Environmental Goods
Water, groundwater, lakes and watercourses, wastewater
Water is a vital component of the natural environment, a habitat for animals and plants and an essential life-giving element for humans. If it is to be used sustainably then its efficient supply – and wastewater disposal – needs to be secured in the long term, and both groundwater and surface water resources must be protected on a lasting basis.
Water, groundwater, lakes and watercourses, wastewater
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Waste
Throughout the Hannover region aha (Zweckverband Abfallwirtschaft Region Hannover) is the public provider of waste disposal services. Chiefly, this involves organising and carrying out the collection of waste, recyclable materials and harmful substances as well as treating and disposing of waste including marketing raw materials and recyclables obtained in the process such as greenwaste compost. As a reliable waste industry player that rigorously complies with relevant legislation, aha lays a crucial foundation for the quality of everyday life.
The service is additionally responsible for cleaning streets, pedestrian crossings, cycle paths and roadside verges in the municipal area. It also helps keep roads safe in winter by providing gritting and snow clearance services.
The main objectives of the Region Hannover authority's waste management concept are waste prevention (the top priority), utilisation of both waste materials and energy from them, and environmentally sound disposal of residual waste. In what follows, various projects illustrate what is being done to achieve these goals; these initiatives aim to avoid waste and improve the separate collection of recyclables in collaboration with partners involved in the region's integrated waste advisory service.
Waste
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Air Quality
Low Emission Zone in the City of Hannover
Answers to the most frequently asked questions
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Air Quality in Hannover
Situation as of 20 June 2008
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Electrosmog
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Soil
Across Germany, new land-take for human settlement and transport is running at 113 hectares a day – more than ten square metres a second. Some of this is bound to be valuable farmland and natural countryside, lost for ever. The German federal government therefore, in its sustainability strategy, resolved to limit such land-take to 30 hectares per day through to the year 2020. This ambitious target can only be met with the support of all local authorities. Hannover City Administration is active at several levels.
Soil and land-take
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