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  • Press release 22/2016 from 03.06.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Employment in environmental protection breaks the 2-million mark

    worker with tools and crash helmet

    Employment in environmental protection breaks the 2-million mark Declines in key Energiewende … Some 2.2 million people were employed in the environmental protection sector in Germany in 2012, say updated figures from the German Environment Agency (UBA), which …

  • Publication from 26.02.2015

    Electric bikes get things rolling

    Cover E-Bike get things rolling

    … Transport Electric bikes get things rolling The environmental impact of pedelecs and their potential Common questions regarding …

  • Press release 13/2014 from 21.03.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Top marks for northern Germany’s lakes

    a big lake with transparent water, reed and trees

    Top marks for northern Germany’s lakes Water Type of the Year 2014: Deep, oligotrophic lake of … as Lake Plön in Schleswig-Holstein. These good reviews are cause for the Federal Environment Agency to declare the deep, oligotrophic lakes of northern Germany as …

  • News from 11.10.2023 | Last changed: 13.10.2023

    Climate protection through Circular Economy in Germany and the EU

    Mixed waste on a conveyer belt in a waste treatment plant

    Climate protection through Circular Economy in Germany and the EU Waste treatment for recovery Source: Anja Schwetje/ UBA For the EU27 and Germany, the climate protection potential of the circular economy was examined for …

  • Press release 43/2019 from 18.11.2019 | Last changed: 27.11.2019

    Consumption of packaging in Germany increased further in 2017

    Metalldosen und Plastikabfall

    Consumption of packaging in Germany increased further in 2017 New record high in packaging waste: 18.7 million tonnes accrued More … about the accrual and recovery of packaging in Germany presented by the German Environment Agency (UBA) during the European Week for Waste Reduction. This is an …

  • Press release 50/2020 from 27.10.2020 | Last changed: 27.10.2020

    Further increase in packaging consumption in 2018 in Germany

    Metalldosen und Plastikabfall

    Further increase in packaging consumption in 2018 in Germany Systems for reusables and … thus increased by 17.9 percent. This is shown in the latest report by the German Environment Agency (UBA) on the volume and recycling of packaging in Germany. …

  • Press release 42/2013 from 17.10.2013 | Last changed: 19.11.2013

    Nominations for the Bundespreis Ecodesign contest 2013

    … IDZ Internationales Design Zentrum Berlin. The initiative is supported by a project advisory council. Nominees Read here for information about the projects nominated for the … Jochen Flasbarth (President, UBA) Advisory Council Dorothea Hess, Alliance of German Designers (AGD) Anne Farken, BMW Group DesignworksUSA Prof. Matthias Held and …

  • Press release 26/2025 from 20.06.2025 | Last changed: 24.06.2025

    Bathing waters in Germany once again receive top marks

    Zwei Menschen rennen freudig ins Wasser.

    Bathing waters in Germany once again receive top marks 97 percent of bathing waters awarded … bathing waters Source: Thaut Images / Fotolia.com Anyone looking to escape the summer heat can do so in one of Germany’s many (almost) pristine bathing waters. According to the German Environment Agency (UBA), bathing water quality in Germany remained consistently …

  • Press release 36/2025 from 15.10.2025 | Last changed: 17.10.2025

    Majority of Germans want to travel more sustainably – but do not act accordingly

    Nachhaltigkeit beim Reisen ist bei der Reiseentscheidung nur einer unter vielen Wünschen.

    Majority of Germans want to travel more sustainably – but do not act accordingly New UBA study reveals contradiction between aspiration and reality Sustainability was the deciding factor in only 5% of travel decisions Source: Eray Haciosmanoglu Many … by the Research Association for Holidays and Travel (FUR) together with the German Environment Agency (UBA). A particularly clear contradiction emerges when it comes …