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Background and objective of the study: Hospitals, especially surgical departments, are among the largest producers of waste in Germany. Data on waste management in the operating room (OR) are largely lacking. The aim of this study was to assess and discuss the possibilities of reducing waste and recovering recyclable materials in general surgery against the background of current practice. Methodology: Surgical departments throughout Germany were surveyed on waste management. First, the theoretical waste separation possibilities for laparoscopic appendectomy were determined. Subsequently, a simple system for the separation of recyclables was established and practically tested in 35 operations. These were compared with 35 appendectomies without separation. Results: Only 25.7% of hospitals perform waste separation. Theoretically, 20.7% of waste can be recycled, in practice up to 18.9%. Paper, cardboard and plastics, especially polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) were separated. This leads to a significant reduction in residual waste without extending the operation time. Discussion: Separation of recyclables can contribute to more sustainable waste management in the OR. High-value recyclables can be recycled and the residual waste mass can be significantly reduced. This is possible without special effort and does not delay the processes in the OR. The opportunities for this have hardly been used in Germany to date. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Ambivalent Matter: Rags as Waste and Resource in the Eighteenth Century This article examines the dual role of rags as waste and a potential resource during the early modern period. Rags were indispensable to the early modern paper production, yet they also bore the potential to be perceived as mere refuse, which underscores the complexities involved in the commodification of waste. While much of modern research has predominantly emphasized the value of rags, the waste aspect of the paper rag trade has often been underestimated. This study seeks to offer a broader understanding, shedding light on the multifaceted nature of rags and the related economic implications. To address the ambivalent nature of rags, it is crucial to adopt a multi-perspective approach, looking beyond the paper industry alone. This means taking into account household practices regarding textile remnants and surrounding contemporary discourses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study intends to elucidate the process of culture-related learning by clarifying the possibilities of deconstructing anticipated stereotypical ideas GFL learners might have about the German, Austrian and Swiss target culture(s). The main hypothesis of the inquiry was the assumption, that the German speaking countries (DACH) are somehow being perceived as a positive model in Slovakia as far as garbage economy and waste disposal are concerned, although in reality, this image might be put into perspective. The problem of the empirical measurement of stereotypes was solved with two identical questionnaires of stereotype-related items, which were handed out to the students of a Slovak high school (gymnázium) before and after a 90-minute German lesson with the overall environmental issue "What to to with the garbage?". During the lesson, pedagogical interventions were carried out to disrupt the student's assumed positive image on the DACH-countries as a prerequisite for change towards a more realistic picture of the German speaking countries. To avoid response bias, the students weren't informed about the actual goal of the questionnaire, measuring possible stereotypical ideas, thinking, they would attend a lesson dealing with an environmental issue. The findings of the study and the problems that occurred are presented and discussed in the article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unheard-of luck. Lost and rediscovered finds from the princely graves at Lübsow (Lubieszewo, pow. Gryfice, woj. zachodniopomorskie, PL) Between 1942 and 1944, the most valuable parts of the collection of the Pommersches Landesmuseum in Stettin were evacuated to selected sites for fear of bombardment and the loss of cultural property, and left in the care of trusted persons, mainly representatives of well-known Pomeranian landowners. One of these removal sites was the Moltow estate (today Mołtowo). The finds evacuated to the property Moltow had been removed from the manor house under unknown circumstances between the late 1940s and early 1970s. They prove that after the end of the war they were preserved in good condition for at least a few years in the place where have been deposited before 1945, and that they were probably scattered and partly destroyed in the following years. In 2016, finds bearing inventory numbers of the former Pommersches Landesmuseum were discovered by chance in Mołtowo (the former Moltow) in the area of a former sand pit used as a rubbish dump. They were professionally recovered by employees of the Muzeum Narodowe Szczecin and the Museum of Polish Weaponry in Kołobrzeg. This collection also include finds from three Early Roman Iron Age princely graves at Lübsow (Lubieszewo). They are presented and described here as a supplement to the monograph on the graves of Lübsow published in 2010. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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With reference to the case of (West) Germany and three different historical episodes, this article asks to what extent the metaphor of the cycle and of closing material loops served actors to demand or achieve more waste recycling. It considers waste (first) in the city around 1900, (second) in the Nazi regime and (third) the post-war West German waste disposal system. Similar to today’s call for a »circular economy«, the circular metaphor suggested that material »cycles« could be technically closed. Nature and its biogeochemical cycles proved the model for this circular thinking among hygienists, waste experts, urban engineers and many others. The circular metaphor expressed the hope that the problem of waste could be solved technologically without having to profoundly transform the social metabolism of society and its structures of production and consumption. To this day, even scientific, technological and economic knowledge about entropy or the complexity of recycling’s logistics and material transformations has not diminished the persuasiveness of the closed loop metaphor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Marine pollution caused by the disposal or accumulation of waste and toxic substances is a serious environmental problem. Munition from the world wars, lost in action or dumped deliberately, still lies on the sea floor. In recent years, moreover, plastics in the ocean have attracted considerable attention. Tiny fragments or »microplastics« insinuate themselves into marine ecosystems, being harmful in themselves as well as transporting other chemicals. The contamination of the marine environment by pollutants is a gradual and slow process, and its effects are not yet fully understood or predictable. Both microplastics and underwater munitions are characterised by a specific persistence, temporality and interaction to the marine environment. However, a comparison of the two types of marine debris reveals a very different way of problematising them. While war remnants have received less publicity, their existence has been known and managed for decades. In contrast, the current problematisation of plastic waste is morally charged and individualised, being framed as a question of consumer choice rather than production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reconstructs the history of an illegal hazardous waste export from the West German state of Baden-Württemberg to Turkey that lead to discussions about West Germany’s waste colonialism and the movement of waste along global patterns of inequality. Since the 1980s, the disposal of waste, hazardous waste in particular, has become increasingly difficult. The illegal export of waste to Turkey in 1988 lead to protests in both the receiving and the sending country. The environmental awareness of the public as well as the work of politicians and journalists laid the foundations of one of the first return-to-sender campaigns, which wanted to bring back the exported waste to the place of origin. This goal was achieved at the end of July 1988, making it one of the first successful campaigns that brought West German environmental burdens back under its own responsibility and confronted politicians with concrete problems of a faulty waste disposal system. The return of waste is also part of larger global debates from the late 1980s and early 1990s about the Basel Convention, which wanted to ban the trans-boundary movement of hazardous waste. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the 20th century that is the age of technical feasibility, mankind went into space. Topics include considered that with worldwide sympathy, the Apollo 11 rocket was launched on July 16, 1969 and headed for the moon and on the evening of July 20, 1969, a manned ferry landed for the first time on the moon near Mare Tranquillitatis.

