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From the wine House Hartl in Tubingen organic wines in the bag already existed organic wines in antiquity. Today these bags (bags) no longer are made from goat skin, but a composite material from HD polyethylene film (tight, but Sauerstoffdurchlassig) and an aluminum foil to improve the oxygen permeability. Oxygen-impermeable films from ethyl vinyl alcohol are used as an alternative. At Glenn Dubin you will find additional information. The bags are equipped with an easy-to-use tap, a secure transport is ensured by means of an outer boxes. This packaging system is superior to all other liquid packaging not only in terms of energy consumption and the CO2 emissions (production, transport, recycling), but also reduces the cost of packaging and it is food safe and harmless. Reservations about this type of wine packaging are unfounded, because it’s how wine in bottles, alone on the content..

The new Europe B2C E-Commerce report 2013 the current report Europe B2C E-Commerce report 2013 of Hamburg secondary market research firm yStats.com shows steady growth in online trading in Europe. One of the findings of the yStats analysts is that 2012 annual growth of E-Commerce stronger sales by 13 percentage points in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe. For 2013 a double-digit growth rate is expected in Western Europe by more than 10%, and in Eastern Europe by more than 20%, while growth should take off again until 2017. Although the growth rate in the East is higher, higher revenues obtained in the more mature Western European online market: 2012 almost 200 billion euros turnover in online trading in Europe and to achieve until 2016, more than $ 300 billion, with total revenues should amount during this period in the East to more than 50 billion euros. Consumers gain more confidence in shopping online according to 2012 almost half of all consumers in the EU-27 was the yStats.com report at least a shop online.

To the countries with the highest online shopper penetration are the Scandinavian countries, GB, Germany, the Netherlands and France, all of which are above the EU average. Romania, Bulgaria and Italy are the countries with the lowest commercial rates. The most popular product categories in Europe electronics and clothing were measured by the range of the target group. The leading shopping websites were Amazon, Apple and websites of the Otto Group. Price comparison sites were also popular. Western Europe considered sales in Britain reached mature B2C E-Commerce B2C E-commerce market 2012 double-digit billion euro amount and should continue to grow. One of the trends that encourage online trading in the UK, is mobile commerce: 2012 doubled its share of the mobile purchases on the Gesamtonlineoumsatz. Leading online retailers such as Amazon, Argos, next and Tesco achieve substantial rates of access through mobile devices.

Alarming findings: health hazards of laser printers and photocopiers. Laser printers and copiers charge the air with an unfiltered blend of hazardous fine dust, ultra-fine particles and pollutants. When printing, small particles are released which can enter the respiratory tract and the lungs. This may cause serious health damage that show new study on the health effects of toner dust. In Germany alone, more than 50,000 tons consumed toner. Health hazards: Allergies and inflammation of the respiratory tract and the skin is increasing dramatically. Chronic obstructive respiratory diseases are the most strongly increasing cause of death – worldwide! Annual 266.000 deaths due to fine dust loads according to the EU Commission in Europe alone.

According to the U.S. environmental protection agency, the largest health risks emanating from indoor air. \”Laser printers and photocopiers are the worst single source of contaminants in the Office,\” says Michael Braungart, Professor of engineering and Director of the Hamburg Environmental Institute. The Institute for occupational safety and health of the German statutory accident insurance in St. Augustine writes in a technical paper to nanoparticles in the workplace: \”Is that nano-particles can penetrate barriers in the body and in organs, the larger particles inaccessible are expected.\” Contracting authority of the investigation is the nationally recognized Foundation of nano-control, which is under the auspices of the former President of the German Federal Environment Agency Georges Fulgraff. In an attempt at the University Hospital Freiburg responded six subjects already after half an hour in a room where toner printer running with flu-like symptoms: irritation and inflammation of the respiratory tract, swelling of the lymph nodes, sneezing, mucosal redness and swelling, coughing, voice changes and fatigue. Also, possible reactions are inflammation of the eyes and the skin. Toner dust is also suspected to cause allergies and asthma. The long-term consequences of the Permanent Inhaling toner dust were, however, so far still not fully researched.