helps to mitigate Greenhous Gas

On behalf of the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania e.V. and financed by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment WtERT Germany was to prepare a strategy paper for sustainable waste management in the Baltics and organize a workshop with clear recommendations and impulses.

With the focus of the resources and waste sector very much on protecting the environment and delivering on decarbonisation, the broader impacts and the benefits these bring to society are often overlooked or underplayed.

Stronger commitment and responsible dynamics are needed!

Analysis of the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) database of 2,549 MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) landfills showed that there were 1,164 operating landfills in which 348 million short tons (316 million metric tons) of waste were landfilled in 2017.

Bavarian, German & European technology providers are ready to play a key role in shaping sustainable Africa-EU business cooperations to support the objectives of the African Agenda 2063 and Paris Agreement. With a particular focus on Senegal, to catalyse socio-economic development and to grow intercontinental business & trade the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and EU Tech Chamber (EUTECH) are inviting you to the Senegal Business Forum & Fair.

Waste-to-Energy is a critical component of the accepted municipal waste management hierarchy and can be a significant tool to avoid landfilling waste after reduction, reuse and recycling. This report summarizes how WTE is a key part of a sustainable waste management solution and a responsible alternative when environmental and human health impacts are considered. Details are provided on the performance of WTE facilities, with a focus on the U.S., and the complementary relationship between recycling and WTE. Representative publications are presented and summarized with citations to allow interested readers to fully explore the extensive body of literature pertaining to performance and operation of WTE.

The German international development agency (GIZ) has awarded a contract to Landbell Group and Black Forest Solutions to advise on the development of a tailormade deposit refund system (DRS) for beverage containers in Kosovo.

The only proven alternative of landfilling for the management of the post-recycling waste, that means the waste with no value in the market or recovery potential, is thermal treatment for the recovery of energy (waste-to-energy or WTE).

In February 2019, the German Federal Cabinet adopted the 'National Strategy for Reducing Food Waste', setting a framework for the future direction of this initiative. Among other things, it stipulated that an inter-ministerial "Indicator 12.3 Working Group" should prepare the data bases and methods for nationwide balancing of food waste generation (baseline). Based on existing 2015 data, this status quo analysis will be used as a starting point to agree on milestones for the respective sectors.

Based on a longitudinal case study (the UniNEtZ project in Austria), which includes a multi-stakeholder involvement, we investigate the process of developing CE policies for the Austrian Federal Government from an SDG perspective. Within this context, the main research question is how multi-stakeholder processes can enable the development of CE policy options. The study thus contributes to providing a structured approach of how different stake-holders from academia, industry, research funding agencies and government collaborate, how knowledge is created and transferred within this multi-stakeholder process, and what outputs, outcomes and impacts can be realized at the national level in the context of developing CE policies using an SDG framework.

Application Deadline: 30th April 2020. In partnership with UN-HABITAT and Dubai Municipality. Recognizing excellence and supporting urban best practices to improve the living environment. US$1M in prizes to be awarded at Expo2020.

SAN FRANCISCO—In a giant building south of downtown, a river of paper, cans, cardboard, and plastic rushes along 150 yards of conveyor belts. It flows past human sorters who snatch unsuitable items from the stream, zips past air jets that blow sheets of cardboard onto a separate track, and crosses over shaking grates that sift out paper and more cardboard.

2019, December 11, The European Green Deal sets out how to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, boosting the economy, improving people's health and quality of life, caring for nature, and leaving no one behind.

This Outlook can help decision-makers understand the direction in which we are heading and help to assess which policies can support a more circular economy. The OECD stands ready to assist governments in making this transition by designing, developing and delivering better resource efficiency policies for better lives.