… in a softening of EU environmental standards. 23.06.2015 Lead and mercury, for example, are prohibited in electrical and electronic equipment in the EU, but some … position paper on TTIP nevertheless considers cooperation with the USA useful – for example to aim at cutting back on environmentally harmful subsidies. Associated …

… experience gained outside Europe. The Mobike bicycle rental system from China is an example of how bike rental can be operated as a business on a large scale. The … Cycling Conference (ICC) in Mannheim on 19-21 September 2017 merges theory and practice and looks for ways in which cycling and pedestrianisation can improve urban …

… cooperation between the EU Member States. The BGH is setting reasonable and practical standards for the work of consumer protection authorities. This is a good basis for our further work.” The decision is the culmination of proceedings … about environmental protection fall within the scope of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29/EC . It states that general and imprecise environmental …

… and weather-pattern related events cause emergency or disaster situations. For example, emergency relief responders are able to secure dykes by means of sandbags … or destroyed highways and bridges in order to safeguard the supply of relief goods to the population. Overall, the THW’s emergency relief responders worked just …

… warmth existing indoors is discharged to the outdoors with a minimum of energy use. Examples for a pre-emptive protection of buildings from summer heat – the first … the greening of the façades and roofs of buildings or providing buildings with good heat insulation, and last not least, ensuring conformity with high energetic …

… not taking place. Of 151 companies which voluntarily submitted a report to CDP, a good half of those rated the relevance of physical climate risk as high. If stricter … from sector to sector, that are not taken into account in this context. For example, companies that generate or process agricultural raw materials are likely to …

… Energy-efficient hotels using green electricity are better for the climate and good for one's local tourism industry, too. The impact of climate change, for example floods and low water levels, mean serious losses of revenue. The people in …

… the German government has set itself the goal of maintaining or achieving a good state of the marine environment in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Monitoring and … of fisheries. Establishing sustainable management plans and monitoring: Based on a good data basis, it is possible to develop sustainable management and recovery plans …

… UBA's President Dirk Messner. If used appliances are disposed of improperly - for example in grey or yellow bins - valuable raw materials will be lost, not to mention … of retailers or local authorities. An unknown quantity of WEEE is collected, for example, via non-certified scrap yards and illegal collectors and is therefore not … network of collection and recovery points. It would be conceivable, for example, that additional retailers who sell electrical appliances would be obliged …

… Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML The use of electric trucks for goods deliveries cut down on noise and emissions by spreading delivery times over …

… Hannelore Elsner to be more careful in the use of resources. The slogan "What's good for me is good for the environment" is the motto by which the environmental … consumption and provides consumers with guidance in the selection of consumer goods." The minister also praised the pioneering work done by the music producer …