Tools for evaluating waste treatment processes – Methods and results
© VDI-Gesellschaft Verfahrenstechnik und Chemieingenieurwesen (11/2006)
For some time, the Committee of Experts on Waste Treatment and Materials Recovery by the German Association of Engineers (VDI) has been dealing intensively with the following issue: How can the sustainability of different waste treatment processes be evaluated transparently and comprehensibly?
© VDI-Gesellschaft Verfahrenstechnik und Chemieingenieurwesen (11/2006)
For some time, the Committee of Experts on Waste Treatment and Materials Recovery by the German Association of Engineers (VDI) has been dealing intensively with the following issue: How can the sustainability of different waste treatment processes be evaluated transparently and comprehensibly?
The European Union’s Approach to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (4/2005)
Although the Kyoto Protocol only came into force in February of this year, the European Union, both collectively and at Member State level, has over ten years’ experience debating, agreeing and implementing climate change-related policies. It is both the lively domestic dialogue and the commitment to international coordinated action that has put Europe into a leadership position in climate change policy.
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (4/2005)
Although the Kyoto Protocol only came into force in February of this year, the European Union, both collectively and at Member State level, has over ten years’ experience debating, agreeing and implementing climate change-related policies. It is both the lively domestic dialogue and the commitment to international coordinated action that has put Europe into a leadership position in climate change policy.
Aarhus Convention and Community Law: the Interplay
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (2/2005)
This article will examine the interrelationship of the Aarhus Convention and European Community law. The main thesis is that while the Convention is based on experience gained from the implementation of earlier pieces of relevant Community legislation and the desire to transfer them ”Eastward”, the final outcome has outgrown the original intention of the Convention and it now appears to be a breakthrough and a driving force for the development of enhanced Community legislation in the respective fields.
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (2/2005)
This article will examine the interrelationship of the Aarhus Convention and European Community law. The main thesis is that while the Convention is based on experience gained from the implementation of earlier pieces of relevant Community legislation and the desire to transfer them ”Eastward”, the final outcome has outgrown the original intention of the Convention and it now appears to be a breakthrough and a driving force for the development of enhanced Community legislation in the respective fields.
Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and Groundwater Protection
© Vulkan-Verlag GmbH (12/2003)
The reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) contents the opportunity to secure income in agriculture as will as implementing necessary improvements for sustainable environmental protection i. e. protection of drinking water sources.
© Vulkan-Verlag GmbH (12/2003)
The reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) contents the opportunity to secure income in agriculture as will as implementing necessary improvements for sustainable environmental protection i. e. protection of drinking water sources.
