Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 3/2021

Chemicals management

Children are curious and want to learn.
Schools

Eight-week module on plastic waste for school curricula

The kNOw PLASTICS programme makes students understand waste problems and change their lifestyle accordingly

Plastic waste in Dakar, Senegal, in 2005: humankind needs global solutions to global chemicals problems.
Global environment

Trailblazing UN conference

The international conference on chemicals management had to be postponed, but Germany intends to keep promoting the cause

Recycling digital devices in India in 2017.
Environmental hazards

Stop global trend of chemical intensification

Application of chemicals must become safer and more sustainable

More Articles

Washed up microplastic debris in Depoe Bay in Oregon on the US West Coast.
Microplastics

Scientists consider tiny chemicals to be health hazards

Microplastics probably have detrimental impacts on human health

Learning about resin codes on plastic bottles in a Tamil Nadu government school.
Global environment

Waste less to avoid being inundated by plastic

An Indian NGO is raising awareness of why plastic waste is threatening our future

In terms of sales, BASF, the Ludwigshafen-based multinational, is the chemical industry‘s global leader.
Environmental sustainability

First steps towards keeping environment toxin free

The EU wants its sustainable chemicals strategy to set global standards

Agriculture

Pesticides are useful, but must be applied responsibly

Africa is starting to catch up with other regions in regard to pest control

Farmers spraying pesticides on a rice field in Mozambique.
Our view

Chemical intensification set to breach planetary boundaries

Only global cooperation can bring about sound chemicals management and sustainability

Destitute woman sorting plastic waste on a Karachi street.
Health hazards

In Pakistan, toxins put the poor particularly at risk

Pakistan’s laws to control chemical pollution are hardly enforced

Dyeing processes typically involve over 1,600 different chemicals: drying textiles at a factory in Bangladesh.
Serious health hazards

Consumers need better information concerning toxic chemicals

Common consumer goods contain dangerous substances that are known to harm human health