Publications
Selection and use of chemicals in small and medium sized enterprises
The criteria for the sustainable selection and use of chemicals were developed by the Umweltbundesamt between 2008 and 2010 and reflect the current state of the expert discussion. They were compiled in a guide for small and medium sized enterprises (SME).
Methodological Convention 2.0 for Estimates of Environmental Costs, Annex B
Annex B to the Methodological Convention 2.0 for Estimates of Environmental Damage contains UBA’s recommendations for best-practice cost rates for greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants and, based on this, estimates of the environmental costs of transport and of power and heat generation.
Environmental costs in the energy and transport sectors – Recommendations by the Federal Environment Agency
The background paper presents an overview of key contents of the Methodological Convention 2.0 for Estimates of Environmental Costs and its annexes.
Behaviour of mercury and mercury compounds at the underground disposal in salt formations and their potential mobilisation by saline solutions
Within the next 40 years, in the European Union approximately 11,000 t of metallic mercury has to be disposed that is no longer used in the chlor-alkali industry or is gained from non-ferrous metal production or the cleaning of natural gas. One disposal option is permanent storage in underground storage sites in salt rock.
Environmental Innovation Policy – Greater resource efficiency and climate protection through the sustainable material use of biomass - Short version
The overarching goal of the research project is to develop strategies and instruments for sustainable material use of biomass in order to contribute to the German federal government’s climate protection and resource conservation objectives. Political debate about biomass in recent years has focussed primarily on energy use.
Ecological Focus Areas – Crucial for biodiversity in the agricultural landscape!
With its reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the EU Commission strives for not only a fairer distribution of agricultural funds but, in particular, for a more environmentally friendly, a “greener” CAP.
Ecotoxicological combined effects from chemical mixtures Part 2
Three different wood preservative products, their eluates produced by leaching tests, mixtures of some of their ingredients and some of their ingredients as single substances were tested for growth inhibition of green algae as well as acute and chronic toxicity to Daphnia magna. The tests were conducted according to OECD standard guidelines and supported by analytical
Ecotoxicological combined effects from chemical mixtures Part 1
The Project deals with the possibilities of performing mixture toxicity assessment within the environmental risk assessment of the authorization of biocide and plant protection products. To this end a review on the state of scientific knowledge about the predictivity of combined effects is collated.
International Workshop Comparing ETS and NIR Monitoring Data
The main subject of this project was the comparison between plant-specific data of the European Emission Trading System (EU ETS) and the data and methods used for preparation of source category-specific annual inventories, according to the EU monitoring mechanism and the national reporting under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Are we doing enough for human health and our environment?
This brochure presents the German national working groups for environmental monitoring and research which contribute to the Working Group on Effects (WGE) of CLRTAP.
Environmental Research at a Glance
Ecologically sustainable recovery of bio-waste
Germany already excels in the separate collection of bio-waste and its recovery: on average more than 100 kg of bio-waste and green waste are collected separately per person and year, which translates into a total annual amount of around nine million metric tons.