… 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; …

… 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 …

… virtua73 / Fotolia.com The central concern of waste policy is to avoid waste and to recycle. So that, natural resources are protected. Medium-term target is to … solid waste in an environmentally friendly manner. In addition to technical, social and political conditions it also requires legal choices. last update on 08.05.2014 … Article 8(2) stipulates that accordingly a given recovery measure may receive higher priority or equal priority, as well as requirements concerning the …

… 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 …

… European Bauhaus” Goal of the “New European Bauhaus” initiative: climate adaptation and a better quality of life. Source: Miriam Dross / UBA Advancing the New European Bauhaus: Sustainable Mobility and Resilient Urban Spaces for a Better Quality of Life (AdNEB)” is an UBA in-house … project. It aims to develop recommendations for climate resilient, healthy, climate and environmentally friendly urban spaces with high quality living for all. Since …