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DE The PFAS challenge
WHAT-WE-DO: Mull und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH is developing a new soil remediation technology together with a group from research and industry. Perfluorinated and polyfluorinated aliphatic substances (PFAS) contaminate the soil and groundwater in many places. These are industrial chemicals which, due to their properties, are used, for example, in the paper industry, in fire-fighting foams or in outdoor textiles. The [...]
General regulation adopted: Substitute building materials regulated nationwide
NEWS: The Federal Government's framework ordinance has been adopted: The Federal Council gave its final approval in its plenary session on 25 June 2021. On Thursday, 10 June 2021, the members of the Bundestag had already approved the Federal Government's ordinance on the introduction of a substitute building materials ordinance, on the revision of the Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance and on the amendment of the Landfill Ordinance and the Commercial Waste Ordinance (19/29636, 19/29997 No. 2.3) [...]
Follow-up: Groundwater remediation started at the Stadtwerke Rinteln site - status quo of remediation
WHAT-WE-DO: As already reported some time ago, in the course of the orientating investigation carried out by our M&P Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH in Hanover in 2015, contamination by cyanides and PAHs was detected for the first time both in the soil and in the groundwater on the site of Stadtwerke Rinteln GmbH, which can be traced back to the former use of the site as a gasworks (between [...]).
12 reasons to work for M&P
#5 Space to create change: As the M&P Group, we are active in six different business areas: Construction, Soil, Geotechnics, Water, Environment and Property. From contaminated site investigations to groundwater protection, new construction measures and CO2 footprints, our employees can make a difference in a wide range of areas. As a group of individual companies, we are nevertheless manageable, exchange ideas and share knowledge, [...]
Sixth IPCC Assessment Report - AR6. It is clear: humans have warmed the climate!
NEWS: The role of the IPCC, short for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is to provide regular reports on the current state of knowledge on climate change in order to provide governments at all levels with information that they can use to develop their climate policy. To this end, the IPCC contributes the latest knowledge from all relevant [...]
Hydrogeological expert reports for groundwater abstraction for irrigation purposes
WHAT-WE-DO: Adapting to climate change: Heat and hardly any rain for months on end - a scenario like that of summer 2018 could be repeated more frequently in future. More and more farmers are therefore turning to field irrigation to protect their crops from drought damage and to be able to deliver the required qualities and quantities despite the drought. Increasing irrigation can lead to more [...]
Feasibility study for a new industrial estate in Lübeck
WHAT-WE-DO: In addition to a number of other tasks, KWL GmbH is primarily responsible for the relocation of commercial and industrial companies and the associated economic development of the city of Lübeck together with the economic development department. In this function, KWL is responsible for the marketing of existing and the development of new commercial and industrial sites [...]
Seasonal and regional products: climate-friendly and healthier
TEAM-THURSDAY: As a group of companies, we also want to become more sustainable in our offices! Our colleagues from the climate and environmental protection department know best how to achieve this. Leslie, Climate Consultant at M&P Go.Blue.Now., brings her lunch from home and favours seasonal and regional fruit and vegetables, as these are more climate-friendly than [...].
Amendment to the Climate Protection Act passed by the Bundestag
NEWS: On 24 June 2021, the Bundestag passed the bill to amend the Federal Climate Protection Act. The Bundesrat approved the amendments in its plenary session on 25 June 2021. The law describes a binding path to climate neutrality by 2045 instead of 2050, setting binding targets for achieving this goal. The amendment to the Climate Protection Act of 2019 had been [...]
Distinguishing wild bees with a mobile phone app
NEWS: As part of the BMU summer trip, Svenja Schulze also presented the BienABest app on 28 June 2021. In light of the fact that around half of the almost 600 wild bee species in Germany are already extinct or endangered, the "BienABest" project was presented, which developed an app as part of the funding provided by the Federal Biodiversity Programme [...].
