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  • Article from 03.11.2020 | Last changed: 04.11.2020

    What does the Corona crisis mean for environmental policy?

    the Coronavirus

    … for example, instruments that would be harmful to the environment, such as the purchase premium for vehicles with combustion engines, were also discussed in … for example, instruments that would be harmful to the environment, such as the purchase premium for vehicles with combustion engines, were also discussed in …

  • Article from 21.08.2022 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    Reference Values for Assessing Micropollutants in Water Bodies

    … ⁠) The PNEC value is the maximum concentration of a chemical or its degradation product in the environment at which there are no adverse effects on the ecosystem. … (⁠ RAC ⁠) The RAC is a parameter from the approval procedure for plant protection products. As with the PNEC, it indicates the maximum concentration of a pesticide … and non-evaluated micropollutants forming non-evaluated degradation/ transformation products. Groundwater The threshold values according to the German Groundwater …

  • Article from 19.08.2022 | Last changed: 16.11.2022

    Digital Sustainability

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    … The accompanying fundamental edaption of our consumption habits as well as production and infrastructures that will follow creates opportunities to find … increasing demand for digital technologies along with the growing range of digital products and services harbours . Natural resource and energy consumption is on the … increasing demand for digital technologies along with the growing range of digital products and services harbours . Natural resource and energy consumption is on the …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Permitting research projects on marine geoengineering

    … projects on marine geoengineering, provided that it serves to enhance primary production, i.e., ocean fertilization. Other marine geoengineering methods in … projects on marine geoengineering, provided that it serves to enhance primary production, i.e., ocean fertilization. Other marine geoengineering methods in …

  • Article from 28.11.2024 | Last changed: 28.11.2024

    Commercial Refrigeration

    refrigeration unit

    … fresh and deep-frozen, especially foodstuffs, but also flowers and pharmaceutical products. They are installed, for example, in specialist food retailers and in … fresh and deep-frozen, especially foodstuffs, but also flowers and pharmaceutical products. They are installed, for example, in specialist food retailers and in …

  • Article from 25.03.2024 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    TFA as degradation product of fluorinated greenhouse gases

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    … TFA as degradation product of fluorinated greenhouse gases TFA formed as a degradation product of … Source: bigfoot / Fotolia.com Fluorinated gases in the atmosphere form degradation products such as trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). TFA enters the water cycle through … means. last update on 25.03.2024 Fluorinated gases emit in the atmosphere from production, use and after use phase of refrigeration and air conditioning systems …

  • Article from 08.05.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2022

    Waste regulations

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    … Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz (KrW-/AbfG). Disposal of specific types of product waste (respectively end-of-life vehicles, used batteries and end-of-life … a new provision concerning the distinction between waste on one hand, and byproducts that do not fall within the scope of the law on the other (Article 4). A … substance Preprocessing exceeding the normal industry standard scope is unnecessary Production of the substance is inherent to a manufacturing process Reuse of the …

  • Article from 10.08.2021 | Last changed: 28.01.2025

    Non-extractable residues in persistence assessment

    … NERs  is currently not precisely specified. NER comprise parent and transformation products of unknown extent and unknown composition Hidden hazard or a safe sink? … matrix are hidden hazards as it is possible that parent substance or transformation products are able to be mobilised again. For regulatory use, classification of … NERs  is currently not precisely specified. NER comprise parent and transformation products of unknown extent and unknown composition … NERs have many facets – …