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Feb 10, 2013 17:28
11 yrs ago
German term

das Abfallende

German to English Law/Patents Environment & Ecology
Der XXX setzt sich fuer das Abfallende der Biokohle sowie fuer die Zulassung als Regelbrennstoff ein.

This is from a very short text about biochar and hydrothermal carbonisation. I don't have much context apart from this sentence.
Any help appreciated. Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
2 +6 end-of-waste
4 end-of-waste criteria
3 +1 re-classification as a non-waste product
3 .. losing its waste status
4 -7 disposition of biowaste
Change log

Feb 10, 2013 17:30: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Law/Patents"

Discussion

Steffen Walter Feb 10, 2013:
EU usage It's not just Austrian but EU usage - see the press releases quoted in my answer.
freekfluweel Feb 10, 2013:
Österreichisches Deutsch https://www.usp.gv.at/Portal.Node/usp/public/content/umwelt_...

Proposed translations

+6
10 mins
Selected

end-of-waste

I think XXX (what/who does XXX refer to?) advocates the position that biochar should reach the "end-of-waste" status/stage (be classified as "end-of-waste"?), and should be approved as a regular/standard fuel.

For "end-of-waste", see http://www.muellundabfall.de/.download/_sid/BTUE-026183-ZLon... (p. 1).

I'm by no means sure, though, because there is way too little context.

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Note added at 11 mins (2013-02-10 17:39:31 GMT)
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... or that biochar should meet "end-of-waste requirements/criteria"...

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Note added at 38 mins (2013-02-10 18:06:44 GMT)
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You might also paraphrase that "... biochar should no longer be treated as (a) waste (material) but approved as a standard fuel".

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Note added at 41 mins (2013-02-10 18:09:22 GMT)
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For more information, compare
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-11-388_en.htm (English) and
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-11-388_de.htm (German).

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Note added at 45 mins (2013-02-10 18:13:07 GMT)
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Another option - taken straight from the EU press release I've just quoted - would be to say that "XXX is lobbying for biochar to be released from waste status and (to be) approved as a standard fuel".
Peer comment(s):
agree Marga Shaw : Seems to be plausible to me - good references.
38 mins
neutral Diana Obermeyer : I very much like your last option - to be released from waste status. If you put that down as a separate answer, I will vote it up (I really don't like the initial phrasing you posted).
45 mins
I don't like my initial version either given the EU refs. quoted in my added note. In the light of those, I'd also use the last option. This wouldn't warrant a separate answer, though (asker can easily recognise the step-by-step process I went through).
agree anasta12
15 hrs
agree Cetacea
15 hrs
agree Rebecca Garber : I also prefer the last answer. And it was fun to get a window on an excellent translator's thought processes. :)
21 hrs
:-)
agree Lancashireman : Got there in the end.
1 day 5 hrs
Indeed. It took several attempts to cut through the "Eurospeak", as you put it.
agree Michael Martin, MA : Good job! I failed to see your final note. Otherwise, I wouldn't have posted.
1 day 6 hrs
:-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much! This really had me stumped."
9 mins

end-of-waste criteria

Der zuständige EU-Ausschuss hat sich auf sogenannte Abfallende-Kriterien (end-of-waste) für Glasbruch verständigt. Bei den Kriterien für Kupfer und Papier gab es keine Einigung.
http://www.eu-koordination.de/umweltnews/news/abfall/1593-ab...

What are the end-of-waste criteria, and why are they needed?
End-of-waste criteria specify when certain waste ceases to be waste and obtains a status of a product (or a secondary raw material).
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/framework/end_of_waste...
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+1
20 mins

re-classification as a non-waste product

When materials are recycled from waste and thereby cease to be waste, they are called "das Abfallende".
Peer comment(s):
neutral Steffen Walter : In my opinion, "Abfallende" refers not to the materials themselves but to their status they have reached at the end of the "waste chain". Your suggestion sounds good, though ("re-classification as a non-waste material and approval as a standard fuel").
15 mins
Yes, I agree with the "status" part, that's why I didn't find the direct "cease to be waste" fitting. Re-classification of B as a non-waste product and approval of its use as... seems to work.
agree Lancashireman : This deserves an agree for cutting through the Eurospeak (Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome).
1 day 5 hrs
Thanks, Andrew. That made me smile this morning!
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3 hrs

.. losing its waste status

Even though many solutions sound great in isolation, they may be hard to fit into a sentence.

My suggestion:
"...has advocated for bio char losing its waste status (designation) and its approval as standard fuel."

Example from link below:
"The important point, here, is that a waste does not automatically lose its waste designation solely because some person has found value in the material. Something has to happen to that waste to
make it a non-waste. Judicial interpretations of the statutory definition of discard very plainly hold that a material that has become a waste – because it is discarded – may not lose its waste status “just because a reclaimer has purchased or finds value” in the waste."
Reference:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rma.org%2Fgetfile.cfm%3FID%3D77%26ty

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-7
6 hrs

disposition of biowaste

Imho
Peer comment(s):
disagree Kim Metzger : It's not about biowaste. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/framework/end_of_waste...
24 mins
disagree Diana Obermeyer : I'm beginning to think that you just "answer" questions to wind people up.
42 mins
disagree Cetacea : It's not about waste disposition.
8 hrs
disagree Steffen Walter : You wouldn't have come up with this piece of nonsense if you did some background reading before, such as the EU press releases quoted in my answer. Too much time on your hands?
8 hrs
disagree pj-ffm : Oh mercy! So, what "disposition" did the waste have then? Friendly? Cooperative? Or somewhat reluctant to being carbonised? Possibly your funniest answer yet...
12 hrs
disagree Coqueiro : das ist systematisches Raten
13 hrs
disagree Lancashireman : http://www.proz.com/forum/kudoz/242950-should_the_kudoz_poin...
18 hrs
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