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  • Newsletter from 31.07.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    The Latest from UBA - No.: 4/2025

    … installations covered by the scheme in both Germany and the EU have been cut by around half. You can read more about this in the current edition of our newsletter. … government's Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF). This fund supports a range of programmes to help both businesses and consumers make the transition to a …

  • Newsletter from 12.06.2018 | Last changed: 12.06.2018

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2018

    … are the considerable levels of nitrate infiltrations from agriculture into our groundwater a cause of worry,  making it a more costly exercise to maintain the quality … urban redevelopment: documents online From 2015 to 2017, the Advisory Assistance Programme funded a project of Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe (IWO), which …

  • Cover from 02.11.2018

    International Conference on Risk Assessment of Indoor Air Chemicals

    … Review Indoor Air Toxicology Review Programme Information Registration Abstract Submission Program download program … Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of environmental semi-volatile organic compounds via inhalation Carl-Gustav Bornehag: Novel Approaches for Chemical Mixture Risk …

  • Press release 41/2019 from 04.11.2019 | Last changed: 14.11.2019

    Greenhouse gas-neutral and resource-efficient by 2050

    in einer futuristisch anmutenden Szenerie mit blauem Licht stehen Solarpanels auf einer Wasserfläche, im Hintergrund Windkraftanlagen und Strommasten

    … storage. Final energy demand in the GreenSupreme scenario can be reduced from around 2,500 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2015 to less than 1,100 TWh by 2050 and is covered … GHG-emissions pathway. Only the GreenSupreme scanario is compatible. Source: Umweltbundesamt Download image (318.52 kB) The raw material consumption (RMC) for the six Green-scenarios of the RESCUE study. Source: Umweltbundesamt Download image (289.83 kB) Next Previous Links RESCUE study Summary Report …

  • Press release 20/2018 from 25.07.2018 | Last changed: 30.07.2018

    Level of packaging consumption in Germany remains very high

    Yellow bags of packaging waste

    … to disposal. Neodymium is a rare earth and classified as a critical resource. Around 4.5 tonnes of neodymium-containing magnets were present in packaging waste in … Germany or another country. These rates are different than the quotas established under the German Packaging Act which refer only to the packaging which is subject to … on packaging Comparison of packaging waste in EU (Eurostat) Publications Aufkommen und Verwertung von Verpackungsabfällen in Deutschland im Jahr 2016 All press …

  • Press release 32/2014 from 09.07.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    UBA tests outdoor jackets: Weather-proofing is harmful to waters

    Wanderer mit einer roten Regenjacke und einem Rucksack läuft durch einen Wald bei Regen

    … cannot degrade these chemicals, and thus they are released into rivers, seas and groundwater, and ultimately accumulate in the bodies of humans and animals. The Federal … and outgassing. The chemicals are persistent in the environment, are transported around the world and are bioaccumulative. Some PFASs are proven to be toxic for … These chemicals have been traced in the environment and in organisms around the world, including in rivers, oceans, the deep sea, groundwater, in human …

  • Press release 8/2015 from 01.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Obsolescence fact check

    fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, TV, ceramic stove top

    … Nutzungsdauer von Produkten auf ihre Umweltwirkung: Schaffung einer Informationsgrundlage und Entwicklung von Strategien gegen „Obsoleszenz“ All press releases Tags planned …

  • Press release 31/2020 from 13.07.2020 | Last changed: 22.07.2020

    Electrical and electronic waste: Germany misses EU collection rate of 45 percent by a narrow margin

    Waschmaschinen auf einem Haufen

    … appliances were placed on the market in Germany in 2018, an increase of around 294,000 tonnes (about 15 percent) compared to 2017. However, the collection and … large household appliances. In the case of commercial appliances, the gap is around 240,000 tonnes, thus a collection rate of only around 25%. In the latter case, however, there is no free take-back obligation on the …

  • Press release 32/2012 from 20.09.2012 | Last changed: 19.07.2013

    InnoTrans 2012: Railways improve environmental performance

    … the widespread prejudice that heavy goods vehicles and passenger cars make up ground on the climate score“, said Henke. Growth forecasts, in the freight transport … organisations: the environmental associations Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND), Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Deutsche Umwelthilfe and NaturFreunde Deutschlands, the consumer associations Pro Bahn, DBV und VCD, the automobile …

  • Press release 04/2019 from 31.01.2019 | Last changed: 12.04.2019

    Nitrogen dioxide loads in Germany down slightly in 2018

    Stau in der Stadt.

    … with other molecules, in particular with nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, e.g. from paints, varnishes and cleaning agents. This is why we must make … Associated content Die höchsten NO2-Werte 2017 im Vergleich mit 2018 Source: Umweltbundesamt Download image (1.36 MB) Entwicklung der NO2-Jahresmittelwerte Source: Umweltbundesamt Download image (2.04 MB) Ozon - Räumliche Verteilung der …

  • Press release 12/2015 from 18.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Can a fourth waste water treatment stage be financed by the waste water charge?

    a waste water treatment plant in the city Dresden

    … such as pharmaceuticals in rivers, lakes and other surface waters are often undesirably high. In some cases they exceed statutory environmental quality … on use and bans which are anchored in chemicals and product law, environmentally sound disposal, mitigation of air emissions, or additional end-of-pipe technologies … upon to co-finance the measure through the waste water charge. "We estimate that funding of 75% of annual investment costs for the fourth treatment stage at all waste …

  • KomPass: Area of action adaptation from 06.07.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Adaptation: Field of Action Human Health

    A baby hand holding the finger of an adult

    … Working Group "Health Adaptation to the Consequences of Climate Change", under the leadership of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature … To obtain information on pollen distribution, pollen apps such as the "GesundheitsWetter-App" of the German Meteorological Service (DWD) or the "Pollen App" of the Foundation German Pollen Information Service (Stiftung Deutscher …