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Dr.-Ing. Bertram Zwisele ARGUS - Statistics and Information Systems in Environment and Health GmbH
European Comission An EU Compass to regain competitiveness and secure sustainable prosperity
Today, the Commission presents the Competitiveness Compass, the first major initiative of this mandate providing a strategic and clear framework to steer the Commission's work.
Green Tech Valley Austria's Waste Industry generates nine billion euros in turnover annually
The Institute for Industrial Research (IWI) has produced a study that comprehensively analyses the economic value added of the sector for the first time. The result: last year, 2,998 companies in the waste and resources sector with around 31,000 employees generated 9.17 billion euros.
Argus GmbH Assisting Eurostat in the production and publication of waste statistics and in the development and application of methods to obtain robust data and information on the environmental impact of waste management.
The main objective of the Lot (Lot 2 of section 2.1.1 of the ToR) is to support Eurostat in the implementation, operation and further development of the Waste Environmental Data Centre.
Experts / Involved Parties
Dr. Nils Wieczorek Stiftung Gemeinsames Rücknahmesystem Batterien
vincenzo longo Venza srl
Murshid Al-Habsi Renaissance Services SAOG
German Environment Agency Packaging recycling only works with correct waste separation
Current figures, positive trends and challenges.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessment to Advance Scientific Understanding of PFOA and PFOS in Biosolids
The findings for the draft risk assessment show that there may be human health risks associated with exposure to the “forever chemicals” PFOA or PFOS with all three methods of using or disposing of sewage sludge – land application of biosolids, surface disposal in landfills, or incineration.
Routledge New WtE book by Dr. Efstratios Kalogirou
CRC press at Boca Raton, Florida , USA, by Taylor & Francis Group
German Environment Agency Packaging consumption decreased in 2022 and recycling rate increased slightly
Lightweight plastic carrier bags still dispensed despite ban
BMUV The world hopes for the COP29 climate conference in Baku
Germany is campaigning in Baku for the signatory states to take measures for a circular economy. Key indicators for this would be the amount of waste per person and the amount of landfilled waste. Here is the press release of the BMUV, the German Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
European Environment Agency EEA Trends and Projections: EU greenhouse gas emissions see significant drop in 2023
Total net greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union dropped by 8% last year, marking significant progress towards climate neutrality for the EU.
WtERT.org WtERT® Joins the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to Champion Climate Action and Sustainable Waste Management
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) is an initiative founded in 2012 by former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and renowned economist Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University.
Minutes of the ForumZ web talk on 14.08.2024Dipl.-Ing. (TU) Werner P. Bauer
“EU ETS - Does increasing the cost of waste incineration in Europe promote global methane emissions?”
Diana Butron California and Other Four Environmental Groups Filed a Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution
The estate of California suing a big plastics manufacturer for environmental harm is the first of its kind.
European Environment Agency Updated data: Uppsala has cleanest city air in Europe
Published today, European Environment Agency’s (EEA) updated European city air quality viewer shows that people in Uppsala and Umeå, Sweden, and Faro, Portugal, can enjoy the cleanest city air in Europe.
UNEP Clean Air Day highlights urgent need to invest in air pollution solutions for global prosperity
More than 99 percent of humanity is now breathing polluted air, leading to more than 8 million annual deaths, including more than 700,000 children under five
Ellen MacArthur Foundation Navigating the circular economy reporting landscape
Measurement and reporting are essential to the circular economy transition.
Landfill Tax fosters Recycling
William F. Ritter
The paper "History of Landfill And Landfill Gas Management In The United States" shows that in USA “states with high recycling rates have high landfill costs, and nine of the top ten states with high recycling rates also have bottle bill legislation that requires a deposit on bottles. Sates with low recycling rates also have low landfill fees for solid waste.”
Quantifying methane emissions from United States landfillsDaniel H. Cusworth, Riley M. Duren, Alana K. Ayasse, Ralph Jiorle, Katherine Howell, Andrew Aubrey, Robert O. Green , Michael L. Eastwood, John W. Chapman, Andrew K. Thorpe, Joseph Heckler, Gregory P. Asner, Mackenzie L. Smith, Eben Thoma, Max J. Kra
We quantified emissions at hundreds of large landfills across 18 states in the United States between 2016 and 2022 using airborne imaging spectrometers.
UBA - German Federal Environmental Agency Climate emissions fall by 10.1 per cent in 2023 – biggest decline since 1990
UBA projection: National climate target for 2030 achievable
ZMS Zweckverband Müllverwertung Schwandorf Slag processing at the waste-to-energy plant ZMS Schwandorf
Modern processing technology captures metals (ferrous and non-ferrous) almost completely
The effect of barometric pressure changes on the performance of a passive biocover system, Skellingsted landfill, DenmarkK. Kissas*, P. Kjeldsen, A. Ibrom, C. Scheutz
This study investigated the performance of a passive biocover system at a Danish landfill.
UNEP UN’s global methane tracking system set to translate data revolution into climate action
High-tech, accessible and reliable data that informs countries, companies and the public about emissions could revolutionise reporting systems, accelerate climate action, and hold polluters to account
Argus GmbH Methodology, Design and Implementation of Solid Waste Analysis (SWA), Turkey
The ARGUS approach consists of a well developed sampling and sorting methodology and an evaluation process to predict the accuracy of the SWA results. According to the local circumstances we can propose three different methodologies for SWA. The differences are found primarily in taking the sampling units.
European Comission Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Climate change is a global problem that needs global solutions. As the EU raises its own climate ambition, and as long as less stringent climate policies prevail in many non-EU countries, there is a risk of so-called ‘carbon leakage'.
Zero Waste Europe Influential studies on reusable take-away packaging found to be biased in favour of single-use
Heavily cited studies which favour single-use over reuse often lack transparency and have implicit biases against reuse due to funders’ interests, cherrypicked scenarios and false assumptions, according to a new report by Reloop and Zero Waste Europe.
Minderoo The Plastic Health Map
Scientists establish world-first database mapping research on plastic chemicals to potential human harms
European Comission Circular economy: Commission recommends actions to boost recycling in 18 Member States at risk of missing waste targets*
18 Member States are at risk of missing one or both of the 2025 targets.
Improving waste management by focussing on goals: A mini review of the publication sectorPaul H Brunner , Astrid Unterberger and Johann Fellner
The rationale for this article is that often, decision-makers in waste management (wm) tend to neglect goals and confuse them with means like circular economy or waste hierarchy.