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  • News from 18.08.2025 | Last changed: 18.08.2025

    Improving the disposal of medicines

    Pharmaceuticals and the environment

    … use usually increases as we age.  However , pharmaceutical residues often end up in wastewater and the environment through excretion, washing and bathing, or improper … leftover or expired medications end up in the toilet or sink instead of in residual waste or at recycling centres. We all can play our part in reducing the amount of …

  • Press release 07/2016 from 19.02.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Germany still world's lead exporter of environmental protection goods

    Handwerker steht auf einem Baugerüst und bringt Styroporplatten an eine Hausfassade an

    … has traditionally been strongly competitive in Germany's industry, as are waste and wastewater technologies. However, international competitive pressure is growing: … in 2013, which was offset only somewhat by growth in areas such as wind power, wastewater treatment and measurement, control and regulation technology. In sum, …

  • Newsletter from 18.01.2024 | Last changed: 18.01.2024

    EU News – New UBA Publications, Statements and Events - No.: 1/2024

    … energies. The UBA therefore proposes that the technology should first be tested in waste incineration plants where heat and electricity are generated from non-recyclable waste, but where ⁠CO ₂ ⁠ is also produced. Position Paper: Carbon Capture and …

  • Press release 48/2015 from 17.12.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Old diesel vehicles must be phased out of city centres

    Traffic is the main source of NO2 pollution in city centres.

    … when spreading manure on fields, it must be mixed with the soil within one hour. Waste is another topic addressed in the What Matters publication. A large proportion of waste in Germany is building rubble, produced at a volume of 50 million tonnes per …

  • Newsletter from 13.12.2017 | Last changed: 20.12.2017

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 6/2017

    … contest go to repair services, mobile applications to initiatives to fight food waste, energy-saving design products, concepts for resource-efficient and recyclable … is set to improve the future rates of recycling. read more (in German) Plastic waste: all colours to be recycled The recycling of polyethylene and polypropylene …

  • Press release 42/11 from 08.09.2011 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    New television, anyone? But only with the Blue Angel!

    … by up to another 20 percent, depending on ambient lighting. To avoid electricity-wasting standby operation, many sets now feature the once disappeared ‘off‘ switch. …

  • Press release 11/2017 from 24.03.2017 | Last changed: 27.04.2017

    Land take: Make goals binding

    Aerial view of a small town

    … habitats of many species have been destroyed, and traffic is causing more noise and waste gases. Our land consumption is still twice as high as the Federal Government's …

  • Press release 41/2017 from 01.12.2017 | Last changed: 05.12.2017

    Environmental industry still a key economic factor

    Windkraftanlagen stehen im Meer

    … and control engineering for environmental protection as well as in solid and liquid waste management technologies. The German Environment Agency updates and publishes …

  • Press release 48/2014 from 05.11.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Environmental protection provides employment for 2 million

    worker with tools and crash helmet

    … the government and businesses in "classical" environmental protection, for example waste disposal, protection of waters, noise abatement or air quality control. The …