… 4th waste water treatment stage financed by waste water charge? The waste water charge could help finance the upgrading of large … – pharmaceuticals, for example – which are present in waterbodies. … 4th waste water treatment stage financed by waste water charge? …

… Waste management in Russia and other CIS countries Participants of the E-Waste Academy benefitted from upskilling. Source: UNIDO Center for International …

… Wastewater effluent in rivers: Challenges for drinking water? In Germany, … production of drinking water. Source: Jonas Stoll / Umweltbundesamt Treated urban wastewater is usually discharged to rivers. A UBA study assessed the contributions … waters in Germany and evaluated potential risks for drinking water abstraction. … Wastewater effluent in rivers: Challenges for drinking water? …

… Climate protection through Circular Economy in Germany and the EU Waste treatment for recovery Source: Anja Schwetje/ UBA For the EU27 and Germany, … the climate protection potential of the circular economy was examined for municipal waste, industrial & commercial, construction & demolition and food waste for 2017 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… premium in 2009. The source of these data is the Federal Statistical Office data on waste disposal. The increase is likely to be partly due to the exchange premiums for … outlining recommendations for measures to effectively prevent the loss of ELVs to illegal dismantling. The recommendations target minimum requirements for national …

… EU Plastics Strategy needs to consider environmental issues Much plastic waste accumulates in the water Source: BfG Plastic waste is a major threat to the marine environment. But how to tackle this problem? …

… on Proposal of EU Packaging Regulation In Germany, 18.8 million tonnes of packaging waste were generated in 2020. Source: monticellllo / Fotolia.com The EU member … are currently discussing a proposal for new regulations on packaging and packaging waste. Six new UBA fact sheets support the discussion with facts and figures, …

… European Commission issued a legislative proposal with seven measures for reducing waste on European beaches. The main aim of the proposal is to reduce the input of the most frequent plastic waste categories (top litter items). These are mainly single-use products such as … hand the Commission wants to introduce extended producer responsibility covering waste management, labelling of products regarding their negative environmental …

… environment and human health. Source: Jörg Rechenberg / UBA The reuse of treated waste water can help to reduce water shortages. Reused water can contain pathogens … the definition of minimum requirements for the water quality of treated municipal waste water used for agricultural irrigation, and to therefore contribute to … the reuse of water.  In Germany, no comprehensive requirement to use treated waste water currently exists ( UBA texts 34/2016 publication, in German ). Despite …

… of GHG emissions from fossil gas, and nuclear power producing high-level nuclear waste. 25.01.2022 Nuclear power The EC proposes to include nuclear power in the … the Euratom Treaty and the member state having a plan for a high-level radioactive waste disposal facility until 2050. This proposal does not comply with the … Taxonomy’s do-no-significant-harm principle. The disposal of high-level radioactive waste is as yet unresolved, with no disposal facility actually being operational and …