Comenius Germany
analysis of surveys about transportation, family life, recycling and EU-regulations
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transportation
How do you go to school?
bus car on foot moped train other
51% 42% 69% 2% 28% 58%
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70by bus
by car
walk
by moped
by train
other
How many cars do you have at home?
1 car 2 cars 3 cars 4 cars
35% 53% 10% 2%
0
20
40
60 1 car
2 cars
3 cars
4 cars
Which of the following kinds of transportation have you ever used?
bus car ferry train boat moped motorbike bike airplane subway
100% 100% 88% 100% 95% 49% 45% 100% 75% 97%
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100bus
car
ferry
train
boat
moped
motorbike
bike
airplane
subway
How many bikes do you have at home?
none 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12
3% 6% 9% 26% 15% 12% 10% 12% 1% 4% 1%
0 20 40
12
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
none
How many mopeds/motorbikes do you have at home?
none 1 moped 2 mopeds 3 mopeds 5 mopeds
63% 25% 9% 1,50% 1,50%
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
none
1 moped
2 moped
3 moped
5 moped
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family life
How do you heat at home?
heating oil natural gas district heat carbon chimney fan heater solar energy
29% 43% 18% 11% 18% 15% 11%
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45 heatingoil
naturalgas
districtheat
carbon
chimney
fanheater
solarenergy
How important is energy saving for you and your family?
very important important not so important not importantwastefu
l
18% 52% 28% 0% 2%
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
very important
important
not soimportant
not important
wasteful
Which kind of energy-saving gadgets do you have at home?
accumulator 92%
energy-saving lamps 82%
lamps with movement sensors 38%
solar energy 5%
gadgets with energy-efficiency category A 57%
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100 accumulator
energy-savinglamps
lamps withmovementsensors
solar energy
gadgets withenergy-efficiencycategory A
Which kinds of electrical gadgets do you have at home?
1. dishwasher 96%
2. cooker 100%
3. toaster 100%
4. electric kettle 98%
5. egg cooker 9%
6. coffee machine 87%
7. fridge 100%
8. freezer 100%
9.washing
machine 94%
10. hair blower 100%
11. safety razor 67%
12. hair trimmer 17%
13. shower radio 7%
14.electric
toothbrush 75%
15. TV 100%
16. computer 100%
17. stereo/boombox 92%
18. DVD player 76%
19. radio 93%
20. record player 17%
21. lamps 100%
22. game consoles 87%
23. vacuum cleaner 100%
24. power tools 100%
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recycling
Did you use pledge-articles?
yes no
98% 2%
0
20
40
60
80
100
yes
no
If yes, which ones?
bottles accus doses glas boxes
98% 5% 20% 10% 5%
0
1020
3040
5060
7080
90
100
bottles
akkus
doses
glas
boxes
Do you have some trash cans for batteries in your school?
Yes No
100% 0%
Do you separate the wastes?
Yes No
95% 5%
If yes, in which criteria?
remaindergarbagecompost
domesticrefusepaper
aluminum
green point
plasics
checkgarbageglas
remainder
garbage
compost domestic refuse
glas paper aluminum Green point
plastics
check garbage
29% 29% 39% 32% 83% 56% 20% 25% 7%
Are there incineration plants in the near of you?
yes no
31% 69%
How important is recycling in your life?
Very important Not so important
Not important
36% 7% 57%
0
20
40
60
big role
less role
no role
Do you use products,which you can recycling?
8%23%69%
MaybeNoYes
If yes:
10%2
7%3627%
neverrarelysometimesoften
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
often
sometimes
rarely
never
Do you buy recycling-products, which are more expensive then other
products
44%56%
More cheapMore expensive
moreexpensive
more cheap
Do you talk about recycling in your school?
64%36%
noyes
Do you make something for recycling in your school?
13%77%48%
NothingSeparate wasteRecycle batteries
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Yes
No
Do you think there is there a future for recycling?
yes no
29% 71% yes
no
What do you think: Which country is the recycling-worldchampion?
0
5
10
15
20
25Ethiopia
France
USA
Germany
Finland
China
Africa
Egypt
Japan
England
And which one is the last place?
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80 China
Russia
USA
Vatikan
England
Brazil
Canada
Italy
Netherlands
Have you thought about taking part in recycling?
yes no
29% 71%
Do you take part in recycling now?
yes no
27% 73%
If yes, how do you do it?
Garbage seperating
Bottles collecting Metal collecting
5% 90% 5%
Do you want to change somethingIn the regarding of the recycling
system in your country?
yes no
10% 90%
Waste paper
Used packing material, papers, books, magazines and advertising brochures can be used for producing new paper. This relieves the waste disposal and saves energy and raw materials. The German paper industry wins more than a half of the demand for raw materials from waste paper. So Germany takes a leading position in Europe.
People who use writing and copy paper, but also toilet paper or waste paper, save the environment. The federal office for environment and nature protection in Germany says that the piles of rubbish are getting smaller (minus about 10 million tons every year) and it saves up to 70 per cent of fresh water and 65 per cent of thermal energy because of recycling paper.
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the environment profits effectively
Waste separation and recycling are important components of an effective economic path. The Dual System in Germany verified in an annual balance that packaging recycling not only protects the resources but also contributes to saving energy and release of climate. Because of that, a total of 64,1 billion megajoules of primary energy were saved. Furthermore the output of 1,32 million tons of climate-damaging greenhouse gases could be avoided, this equals the emissions of about 25 billion navigated railroad kilometers. So each citizen could go about 300 kilometers by train.
Total waste in millions tonnes
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
223,26
colony waste
Waste fromindustrie
mining material
Waste of packing produced by the indutrie 2001
0,00%
20,00%
40,00%
60,00%
80,00%paper,cardboard,
wood
sytheticmaterial
metal
Waste of packing produced privat
0,00%
5,00%
10,00%
15,00%
20,00%
25,00%
30,00%
35,00%
40,00%glass
lightweightpackagings
paper,cardboard,paperboard
miscellaneous
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rules and regulations
Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
The industrialisation process has caused the global average temperature to rise by 0.6 degrees Celsius since the start of the 20th century. Mankind therefore has a problem: Nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane – known collectively as greenhouse gases – are warming the planet and wreaking havoc on the climate. In 1992, 154 nations attended a climate convention that, for the first time, addressed the problem and searched for solutions. In 1997, after tedious negotiations, the countries signed a protocol in the Japanese city of Kyoto that required all industrialised nations to lower their greenhouse emissions by 5.2% by 2012. Threshold countries were required to stabilise their emissions at a level equal to that of 1990, while developing countries were not given any regulations at all.
Global Regulations
Germany’s national allocation plan Of all the countries in the European Union, only 5 were
able to lay out their allocation plans by March 2004: Denmark, Germany, Finland, Ireland and Austria.
2400 companies from the energy, steel, paper and ceramics industries are receiving free emission rights encompassing 503 Mt per year, from 2005 to 2007. From 2008 until 2012, the total emissions will be reduced by an average of 495 Mt per year. Former environment minister Jürgen Trittin, originally desired an emission reduction down to 480 Mt per year, but was unable to convince economic minister Wolfgang Clement.
The situation in Brandenburg
Despite conservation efforts, a rise in energy consumption of around 33% by 2020 is expected. The main reasons are industrial growth and transportation. This creates a necessity for change in energy, emission, and climate politics.
At the forefront of the goals provided by the Council for Sustainable Development, the following areas should be focused on especially: Building renovation and modernization. Transportation, mobility and urban development. Development and use of renewable energy sources.
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