… filters, drinks cups and film packaging have had to contribute to the costs of waste disposal in parks and streets. This involves companies paying an annual levy … Agency. Local authorities can receive money from the fund to cover their costs for waste management and awareness-raising measures. Manufacturers who started their … to bear the costs of single-use plastic products that are collected as waste by local authorities in streets or parks from 2024. Since January 1, 2024, …

… “Invisible” e-waste: Furniture, clothing or smart-home products can also be electrical appliances … are difficult for consumers to recognise as such. Nevertheless, they also contain valuable raw materials such as gold, silver or copper as well as hazardous …

… offer more deposit bottle beverages Germans producing 30 per cent more packaging waste than 20 years ago A returnable bottle replaces the use of up to 40 one-way … The merchants who are rejecting returnables must also commit to more prevention of waste and make returnable bottles the universal choice in beverage packaging. We have seen with the example of plastic bags that consumers are supportive of waste avoidance with many who have given up single-use bags", said UBA's President …

… in the human organism Source: Guido Grochowski / Fotolia.com The following contents contain this medium: UBA heads the set-up of an European Human Biomonitoring system Significantly lower levels of mercury and lead, more plasticisers … Human biomonitoring detects pollutants in the …