ENTSORGA goes to China The Chinese edition of the ENTSORGA magazine represents a logical step towards internationalisation, thereby taking into account the demands of a global market with worldwide problems relating to environmental management and waste management. © Foto: ENTSORGA Magazin

Articles    New Waste Framework Directive already applicable! The application of Directive 2008/98/EC in Germany and Poland even prior to the expiry of the transposition period End of waste: The mechanism set forth by the Waste Directive 2008/98/EC Identifying the moment at which waste ceases to be waste and once again acquires the status of a product is far from being a merely theoretical question. From a legal point of view, significant consequences can ensue from the qualification of a substance or object in relation to the applicable legislation for its management and treatment. An incorrect evaluation of the applicable legislation can lead not only to consequences of an administrative but also of a criminal nature. The consequences may also be significant from an economic perspective. The holder of a substance or object, which does not qualify as a product but as waste, must withstand all the negative consequences deriving from the fact that, compared to a product, waste is much less attractive to the market. The RrRU-BMW project - 134 weeks pilot source separation of bioorganic municipal waste in Shenyang, China Source separation in BMW (Bioorganic Municipal Waste) and in RMW (Remaining Municipal Waste) and the collection of those fractions were introduced in 4 pilot areas in 2 districts of Shenyang. The results for the first year of the project have been reported (ORBIT 2006). In two of the areas the project activities continued for another two years. Located   Reduce - Reuse - Recycle   Listen to Jack Johnsons waste song...

ASK Special   Comparison of Methods for the Treatment of Mixed Municipal Waste from Households The aim of the present study was a reliable comparison of two main municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment methods, the biological-thermal way and the thermal-only way. News Kemis to store hazardous waste in Serbia The Slovenian company Kemis has asked the Serbian environmental ministry for the permission to open a hazardous waste storage in Serbia, where wastes would be gathered before their transfer to the EU. Dry water to provide storage for methane and CO2 Scientists have proven that a substance called dry water is very efficient in the storage of several gases, emulsions and it can also speed up catalyst reactions. UK’s Eco Solids sells sludge-treatment plant to China The company is hoping to solve 19 more sludge treatment plants to China in the next 3 years. Content-partners... introduce themselves   Knoten Weimar   The KNOTEN WEIMAR Team consists of the KNOTEN WEIMAR GmbH, Internationale Transferstelle Umwelttechnologien GmbH, An-Institut at the Bauhaus-University Weimar, the KNOTEN WEIMAR, Chair for Waste Management (Werner Bidlingmaier) Bauhaus-University Weimar and the KNOTEN WEIMAR, Division Waste Management (Klaus Fricke), Technical University Braunschweig   to the content >>