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  • Cover from 19.01.2026

    Start: Pharmaceuticals and the environment

    Illustration featuring fish, water, medicines, hot water bottle, yoga, household waste bin, toilet, sink, stethoscope, and pharmacy symbol

    … advice. If appropriate, non-medication treatments might also be considered. Naturally, avoiding overprescription and misprescription benefits both patients and … advice. If appropriate, non-medication treatments might also be considered. Naturally, avoiding overprescription and misprescription benefits both patients and …

  • Press release 02/2023 from 13.01.2023 | Last changed: 09.02.2023

    Possible ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the EU

    Eine Pfanne liegt im Sand

    … or porcelain is in any case better for the environment than single-use paper cups. Natural fats and waxes can also be used as impregnating agents in place of PFAS-based sprays; with carpets, the natural dirt-repellent properties of wool make it a perfectly good substitute for …

  • Press release 02/2025 from 15.01.2025 | Last changed: 03.02.2025

    Final data for 2023: climate-damaging emissions fell by ten per cent

    rauchende Schornsteine eines Braunkohlekraftwerks, davor ein Tagebau

    … decline was particularly strong in the use of brown coal and hard coal as well as natural gas. The reasons for this include the significant reduction in coal-fired … Here too, the decrease is due to the reduced use of fossil fuels, particularly natural gas and hard coal. Key drivers of this trend were the negative economic … expansion of heat pumps in 2023 also had a positive effect here, as less natural gas and heating oil were used, for example. With a decrease of 2.5 million …

  • Newsletter from 01.11.2018 | Last changed: 01.11.2018

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 5/2018

    … news Recently published Appointments As recounted Dear Reader, Walking is the most natural way of getting from A to B. It’s healthy and it protects the environment. In … for tolerability in accordance with an exacting authorisation procedure under EU nature conservation law. The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the German …

  • Cover from 12.11.2024

    International Environmental Specimen Bank Group: ESBs

    ESB map

    … ESB is the Swedish Environmental Specimen Bank  located at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. Some samples date back to the mid-1960s. Since 1980, … ecosystems in the Arctic. The Environmental Specimen Bank  at the Finish Natural Resources Institute (Luke) was originally launched at Finnish Forest … ESB is the Swedish Environmental Specimen Bank  located at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. Some samples date back to the mid-1960s. Since 1980, …

  • Cover from 14.02.2019

    Climate Impacts and Adaptation

    Frau steht mit Regenjacke und Gummistiefeln in einem überschwemmten Gebiet

    … change Climate change alters the world which we live in - with manifold effects on nature, society and economy and our everyday lives. These effects are referred to as …

  • Press release 43/2025 from 17.12.2025 | Last changed: 16.01.2026

    Building check: Is my house ready for a heat pump?

    A technician is standing on a ladder and servicing a heat pump.

    … pumps are currently the most efficient heating technology available. By drawing on naturally available heat from the environment, heat pumps can operate at relatively … costs. These cost advantages are likely to grow as prices for heating oil and natural gas continue to rise. This is why heat pumps are now widely used in new …

  • Press release 33/2022 from 29.06.2022 | Last changed: 27.07.2022

    From 1 July: 25,000 additional collection sites for waste electrical and electronic equipment

    old washing machines pile up at a recycling center

    … are disposed of improperly, for example in household waste, packaging waste or in nature, where they do not belong. WEEE should also not be handed over to scrap … with the regulations can thus be prepared for reuse or recycled in order to conserve and recover raw materials and resources and to remove environmentally …