News
5th of July 2017
STRADE publishes draft concepts for a data and konwledge information system
Draft concepts for a data and knowledge information system on mineral mining and trade and related environmental and socio-economic issues were published in three parts: Part I introduces the concept, Part II presents the concept for raw materials profiles; Part III shares the concept for country-specific profiles.
17th of May 2017
ElmoReL Final Report published with LCA
The ElmoReL final project report, including a life cycle analysis, is now available in German.
28th of February 2017
ElmoReL Final Report published
The ElmoReL final project report is now available in German.
New report about Climate Protection Potential in the Waste Management Sector published
27th of October 2010 by Stefanie Degreif
Our colleagues published the final report about climate protection potential in the waste management sector.
The study focuses on the pressing problems of climate change, and examines the contribution that municipal waste management can potentially make to reducing greenhouse gases.
The EU 27 still releases up to 110 million t CO2 eq from landfill every year. Simply phasing out landfill would make a major additional contribution to climate protection. For the EU 27, unlike Germany, no base year in the past was investigated for comparison purposes, so it is not possible to make statements about any greenhouse gas reduction
contributions which the EU 27 may already have made to climate protection. However, on the basis of the assessment year 2007, the municipal waste sector in the EU 27 could contribute up to 32% to the EU 27 reduction target for 2020.
German version:
http://www.ifeu.de/abfallwirtschaft/pdf/OI-ifeu_KuA_BDE-BMU-UBA_Endbericht_20100210_4.pdf