Article from 15.01.2021 | Last changed: 15.01.2021

Notification procedure

… to be scrapped Source: CC Vision Transfrontier shipments of non-green-listed wastes are subject to a prior written notification and consent procedure. This also … either by the competent authority of dispatch or by licensed printing-works, waste management or software companies (DE followed by a 4 digit license number, followed …

Article from 09.09.2022 | Last changed: 12.09.2022

Information requirements

… Paper being bundled for recycling Source: Norman Chan / Fotolia.com Green-listed wastes can be shipped transfrontier without written consent. Such movements must be …

Article from 10.03.2021 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

Focal Point to the Basel Convention (Germany)

… Focal Point to the Basel Convention (Germany) Garbage truck transporting waste Source: photo 5000 / Fotolia.com The Focal Point to the Basel Convention in … the Waste Shipment Act (AbfVerbrG), issues permits for transfrontier shipment of wastes through Germany, answers queries, and advises businesses and government …

Article from 05.04.2022 | Last changed: 13.01.2023

Legal Basis

Golden paragraph mark surrounded by grey and white paragraph sign

… virtua73 / Fotolia.com Laws and regulations concerning transfrontier shipment of waste are based on the Basel Convention. The EU has transposed the procedural rules … on the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal of 22 March 1989 and the Decision of the OECD-Council …

Article from 11.01.2019 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

Transfrontier shipment of wastes

… Transfrontier shipment of wastes A complex regulatory system prevents waste from simply being shipped to a …

Article from 23.03.2021 | Last changed: 23.03.2021

Environmental law

… media and substances (pollution control law, water law, soil protection law, waste law, chemicals law) make up the core of environmental law. last update on … media and substances (pollution control law, water law, soil protection law, waste law, chemicals law) make up the core of environmental law. … The core area of …

Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering professionals

… concepts, criteria and IT tools regarding ghg-neutrality, the necessity of change management and institutionalisation within administrations seems not sufficiently addressed. On the one hand, the management level has to support the goal of GHG-neutrality and to communicate it …