Paper as a raw material is used for a wide variety of purposes and on a large scale. It is impossible to imagine daily life without it. A study by the bifa Umweltinstitut, sponsored by the Board of Trustees for Research and Technology of the Pulp and Paper Industry, now compiles reliable facts on the sustainability of paper production and paper...

bifa recently completed a study on the development of photovoltaic waste quantities in North America on behalf of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group). In this study, the resulting development in waste quantities was estimated from installation data to date and expected in the future.

Recycling metal dust from foundries is the objective of a project at the University of Augsburg. To this end, the Institute for Materials Resource Management and its project partner, bifa Umweltinstitut GmbH, entered into a cooperation with the industrial company, Ecomet Urban Metals. The project is part of the ForCYCLE II project group for greater...

An important day for a major project: 22/10/2020 was the day of the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for the heat station in the “Future of Energy in Fuchstal” project.

The “ILESA - Controlling waste streams containing precious and special metals intelligently: Consolidation, interim storage, degree of recovery” project has been completed.