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Economy | Consumption

German Notes on BAT of the production of

Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals

The annual world production of sodium carbonate (soda) amounted to approximately 31,5 million tons in 1993. The main share is synthetic soda. Nowadays it is only manufactured by means of the Solvay technology, which – as it uses NH3 as auxiliary material – is also called „ammonia soda process“. Approximately 35 % of the world production is natural soda, mainly manufactured in the USA.  read more

Economy | Consumption

German Notes on BAT of the production of

Large Volume Gaseous and Liquid Inorganic Chemicals

Synthesis gases are mixtures from hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Raw materials are solid, liquid or gaseous fuels, which react under additivation of oxygen and / or steam at higher temperatures. Often the production of synthesis gas is a very economic recycling process of residues, which can provide the basis for basic chemical products, e.g. methanol. So heavy vacuum distillation residuals from re...read more

Water

Fallstudien zu gebietsfremden Arten in Deutschland

Case Studies on Alien Species in Germany

Fallstudien zu gebietsfremden Arten in Deutschland gemäß Beschluss-/Abschnittsnr. V/8 und V/19 der 5. Vertragsstaaten-konferenz des Übereinkommens über die biologische Vielfaltread more

Chemicals, Water

Quality Targets for Active Ingredients of Pesticides to Protect Inland Surface Waters

Quality targets are reference values and guidelines with regard to a particular protected asset and serve as a benchmark for the quality of surface waters. After quality targets had previously been determined for 28 industrial chemcials and 7 heavy metals, this new publication now describes the derivation of quality targets for 35 active ingredients of pesticides with regard to aquatic communities...read more

Chemicals

Sustainable and Precautionary Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Chemicals

Part I: New Strategies for the Ecological Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Substances Part II: Chemicals in the Environment which Interfere with the Endocrine Systems of Humans and Wildlife In german available as Text 30/2001read more

Chemicals

Precautionary Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Chemicals

Part II: Chemicals in the Environment which Interfere with the Endocrine Systems of Humans and Wildliferead more

Economy | Consumption

Life Cycle Assessments for Graphic Papers

Environmental comparison of recycling and disposal processes for used graphic paper, and of paper products for newspaper and magazine publishing and for photocopying

Using the LCA instrument the FEA research project 'LCA for Graphic Papers' answers key questions about the production and optimisation of graphic papes and the products manufactured with them.read more

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Annual Report 2001 - Federal Environmental Agency

There is often talk that environmental protection is no longer an issue of public debate. I believe that this is exaggerated. Unemployment or domestic security may certainly be more topical than environmental protection. However, debates on future energy and agricultural policy, ecological tax reform, genetic engineering, mandatory deposits on bottles, the HGV toll and sustainable development show...read more