… being emptied Source: Kadmy / Fotolia.com Waste prevention conserves resources and protects people and the environment. It is therefore a primary goal of the … a waste prevention program was also drawn up in Germany. The results of research projects provided a significant scientific and technical basis for the waste … can be found here . Associated content Links European Week of Waste Reduction Publications Appropriate Evaluation Benchmarks and Indicators for Measuring the …

… Commercial municipal waste A large waste container and a forgotten office chair: a fitting image for commercial municipal waste Source: … destination and resource relevance of commercial wastes). Through a UFOPLAN project, we are involved in efforts to resolve the issue as to whether recycling or … mixtures Source: Umweltbundesamt Associated content Links Statistisches Bundesamt Publications Erarbeitung stoffstromorientierter Lösungsansätze für eine hochwertige …

… Bernd Kreuscher / UBA Systems for the classification of waste have been developed and designed according to different principles . The classification can be based on substance or on source of generation. last update on 19.03.2015 National and international waste classification Various instruments are used for waste classification at the national and international level, in connection with transfrontier waste shipments. Such …

… management is responsible for the entire waste cycle: from waste prevention, re-use and recycling to recovery and disposal. Their tasks include collection, transport, ,sorting and treatment of … Grenzüberschreitende Abfallstatistik Abfallvermeidung Informationspflichten Related publications Dialogues on the waste prevention programme II Interpretation of the …

… - the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) In the German North and Baltic Seas, there are contaminated sites of about 1.6 million tons of … of an unmanned, video-controlled collection device for ammunition designed in a project (ROBEMM) would have to be tested in the sea. The financing of all these …

… Sustainability (CODES) Digitalisation can be an opportunity for environmental and climate protection Source: Oluwakemi Solaja / unsplash UBA together with UNDP, … of the CODES approach and provide impetus for sustainable digital policy. The project resulted in four key outputs: 1. Policy Paper: Towards a Just and … digital transformation. Read the German impulses here (in German). We hope these publications will provide a valuable contribution to the current discourse and …

… the “Shore Zones” data product Source: Modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020) and information from Copernicus services (2012) The European Earth observation … applications of Copernicus for the environmental sector through various research projects. Associated content Links Earth observation in Germany Copernicus programme … Copernicus Land Monitoring Service National coordination Copernicus land monitoring Publications Machbarkeitsstudie zur Nutzung von Satellitenfernerkundungsdaten …

… or storms. Source: Siegfried Layda/Getty Images Examples like the earthquake and tsunamis 2011 in Japan and the devastating hurricane Harvey 2017 in the USA, … thus require measures usually not covered by chemical accident management.  Climate projections show that the frequency and in some cases the intensity of natural … and Management Words into Action guideline: Man-made / Technological Hazards Publications Natech Risk Management: Contributions to the UN/OECD Natech Project …

… Environmental administrative offences and environmental crime Sanctions for breaches of environmental law protect the … for particularly serious cases of a criminal offence, e.g. ones which endanger the public water supply (cf. section 330 StGB ), is imprisonment for a term of ten or … authorities to prosecute and enforce environmental law. Associated content Publications Environmental offences in Germany 2016: a statistical analysis …