… liability for its debts. As a result, the entirety of the former East Germany’s industrial sector and its contaminated sites also became the responsibility of the … projects, based on economic and environmental policy. These projects involved major industrial concerns, potassium mining companies, and shipyards, as well as large industrial regions containing numerous companies. The technical aspects of the …

… to the Federal Soil Protection Act ( BBodSchG), contaminated sites are abandoned industrial sites or abandoned waste disposal sites that have caused harmful changes … Nevertheless, the inappropriate use and management of land in some places by industry, commerce, agriculture and private individuals is causing harmful soil … Nevertheless, the inappropriate use and management of land in some places by industry, commerce, agriculture and private individuals is causing harmful soil …