Improvement of Raw Material Productivity and Resource Conservation

The resource consumption of modern industrial societies is characterised by manifold new challenges. It can be considered as an assured state of the discussion that numerous negative environmental effects are connected with the amount of resource consumption. Against this background, the Federal Republic of Germany set itself the target to double resource productivity (in terms of raw material productivity) till the year 2020 relating to the year 1994 in the framework of its sustainability strategy.