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  • Article from 20.07.2020 | Last changed: 27.07.2020

    Electrical and electronic waste

    Old televisions and computer monitors on a pile.

    Electrical and electronic waste End-of-life electrical and electronic devices are not waste, for they contain valuable resources Source: … Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräte-Richtlinie (WEEE-Richtlinie) BMU: e-Schrott-App Documents Schaubild Elektro- und Elektronikgerätegesetz - Steuerung der Altgeräte- …

  • Article from 22.01.2014 | Last changed: 03.11.2020

    End-of-life-vehicles

    Pressed old cars in a junkyard

    … replete with recyclable steel, copper, light metals, precious metals, glass, tires and plastic. But these vehicles also contain environmental pollutants such as motor … bei der Vorbehandlung, insbesondere der Trockenlegung von Altautos gemäß AltautoV Documents Aktuelles zur Verwertung von Altfahrzeugen in Deutschland (1.79 MB) … recycling in Germany and recent developments“. Vortrag auf dem International Workshop on 3R Strategy and ELV Recycling, September, 19 to 21, 2012, in Nagoya, …

  • Article from 19.10.2017 | Last changed: 26.02.2018

    Plastics

    nach Farben sortiertes Plastikgranulat

    … / Fotolia.com Certain types of products such as packaging, electrical devices and cars are made of plastic in whole or in part, and at some point become waste. In the interest of recovering these plastics, … Fortentwicklung der Verpackungsverordnung TV 1 REACH and the recycling of plastics Documents UBA Position on Bioplastics (95.78 kB) Related contents Kunststoffabfälle …

  • Article from 07.01.2020 | Last changed: 09.01.2020

    Packaging

    Yellow bags of packaging waste

    … packaging Source: Zauberhut / Fotolia.com Packaging is part of everyday life and serves a useful purpose. But there’s also a serious downside to packaging, as … type of environmental impact? Which laws are already on the books in this regard, and what actions can we take as individuals? last update on 07.01.2020 Packaging in … alone; this figure breaks down as follows for the various types of packaging: paper and cardboard: 7.3 million tons; plastic and glass: 2.8 million tons each; wood: 2.7 …

  • Article from 07.01.2020 | Last changed: 07.01.2020

    Product stewardship and waste management

        Old car tires into the reeds are between grasses in the water

    Product stewardship and waste management Product stewardship enables manufacturers and distributors to avoid sights such as this one. Source: Brigitte Hilbrecht Under …

  • Article from 10.08.2021 | Last changed: 28.01.2025

    Non-extractable residues in persistence assessment

    … is a frequently observed phenomenon during the degradation of substances in soil and sediment. So far, there is no accepted approach to assess their hazard potential for the environment. At a workshop in February 2021, UBA presented two proposals for evaluating NERs in the … here ( commenting table public consultation ) Associated content Links Contact form Documents Workshop Leaflet 17-18 Feb 2021 (231.83 kB) Participants (177.50 kB) …

  • Article from 27.09.2016 | Last changed: 27.09.2016

    Waste statistics

    huge stacks of paper and two blue waste paper bins

    … Waste statistics Waste paper bins and stacks of paper destined for recycling Source: Christian Maurer / Fotolia.com … compiled at regular intervals are an invaluable monitoring tool both in Germany and in the EU in general, in that they allow for the evaluation of current rules and … Aufkommen und Verwertung von Verpackungsabfällen in Deutschland im Jahr 2010 Documents Aufkommen, Beseitigung und Verwertung von Abfällen im Jahr 1999 (1000t) …

  • Article from 19.05.2022 | Last changed: 08.11.2023

    Regional Environmental Management Plans

    … mining uses with environmental concerns, to fill knowledge gaps, to identify and deal with cumulative effects, and to address competing uses with other licit … Northwest Pacific and the South Atlantic." Ever since, a number of international workshops have been held to technically prepare the REMPs and finalize the necessary … topic in November 2019. Germany and the Netherlands cooperated and submitted two documents regarding the standardization of the decision-making process and the …

  • Article from 19.05.2022 | Last changed: 06.06.2024

    The Mining Code of the ISA

    … The Mining Code of the ISA The Mining Code comprises the rules and regulations for all mining activities on the deep seabed, from prospecting and … legally not binding. The Council is the organ to decide on the status of those documents.  However, a comparable set of regulations for exploitation projects is …

  • Article from 19.05.2022 | Last changed: 27.04.2023

    ISA: Organs, decision-making processes and operating principles

    ISA: Organs, decision-making processes and operating principles The principle of "Common Heritage of Mankind" called for … only be held in secret if confidential information is dealt with. Finally, the documents to be negotiated during Council meetings should be made available in such …

  • Article from 16.04.2014 | Last changed: 23.04.2025

    Waste technology transfer

    CD-Cover

    … two waste technology objectives: (a) promoting sustainable waste management and harmonizing waste management practices with European environmental standards in the target countries; and (b) generating business for German waste management technology providers. last …