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… CAP-Reform 2013: Limited environmental impact, high costs The CAP has a considerable impact on the national agricultural policy. Source: Martina Chirnielewski / Fotolia.com In … a national responsibility - a decision on this has not yet been taken. Associated content Publications Limited environmental impact and high costs All news Tags …

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… of sunshine and wind gave electricity production from renewable energy sources a further boost Source: Martin Stallmann / Umweltbundesamt In the first half of 2019 electricity produced from renewable energies made notable … have been located at the German Environment Agency in Dessau-Roßlau. Associated content Stromerzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energien in den Halbjahren 2015-2018 Source: …

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… many valuable raw materials. Source: djama / Fotolia.com Germany narrowly missed the collection rate of 45 percent for waste electronic and electrical equipment … two million tonnes of new electrical equipment is sold in Germany per year. Nevertheless, the rate of proper disposal of WEEE is still too low. Used washing machines … Germany will be showing how this is done from 17 to 25 November 2018.   Associated content Elektroaltgeräte-Sammlungsmengen und -quote 2016 Source: Umweltbundesamt …

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