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  • Press release 52/2014 from 27.11.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    1st December is Antarctica Day

    waste dump in front of a resaerch station

    … local flora and fauna, the UBA is campaigning for high standards in international guidelines and decisions adopted by the parties to the Antarctic Treaty. Unlike the …

  • Press release 34/2014 from 16.08.2014 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

    Same performance at less cost

    a woman is cleaning a carpet with a vacuum cleaner

    … 2014 actually only consumes 870 watts. When compared to the current trend, the EU guidelines will result in a savings of about 18 billion kilowatt hours by 2020, …

  • Press release 04/2021 from 16.02.2021 | Last changed: 29.04.2021

    Air quality 2020: Only a few cities still exceed nitrogen dioxide limit

    Stau

    … revising its recommendations to ensure better protection of health. The current WHO guideline states that PM10 concentrations should not exceed an annual mean of 20 … around 12 percent (2019: 36 percent) of all measuring stations in Germany. The WHO guidelines for the even smaller PM2.5 particulate matter were exceeded even more …

  • Cover from 02.11.2018

    International Conference on Risk Assessment of Indoor Air Chemicals

    … De Brouwere: Flemish Indoor Air Decree Kenichi Azuma: Japanese indoor air quality guidelines for selected pollutants: past approach, current status, and future issues … characterisation for biocides Current practice in the EU Marion Keirsbulck: ANSES guidelines for indoor air quality health-based values for selected pollutants …

  • Press release 07/2025 from 20.02.2025 | Last changed: 24.02.2025

    In 2024, all air quality limits met for the first time

    Stau

    … air pollution. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends significantly lower guideline values to protect health. New limit values from 2030 The revised European … In the long term, the limit values are to be fully harmonised with the WHO guideline values. To this end, the new Air Quality Directive stipulates that the …

  • Press release 33/2020 from 28.07.2020 | Last changed: 29.07.2020

    Residual waste in Germany has nearly halved in 35 years

    volle Restmülltonne

    … in the waste hierarchy. More reusable instead of disposable products and clear guidelines for disposable products and packaging, as presented in the Disposable …

  • Press release 43/2018 from 12.12.2018 | Last changed: 11.09.2019

    Higher quality plastics recycling is necessary

    Das Wort Recycling vor schwarzem Hintergrund, darauf auch ausrangierte Kühlaggregate.

    … viable provided there is a greater demand for recyclates on the market. Certain guidelines in public procurement could have a steering effect. Public authorities …

  • Press release 58/2020 from 30.11.2020 | Last changed: 11.12.2020

    750 experts discuss new PFAS research and strategies

    Eine Pfanne liegt im Sand

    … well as the "Remediation management for local and wide-spread PFAS contaminations" guidelines recently published by UBA. Two panel discussions are intended to …