… Wirtschaft | Konsum Strategies against obsolescence Ensuring a minimum product lifetime and improving product service life as well as consumer information … appliances are being used for a decreasing amount of time than 10 years ago. Products that are replaced before they reached optimal product life-time or usage …

… Wasser Recommendations for reducing micropollutants in waters Residues of medicinal products, pesticides, biozides and other chemicals can adversely affect the …

… pharmaceuticals and biocides in manure The spread of veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) and biocides onto agriculturally used areas represents a very … and 39 different active substances for VMPs and 11 metabolites and transformation products of VMPs could be found in manure. Mainly, the samples were analyzed for …

… the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), two in three of respondents specifically buy products whose manufacture harms the environment as little as possible. …

… environmental rebound effects can arise, like a higher demand for internet-enabled products from which an increase in usage of resources and energy during production …

… Software plays an important role in determining the environmental impact of ICT products. It has a measurable impact on computer-hardware energy consumption and …

… attention is given to composting and anaerobic digestion and to the value of the products from these processes: compost and digestate. The flyer is available in …

… Abfall | Ressourcen Product Labelling Body for the promotion of product resource efficiency and … product policy for anchoring resource-conserving and resource-efficient products and services on a broad basis in both society and the economy. This is one …

… transformatitive relevance, transparency on the sustainability of financial products, sustainability risk management, and impact measurement of sustainable …

… was to identify meaningful endpoints for assessing the effects of plant protection products, veterinary pharmaceuticals and biocides on microorganisms in agricultural soils. The current risk assessment for plant protection products (PPPs) considers the effects of PPPs on nitrogen turnover by microorganisms …