May 7, 2025 The circular economy undoubtedly plays an important role in achieving the European climate protection targets by 2050. Dr. Beate Kummer (Director Public Affairs/Sustainability at Christ&Company) and Prof. Dr. Uwe Lahl (BZL Kommunikation und Projektsteuerung GmbH) discuss the fundamental adjustments required to develop the carbon cycle as a location factor for European industry and what contribution the waste industry can make here in the DGAW podcast ‘Ressourcen Neu Denken’, moderated by Marvin Müller from Studio Grüner Ton.   To the podcast:   Further publications on this topic:
  • Gosten A., Holländer R., Kummer B., Lahl U., Quicker P., Reichert D., Zeschmar-Lahl B. (2025): Europa nach 2030 – Die Entwicklung der Abfallwirtschaft zum industriellen Standortfaktor. Müll und Abfall 5, 277-296, in print (in German)
  • DGAW: DGAW-Positionspapier: EU nach 2030, Kurzfassung (in German). ONLINE
  • Lahl U., Zeschmar-Lahl B. (2024): Material Recycling of Plastics—A Challenge for Sustainability. Sustainability 2024, 16, 6630. ONLINE