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  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering professionals

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    … administrations’ direct climate footprint. Besides administrations’ credibility and function as role model, it is also about the purchasing power of the public … a lot of research and discussions take place to further develop methodological concepts, criteria and IT tools regarding ghg-neutrality, the necessity of change …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Promoting Extended Producer Responsibility in international law

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    … Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been increasingly discussed as a concept to solve the current waste problems for specific products. As originally … manufacturer of the product responsible for the entire life-cycle of the product and especially for the take-back, recycling, and final disposal”. Proponents of EPR …

  • Article from 29.05.2023 | Last changed: 07.01.2026

    Information about chemicals in consumer products

    … health or the environment Source: Quelle: photophonie / Fotolia.com Substances and mixtures which are harmful or toxic to the environment are labelled as shown … Web app . Show the suppliers that you don’t want to buy products containing SVHCs! Quality labels that mark green and user-friendly products can also aid purchasing … the objective of introducing the rules of integrated pest management as a standard concept in agriculture, effectively reducing the use of PPPs. This is considered as …

  • Article from 05.04.2016 | Last changed: 05.04.2016

    Landfill

    Leafy landfill, fenced

    Landfill Landfills are the last waste management option, if waste can not be recycled. Source: Bernd Engelmann / Umweltbundesamt Disposing of waste at landfill sites should be regarded as the last resort for waste management and should …

  • Article from 22.04.2016 | Last changed: 22.04.2016

    Organic-waste treatment

    A yellow wheel loader implements composting in a composting plant.

    … treatment Wheel loader being used to turn compost Source: Tim Hermann / UBA High quality compost and digestate for agricultural and horticultural use can be obtained from organic … data for the study comprising anonymized measurement data from voluntary quality assurance certifications. The study came to the conclusion that as a rule, the …

  • Article from 01.09.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    PARC – Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals

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    … from Chemicals An improved risk assessment of chemicals to protect human health and the environment Source: sergo321 / AdobeStock The "European Partnership for the … chemical substances in the EU, by closing data gaps and developing new methods and concepts, and by the joint work of risk assessors and scientists in compiling the …

  • Article from 07.01.2020 | Last changed: 08.11.2024

    Waste collection and transport

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    Waste collection and transport Large waste containers for waste paper and residual waste Source: fux / Fotolia.com When it comes to collecting, sorting … last update on 07.01.2020 Various container systems and vehicles are used for waste collection and transport, depending on the type of waste involved, whereby a …

  • Article from 25.08.2025 | Last changed: 25.09.2025

    Research Project „Food and Agriculture with a Future“

    The image shows a circular collage of individual photos depicting animal husbandry (chickens, pigs, cattle), a wheat field, and a plate with a vegetarian dish made from vegetables and lentils. In the center of the circle is the lettering “ErLa” (Ernährung und Landwirtschaft mit Zukunft, or “Nutrition and Agriculture with a Future”).

    Research Project „Food and Agriculture with a Future“ Eigenforschungsprojekt ErLa Source: Eigene … sIMulator) model, the contribution of selected measures of different cultivation concepts to achieving the environmental goals for the protected goods soil, climate, … targets. For the food sector, regulatory instruments such as mandatory quality standards in communal catering, economic instruments such as taxes and

  • Article from 14.11.2025 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Renewable energies in figures

    The diagram shows the development of the shares of renewable energies for electricity, heat and transport. While electricity shares grew steadily, the development of heat and transport shares stagnated for several years. The share of renewables in electricity fell significantly in 2021 (to 41.7 percent), but since then rose considerably to 54.1 percent in 2024. The share of renewables in the heat sector reaches 17.8 percent in 2024 and in the transport sector 7.3 percent.

    … energies in figures Development of renewable energy shares for electricity, heat and transport Source: AGEE-Stat / Umweltbundesamt (September 2025) Up-to-date and quality controlled data on the development of renewable energies in Germany are an …

  • Article from 13.04.2023 | Last changed: 28.08.2023

    1H-Benzotriazole Round Table

    … even in low concentrations, the substance has adverse effects on aquatic ecosystems and drinking water quality. That is why a round table was launched at the end of 2020 in order to … from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), the German Environment Agency (UBA), municipal and

  • Article from 13.04.2023 | Last changed: 09.08.2023

    “Round Table” Concept

    “Round Table” Concept The framework “Round table” brings together a wide range of groups … Ministry conducted a national dialogue in Germany with actors, affected parties and interest groups, such as industry associations, water suppliers/disposers, … of water bodies with trace substances and to develop instruments for improving the quality of water bodies beyond the existing legal requirements. This “stakeholder …

  • Article from 15.04.2016 | Last changed: 15.04.2016

    Waste containing asbestos

    Construction workers in white protective suits and respirators in a corrugated asbestos roof.

    … the past, asbestos was widely used in myriad products owing to its exceptional heat and chemical resistance, whereby white asbestos (chrysotil asbestos) and blue asbestos (crocidolie asbestos) were the types most commonly used. last … namely for pipes, large flat or corrugated sheets, or for small facade and roof panels. Asbestos and materials containing asbestos were also used in …