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  • Article from 13.04.2023 | Last changed: 28.08.2023

    1H-Benzotriazole Round Table

    … 1H-Benzotriazole Round Table The industrial chemical 1H-benzotriazole is a relevant … 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 develop mitigation measures. … for the Identification of Relevant Micropollutants”. In November 2020, the “1H-Benzotriazole Round Table” was launched with the participation of experts from …

  • 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 interested in relevant trace … and the Federal Environmental Agency (⁠UBA⁠). Initial experience has shown that the “round table” concept can be a suitable instrument for reducing trace substances in …

  • 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.

    … whereby the stones that actually store the heat may contain chrome VI compounds and other pollutants. Hence by law, only specialized companies are permitted to … elements that were made using fiber bonding were manufactured in Germany until around 1990. These elements are composed of up to 15 percent asbestos fibers, which … contains asbestos. Related contents Kommission Innenraumlufthygiene Rechtliche Grundlagen der grenzüberschreitenden Abfallverbringung Grenzüberschreitende …

  • Article from 17.04.2015 | Last changed: 17.04.2015

    Wastes containing POPs and PCB

    transformer station

    … organic pollutants or [are] otherwise disposed of in an environmentally sound manner when destruction or irreversible transformation does not represent the … preferable option (...).” Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 incorporates these fundamental requirements and further specifies the words "otherwise disposed of in an environmentally sound manner". The specific properties of POPs necessitate specific disposal …

  • Article from 18.03.2014 | Last changed: 05.04.2016

    Hazardous waste

    Workers remove asbestos roof sheets

    … using special techniques and processes that ensure safe and environmentally sound disposal by elimination of the hazardous substances contained in the waste. last … The classifications for the applicable hazard-criteria limit values can be found here (in German). The EWL concentration limits are based on chemicals … 47(1) of the Waste Management Act (KrWG), waste prevention and management fall under the jurisdiction of the competent Federal State authorities. In Federal States …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Series: The relevance of the War in Ukraine for transformation

    Weltkugelfahnen

    … Source: ktsdesign Fotolia 440799 SubscriptionL last update on 18.11.2025 Background The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the urgently needed … Especially in European societies, many initiated changes are currently re-evaluated under the unprecedented geopolitical situation ("Zeitenwende"), such as energy … on the war in Ukraine” Keynote: Imme Scholz (Executive Board of the Heinrich Böll Foundation e.V.), Panellists: Harald Ginzky (UBA II 2.1 General Water and Soil …

  • Article from 29.03.2023 | Last changed: 23.04.2024

    Deep-sea mining

    … sulphides and ore slurries. The raw material deposits in question are to be found at depths of 2,000 to 6,000 meters, on the slopes of seamounts, on mid-ocean … the deep seabed outside national jurisdictions as well as the mineral resources found there to be the "Common Heritage of Mankind". This principle primarily prohibits … Since 2006, the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, BGR) holds a licence for the …

  • Article from 05.12.2025 | Last changed: 05.12.2025

    Sustainable lifestyles: NiCE - From niche to centre

    young woman offers things to swap instead of buy in modern furnished store

    … and Innovation Centre and the City of Brzeg Dolny from Poland. The project is funded by the EU Interreg programme for Central Europe and will run from May 2023 to April 2026. Course of the …

  • Article from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Series: Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations

    keywhole in concrete wall

    … micro-organizations?   Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Guidelines and programmes for a systematic approach 18.04.2024  Speakers: Eurico Clemente (ADENE – … micro-organizations?   Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Guidelines and programmes for a systematic approach 18.04.2024  Speakers: Eurico Clemente (ADENE – …

  • Article from 01.03.2024 | Last changed: 20.08.2025

    Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂

    The photo shows a view of the surface of the North Sea.

    … Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂ The North Sea Source: Manuela … carbon storage (formation of organic matter), which converts CO₂ into organic compounds through photosynthesis by phytoplankton, seagrasses, and seaweed. b) CO₂ … mitigate rather than exacerbate ocean acidification, need to be further explored. … Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂ …

  • Article from 03.03.2025 | Last changed: 03.03.2025

    Developing a concept for a Polar Environmental Monitoring Program

    A colony of emperor penguins in the Antarctic

    … pollution levels is of crucial importance for the protection of the Antarctic, for understanding global interrelationships and for shaping international environmental … drawing on existing initiatives such as the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), the Antarctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AnMAP) and the …