… Chemicals Protection of wild pollinators in the pesticide risk assessment and management This … insects with special attention on their ecology, their toxicological sensitivity and their exposure towards pesticides. On this basis the key elements for an …

… Air Inventory and effectiveness of measures to improve air quality This report contains a description and analysis of 242 air quality plans (AQPs) and action plans published in Germany … 4.93 MB Print version not available Tags air pollutant air quality clean air plan … Inventory and effectiveness of measures to improve air quality …

… Waste | Resources Discussion of the environmental limits of primary raw material extraction and development of a method for assessing the environmental availability of raw … For this purpose, a mining site-related evaluation model was first developed and tested in an iterative process using 40 case studies. On this basis, a raw …

… Chemicals Considerations about the relationship of nanomaterial’s physical-chemical properties and aquatic toxicity for the purpose of grouping Based on the variety of existing … with numerous modifications, the effort of investigating environmental fate and effects will be tremendous. Hence, it will be necessary to group nanomaterials …

… Chemicals Reduction of environmental risks from the use of biocides: Environmental sound use of disinfectants, masonry preservatives and rodenticides In November 2009 a framework action plan for achieving a … on the basis of the corresponding Thematic Strategy. It aims at minimising hazards and risks for human health and the environment. This is accomplished by improving …

… Waste | Resources Optimisation potential with regard to the processing and recycling of waste oil … of the collection categories with regard to their suitability for regeneration and the effects of changes in mobility and technology on the distribution and …

… Climate | Energy, Soil | Land, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Nature-based solutions for climate and biodiversity protection in selected national climate contributions This report …

… Chemicals, Waste | Resources REACH and the recycling of plastics Reference manual for an appropriate … recycling plants The European Regulation 1907/2006 on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) The REACH regulation interfaces with waste …

… Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Employing trend analysis in environmental research and policy – a methods report This report outlines for environmental policy how the … economic or political trends that have no obvious connection to the environment, and to systemically identify and assess the complex, interdependent and often …

… Air, Waste | Resources Accounting Systems for Short-lived Climate Pollutants and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Waste Management Sector The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Municipal Solid Waste Initiative (MSW Initiative) is …

… Waste | Resources Plastics in the environment – development of a classification for first estimates of the fate of waste and other plastic products in different environmental media The input of plastics into the environment and the associated impact on ecosystems has received increasing public attention and …

… Health, Water Current approaches to Cyanotoxin risk assessment, risk management and regulations in … held in September 2010 Istanbul, Turkey, included a session in which scientists and regulators reported approaches to controlling hazards from toxic cyanobacteria …