… Water Foundation What can be done with the sewage sludge which is generated during waste water treatment? How can valuable materials be recovered and pollutants … study tour on the Polish side. Participants included representatives of municipal wastewater treatment plants, sewage sludge incineration plants and decision makers … Programme … What can be done with the sewage sludge which is generated during waste water treatment? How can valuable materials be recovered and pollutants …

… be more environmentally friendly Disposable cups result in unnecessary amounts of waste and the unnecessary use of resources Source: Weixx / fotolia.com The German … their packaging systems. Packaging should be designed to be highly recyclable and contain recycled materials wherever possible. UBA considers it urgent that existing … be taken off the market wherever there are other packaging options for the goods it contains or packaging is unnecessary. The European Union should also introduce …

… in an environmentally sound way. Source: djama / Fotolia.com The following contents contain this medium: From 1 July: 25,000 additional collection sites for waste electrical and electronic equipment … The new version of the ElektroG makes it …

… transport were brought in 2011. Source: Seen / Fotolia.com The following contents contain this medium: Batteries Tags waste battery … 43.334 Tonnes of portable batteries in transport were brought in …

… EU Stakeholders discuss requirements for water reuse Treated wastewater can contain pathogens that may harm humans by contaminating irrigated vegetables. … on water resources. At the same time it poses risks as treated wastewater can contain pathogens and chemicals. By May 2018 the European Commission wants to … also addresses the risks of water reuse. Conventionally treated wastewater still contains pathogens as viruses, and chemicals as pharmaceuticals. Those can imply …

… items. Other rubber or plastic products such as gardening gloves or mouse pads may contain no more than 1 mg/kg. 25.02.2016 Annex XVII of the European REACH Regulation … items. Other rubber or plastic products such as gardening gloves or mouse pads may contain no more than 1 mg/kg. … New thresholds for carcinogenic PAHs in (baby) toys …