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  • Press release 50/2010 from 11.10.2010 | Last changed: 15.11.2024

    Less pollution from fireplaces and tiled stoves

    … Agency (UBA) brochure entitled Heizen mit Holz - ein Ratgeber zum richtigen und sauberen Heizen  provides information on the new regulations as well as on the …

  • Press release 036/11 from 25.07.2011 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Photo contest theme: Summer, sun - plastic rubbish?

    … environment. Press release No. 036/11 | 25.07.2011   Whether it be plastic waste found in the forest, a sculpture of collected waste objects, or the documentation of a … or even tragic way.  The best entries will be shown on the www.fuer-mensch-und-umwelt.de website and the UBA Facebook profile http://on.fb.me/ix55v0 and can …

  • News from 18.04.2023 | Last changed: 19.04.2023

    UBA publishes fact sheets on Proposal of EU Packaging Regulation

    The photo shows packaging waste: Cans, bottles, paper.

    … facts and figures, experience from regulatory implementation in Germany, and background information relevant to the proposed new regulations. 18.04.2023 The European … Packaging Act (Verpackungsgesetz - Gesetz über das Inverkehrbringen, die Rücknahme und die hochwertige Verwertung von Verpackungen) which are already in force in … important facts and figures, experience with official implementation and background information on different topics. The Fact Sheets are aimed particularly at …

  • Press release 39/2020 from 10.09.2020 | Last changed: 10.09.2020

    Video streaming: data transmission technology crucial for climate footprint

    Server im Rechenzentrum.

    … without having to feel guilty about the climate. But the volumes of data all around us will grow steadily over the next few years, be it in the form of networked … of video streaming and similar services Next Previous caption Links Images, sound bites and additional information for download Publications Kennzahlen und Indikatoren für die Beurteilung der Ressourceneffizienz von Rechenzentren und …

  • Press release 45/2021 from 18.11.2021 | Last changed: 06.12.2021

    German Environment Agency advocates increased use of reusables in "to go" consumption and online shopping

    Disposable cups result in unnecessary amounts of waste and the unnecessary use of resources

    … to do without disposable packaging. "We need nothing short of a complete turnaround in order to reduce the amount of packaging waste," said Ms Busse. UBA also sees … and Packaging Waste Directive 1994/62/EG All press releases Related contents Fragen und Antworten: Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle Related publications Empfehlungen für die Revision der …

  • Press release 6/2015 from 12.02.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Drinking water in Germany once again "very good"

    clear water is poured in a glass

    … be the rare exception. Even nitrate, a problematic chemical which is present in groundwater in sometimes high concentrations – in particular where there is intensive … of the population. As concerns nitrate, which fertiliser and slurry introduce to groundwater, the newest data confirms the downward trend observed earlier. Whereas 1.1 … in drinking water does not, however, allow any inference about nitrate in groundwater or other bodies of water. Nitrate concentrations elsewhere often continue …

  • Press release 40/2021 from 29.09.2021 | Last changed: 04.10.2021

    25 projects nominated for the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2021

    Jury of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2021

    … Press release No. 40/2021 | 29.09.2021 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the Bundespreis Ecodesign, or German Federal Ecodesign Award. The German Federal … 2021. To mark the anniversary, the exhibition will be accompanied by an additional programme. The motto SPOTLIGHT ON will focus not only on current entries, but also …

  • Press release 65/09 from 17.09.2009 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

    Sustainable mobility on foot, by bike, bus, and rail

    … In mathematical terms, participants cycled the equivalent distance of once around the earth in the course of the three-month campaign, in a climate-friendly way … management, perhaps such as is in place with the mobility management action programme which is part of the German Federal Ministry for Environment’s climate …

  • Press release 05/2012 from 31.01.2012 | Last changed: 17.07.2013

    Future made in Germany: Germany's growth is becoming increasingly sustainable

    … Germany has already made significant progress on the road to new, environmentally sound growth. Today, much less resources, land and energy are used, and fewer … The Closed Substance Cycle and Waste Management Act and the resource efficiency programme are the next concrete steps on this road." Jochen Flasbarth, President of …

  • Press release 18/2016 from 25.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan fails its own environmental review

    freight trains in a switch yard

    … Infrastructure Plan fails its own environmental review Krautzberger: Much more funding must be redeployed to rail transport Rail transport has environmental … since 1990. The measures adopted in the transport sector under the Climate Action Programme 2020 must now finally be implemented in order to reduce CO 2 emissions to …

  • Press release 17/2016 from 22.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    UBA measures new record highs for carbon dioxide

    Building of the air quality measuring station on a snow-covered slope

    … first time in 2015 UBA air quality measuring station on Zugspitze Source: Umweltbundesamt It is in fact a sad record: concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon … Environment Agency is part of the international Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) programme of the UN World Meteorological Organization WMO. The earliest measurements …