Tag: Waste management
The EU creates a right to repair – but the effect is unclear
Download Here clothes dryer According to EU plans, manufacturers should repair devices more often instead of replacing them. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The EU Commission has high hopes for its plan…
How the EU wants to boost the production of lithium & co
Download Here lithium source According to a study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), the import quota is 100 percent for 14 of the 27 critical raw materials.…
Food for the bin – an overview in graphics
Download Here Despite many efforts, the resources for the production of food are still unequally distributed around the world: While people are suffering from hunger in many regions, richer countries…
Europe’s largest start-up center launches circular economy initiative
Download Here Founders in UnternehmerTUM The Munich start-up center UnternehmerTUM has been supporting young people in founding start-ups for 20 years. Photo: UnternehmerTUM Munich In view of fragile supply chains,…
Retailers are not the problem when food is thrown away
Download Here Young people get groceries from a ton The federal government wants to legalize the so-called containers. (Photo: imago images/Sabine Gudath) Basically, we should all be ashamed: it cannot…
We all need to outlaw food waste
Download Here Young people get groceries from a ton The federal government wants to legalize the so-called containers. (Photo: imago images/Sabine Gudath) Basically, we should all be ashamed: it cannot…
This company has solved the problem of plastic waste
sample depots The strategists (from left): Laetitia-Zarah Gerbes (Acatis Investment), Gabriele Hartmann (Perspective Asset Management) and David Wehner (Do Investment). (Photo: private) Download Here Frankfurt Let’s start the year with…
Turning waste into profit – A new global trend is emerging
Download Here Cologne The World Bank calculated in 2018 that people leave behind two billion tons of garbage worldwide every year. And by 2050 the mountain is likely to grow…
New packaging obligation 2023: Restaurateurs struggle with reusable tableware
Download Here Dusseldorf Disposable packaging for food and drinks creates huge mountains of waste. According to the Federal Environment Ministry, around 320,000 disposable cups for hot drinks are used every…
“Urban mining” can become the engine for the global circular economy
Download Here Wrecked cars in a junkyard Valuable raw materials can be found in car wrecks, ruined buildings and old electronic devices. (Photo: IMAGO/Peter Widmann) It is an invaluable treasure…
Accurec wants to start first production in Europe
Download Here Accurec in Karlsruhe The battery recycling company has been around for 25 years. (Photo: Accurec) Dusseldorf It doesn’t matter whether it’s an electric car, smartphone, tablet or Bluetooth…
Pure Battery Technologies invests in a factory in Hagen
Download Here University spin-off Pure Battery Technologies The battery start-up Pure Battery Technologies is looking for proximity to the German car industry and wants to build up production capacities in…
Pure Battery Technologies invests in a factory in Hagen
Download Here University spin-off Pure Battery Technologies The battery start-up Pure Battery Technologies is looking for proximity to the German car industry and wants to build up production capacities in…
How Sinalco and Rheinfels source still bubble
Download Here Walsum No CO2, no sparkling water: Rheinfelsquellen needs about 6,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. “We don’t do anything without carbon dioxide,” says entrepreneur Heino Hövelmann, who…
How Sinalco and Rheinfels source still bubble
Download Here Walsum No CO2, no sparkling water: Rheinfelsquellen needs about 6,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. “We don’t do anything without carbon dioxide,” says entrepreneur Heino Hövelmann, who…
Habeck wants to make himself more independent of China
Rare earth mine in Mongolia Germany is too dependent on foreign countries for important raw materials. (Photo: Reuters) Download Here Berlin Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) is planning far-reaching…
Habeck wants to make himself more independent of China
Rare earth mine in Mongolia Germany is too dependent on foreign countries for important raw materials. (Photo: Reuters) Download Here Berlin Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) is planning far-reaching…
Building with wood instead of cement and steel
Download Here The building sector is responsible for around 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. Across Europe, 65 percent of all cement, a third of steel, a quarter…
Musk makes angry tweeters angrier
Download Here The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. Now that Twitter is in the hands of Elon Musk, many people are horrified. Because on…
Why a car manufacturer is planning a junkyard
Download Here Cologne A car manufacturer with an attached junkyard? At Stellantis, this is not absurd, but forward-looking – and is called circular economy. By 2030, the new “Circular Economy”…