… Assessing and regulating of chemical mixtures under REACH Mixtures Source: Olivier / Fotolia.com Chemicals are often blended during processing and frequently released into the environment together with other chemicals. REACH so … … Assessing and regulating of chemical mixtures under REACH …

… Adobe Stock / Grispb Commercial refrigeration systems are used to keep goods fresh and deep-frozen, especially foodstuffs, but also flowers and pharmaceutical products. They are installed, for example, in specialist food retailers and in catering applications. Nowadays, climate-friendly solutions with natural …

… Electrical and electronic waste End-of-life electrical and electronic devices are not waste, for they contain valuable resources Source: Gerhard Kotschik / UBA Electrical and electronic waste contains recyclable metals and other materials; …

… – a record number. Source: Seen / Fotolia.com Batteries are ubiquitous nowadays and enable us to use many different kinds of mobile devices independently of the power grid. The environmental and resource relevance of batteries stems from the valuable and hazardous substances they may contain. Hence under no circumstances should …

… Climate protection and energy policy in Germany The most eco-friendly energy is the … in our energy supply. It is crucial that electrical devices, as well as buildings and transportation become considerably more efficient. Energy is increasingly being … technical carbon sequestration to offset residual emissions (technical sinks). … Climate protection and energy policy in Germany …

… replete with recyclable steel, copper, light metals, precious metals, glass, tires and plastic. But these vehicles also contain environmental pollutants such as motor oil, brake fluid, CFCs and lead. Hence when a car is scrapped, it’s essential that it be drained, dismantled and recycled in an environmentally sound manner. last update on 22.01.2014 …

… / 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, … it household or commercial waste; the remaining 0.93 million tons were production and processing waste. The lion’s share of plastic waste (1.4 million tons) was …

… 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 …

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