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  • Cover from 20.01.2026

    PFAS in soil - forever pollution, forever concern? Presentations

    … – Options and limitations Monitoring of PFAS in soils and soil leachates – Background levels in German and North Rhine-Westphalian top soils Mareike Mersmann - State … Environment Agency, UBA Monitoring of PFAS in soils and soil leachates – Background levels in German and North Rhine-Westphalian top soils The Swiss situation: PFAS background levels and hotspots in soils and groundwater Bettina Hitzfeld - Federal Office …

  • Press release 21/2022 from 25.04.2022 | Last changed: 27.04.2022

    Federal Environment Ministry and German Environment Agency name winners of innovative mobility actions

    Fahrradfahren in Kassel

    … Christian Kühn, Parliamentary State Secretary at BMUV, said: “How we get around matters to all of us. These awards are intended to recognise the outstanding … for a month and used for activities and events such as live music, street football, workshops and expert lectures. 2 nd prize: City of Bremen For targeted communication …

  • Press release 03/2022 from 17.01.2022 | Last changed: 27.01.2022

    Landscape as place of transformation

    Betonierte Fläche in Bitterfeld-Wolfen

    … of transformation Scholarship from the German Environment Agency, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and Kulturpark e.V. for artists cooperating with scientists and … the local environment. The German Environment Agency (UBA) and Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and Kulturpark e.V. are involved in the project and providing a tandem … for the historic Bauhaus, which as an interdisciplinary research and experimental workshop explored social and cultural utopias for a modern industrial society and …

  • Press release 33/2025 from 17.09.2025 | Last changed: 22.09.2025

    Design for the future

    Group photo

    … and our everyday culture, and the contribution it makes to transformation. Around 380 submissions from business, research, and universities across Europe reflect … and works with Material Stories on exhibitions, publications and interdisciplinary workshops) Bettina Rechenberg (Head of Department III “Sustainable Products and …

  • Newsletter from 08.10.2020 | Last changed: 08.10.2020

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 5/2020

    … below current pollution limits again“ Especially in the industrial area around Leipzig/Halle/Weißenfels/Bitterfeld, extremely high concentrations of sulphur … ozone is still an important topic in politics, science and the public in Germany. A workshop organized by the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) and the …

  • Press release 10/2022 from 11.02.2022 | Last changed: 17.02.2022

    Environmental awareness: Great momentum for socio-ecological transformation

    Cyclist

    … the study and environmental awareness research was an occasion to publish a background paper with key long-term developments in April 2021. It is available for … Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2020 Repräsentativumfrage zum Umweltbewusstsein und Umweltverhalten im Jahr 2020 Documents Transformative Umweltpolitik wagen – …

  • Press release 35/2020 from 31.07.2020 | Last changed: 12.08.2020

    Rodent control measures are contaminating fish

    ein Rattenschatten an der Wand

    … and smart solutions for effective, legally compliant and environmentally sound rat control in sewers. The final report which has now been published is the … der Ursachen für die nachgewiesene Gewässerbelastung mit Rodentiziden (PBT-Stoffe) und Erarbeitung von Risikominderungsmaßnahmen zum Schutz der aquatischen Umwelt …

  • Press release 045/09 from 29.06.2009 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    New guideline on environmentally friendly procurement of notebooks

    … Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien e.V.) and the Federal Interior Ministry Procurement Office … environmentally friendly notebooks (German title: Empfehlungen für die umweltfreundliche Beschaffung von Notebooks). ”The guideline provides reliable and …

  • Press release 12/2019 from 21.05.2019 | Last changed: 27.05.2019

    Go for the reusable, not the disposable, when it comes to coffee cups et al.

    A coffee cup in the woods.

    … Agency (UBA) proposes introducing reusable cup systems and setting up a littering fund to finance the clean-up of litter in the environment. President Maria … cup systems should be applied to reusable cups. The money in the littering fund should be used to clean up public areas and for information campaigns. Any party introducing disposable cups onto the market must pay into the fund. According to the study, these measures could reduce the consumption of …

  • Press release 35/2017 from 13.10.2017 | Last changed: 23.10.2017

    Environmental availability of raw materials

    in einer bergigen, trockenen Landschaft klafft ein riesiges tiefes Loch mit terrassenförmigen Plateaus in der Erde

    … Publications Erörterung ökologischer Grenzen der Primärrohstoffgewinnung und Entwicklung einer Methode zur Bewertung der ökologischen Rohstoffverfügbarkeit …

  • Press release 34/2025 from 18.09.2025 | Last changed: 15.10.2025

    Sustainability is hard to find in online retail

    Das Bild zeigt ein aufgeklapptes Laptop, auf dessen Bildschirm die Webseite eines Online-Shops angezeigt wird

    … origin, energy efficiency, repairability or product lifespan, based on legally sound standards. Trust in, and accessibility to, second-hand markets should also be … way of keeping products in circulation and extending their lifespan. Despite the fundamental wish of many consumers to repair, there are often numerous barriers to … Publications Digitale Verbraucherinformationen zu nachhaltigem Konsum, Produktwahl und Kreislaufwirtschaft im Onlinehandel All press releases Tags consumption …

  • DzU article from 08.10.2025 | Last changed: 08.10.2025

    Indicator: Recycling municipal waste

    A graph shows the proportions of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total quantity of municipal waste from 2002 to 2023. During this period the proportion of recycled municipal waste rose from 56.1 to 67.2 percent.

    … and organic waste and electrical appliances. Although these only account for around 15.2 % (net) of the total waste generated annually, they are very heterogeneous … into the waste balance. Further details on the waste statistics surveys can be found in the respective quality reports ( in German only ). In 2002, there were major … German only) . Related contents Indikator: Abfallmenge – Siedlungsabfälle Abfall- und Kreislaufwirtschaft Related publications Indicators in the area of sustainable …