… Air Inventory and effectiveness of measures to improve air quality This report contains a description and analysis of 242 air quality plans (AQPs) and action plans published in Germany … Measure Index (in German) (104 kB) Language English Other languages Deutsch Project No. (FKZ) 35606 Publisher Umweltbundesamt File size 4.93 MB Print version …

… Resources Discussion of the environmental limits of primary raw material extraction and development of a method for assessing the environmental availability of raw materials to further develop the criticality concept (ÖkoRess I) Summary The project "Environmental Raw Material Availability" (OekoRess I) developed methods for …

… about the relationship of nanomaterial’s physical-chemical properties and aquatic toxicity for the purpose of grouping Based on the variety of existing … nanomaterials which feature similar environmental fate and effects.  Therefore, the project objective was to correlate physical-chemical data with ecotoxicological …

… use of biocides: Environmental sound use of disinfectants, masonry preservatives and rodenticides In November 2009 a framework action plan for achieving a … background (1.22 MB) Annex II: Case study on PT 2: Disinfectants in the private and public health area (1.36 MB) Annex III: Case study on PT 3: Veterinary … negative impacts of biocides use on the environment (11.40 MB) Language English Project No. (FKZ) 3711 63 410 Publisher Umweltbundesamt Additional information PDF …

… Waste | Resources Optimisation potential with regard to the processing and recycling of waste oil Evaluation of the collection categories with regard to … and composition of the collection categories On the one hand, the research project updated the calculation basis of the model used by the Federal Environment …

… Climate | Energy, Soil | Land, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Nature-based solutions for climate and biodiversity protection in selected national climate contributions This report …

… Chemicals, Waste | Resources REACH and the recycling of plastics Reference manual for an appropriate implementation of … Year of publication March 2012 Author(s) Umweltbundesamt (Hrsg.) Language English Project No. (FKZ) 3708 31 305 1 Publisher Umweltbundesamt File size 3.62 MB Print …

… Sustainability | Strategies | International matters Employing trend analysis in environmental research and policy – a methods report This report outlines for environmental policy how the … Richter, Tobias Jetzke, Marc Bovenschulte Language English Other languages Deutsch Project No. (FKZ) 3714 17 102 0 Publisher Umweltbundesamt File size 1.72 MB Print …

… Air, Waste | Resources Accounting Systems for Short-lived Climate Pollutants and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation … of pages 60 Year of publication July 2015 Author(s) Regine Vogt Language English Project No. (FKZ) 29268 Publisher Umweltbundesamt Additional information PDF is …

… – development of a classification for first estimates of the fate of waste and other plastic products in different environmental media The input of plastics … the environment and the associated impact on ecosystems has received increasing public attention and has become part of the political agenda. Plastics can enter the … into the environment, for example through abrasion or ageing processes. This project developed a system for an initial estimate of the fate of waste and other …

… Health, Water Current approaches to Cyanotoxin risk assessment, risk management and regulations in … held in September 2010 Istanbul, Turkey, included a session in which scientists and regulators reported approaches to controlling hazards from toxic cyanobacteria …

… Climate | Energy Trading activities and strategies in the European carbon market Final report The European Emissions … It summarizes the findings and results of the two working packages of this research project. Whereas the first work package focused on the methodological foundations …