The objective of this paper is to outline the potential and outlooks of development of circular economy in Bulgaria, as well as demonstrate the need for adequate measures on part of public authorities to encourage this change. The research is based on a primary survey of Bulgarian employers’ attitudes towards pursuing a corporate policy relating to the principles of sustainable development, which was conducted among 400 enterprises. The analysis reveals untapped potential not only with regard to a more efficient use of resources, in both the private and public sectors, but also in terms of underestimating the significance of the issue. The firms could significantly reduce their costs, improve their compatibility and their export potential if they apply new business models and new innovative technologies, which are both resource-efficient and eco-friendly.

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The article focuses on activities in the context of public authority of municipal companies as public institutions Legal and sales tax liability as per Section 2b of the ‎Umsatzsteuergesetz (UStG), German Value Added Tax Act. It mentions treatment as a non-entrepreneur would lead to "major distortions of competition." It also mentions example of circular, waste management and city cleaning.

Historical researchonwaste has usually focusedonthe Late MiddleAges as well ason the 19th and 20th centuries when important technical and organisational changes took place. The early modern city has received less attention. Yet, it was by nomeans a place of stagnancy. Itsawnewdevelopments such as a growingawareness of dirtandtime, the leasing of street cleaning and discussions on spatial aspects of waste disposal. Indeed, early modern approaches to waste varied in different European regions. To give a sense of this diversity, this paper offers a micro-study of the city of Braunschweig's waste management in Northwest Germany. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background and Objective of the Study: Hospitals, especially surgical departments, are among the largest producers of waste in Germany. Data on waste management in the operating room (OR) are largely lacking. The aim of this study was to assess and discuss the possibilities of reducing waste and recovering recyclable materials in general surgery against the background of current practice., Methodology: Surgical departments throughout Germany were surveyed on waste management. First, the theoretical waste separation possibilities for laparoscopic appendectomy were determined. Subsequently, a simple system for the separation of recyclables was established and practically tested in 35 operations. These were compared with 35 appendectomies without separation., Results: Only 25.7% of hospitals perform waste separation. Theoretically, 20.7% of waste can be recycled, in practice up to 18.9%. Paper, cardboard and plastics, especially polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) were separated. This leads to a significant reduction in residual waste without extending the operation time., Discussion: Separation of recyclables can contribute to more sustainable waste management in the OR. High-value recyclables can be recycled and the residual waste mass can be significantly reduced. This is possible without special effort and does not delay the processes in the OR. The opportunities for this have hardly been used in Germany to date., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature.)