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Water

Measures to reduce micropollutant emissions to water - Summary

Discharge via the municipal waste water system is the dominant emission pathway to water for many micropollutants especially for household chemicals, substances used in commerce and industry (especially in small and medium-sized enterprises), pharmaceuticals and biocides. Against this background, the primary objective of this study was to develop suitable measures or combinations of measures and t...read more

The UBA

What Matters 2014

Annual Report of the Federal Environment Agency

The UBA celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2014. As an exception we took this occasion to take a look at the past in our annual "What Matters" publication, namely at the most important milestones in German environmental policy with which the UBA is closely associated. The publication also casts a spotlight on the most current topics in environmental protection. International climate protection pol...read more

Economy | Consumption

Innovative techniques: Best available techniques (BAT) in selected industrial areas - Subproject 3 - Foundries Vol. 2

Volume 2: Emission situation

This tome of the report contains a synopsis of the emission measurement results in found-ry industry plants.read more

Economy | Consumption

Innovative techniques: Best available techniques (BAT) in selected industrial areas - Subproject 3 - Foundries Vol. 1

Volume 1: BAT candidates

Based on the Directive on Industrial Emissions (IED, which replaced Directive 2008/01/EC) an information exchange about Best Available Techniques (BAT) between industry, Member States and Environmental NGO is organised by the European Commission for industry sectors mentioned in Annex 1 of the IED. It was intended to start drafting and updating the BAT documents on foundries in 2012. Due to delays...read more

Air

Modelling and mapping of atmospheric nitrogen and sulphur deposition and critical loads for ecosystem specific assessment of threats to biodiversity in Germany – PINETI (Pollutant INput and EcosysTem Impact) Part 1

Substudy Report 1

Biodiversity in Europe is strongly affected by the deposition of nitrogen and sulfur on terrestrial ecosystems. Therefore, the deposition of these atmospheric substances is assessed for the years 2008 and 2009 within the PINETI project. Dry, wet and occult deposition of NHx, NOy, SOx and the base cations Ca2+, Mg2+, K+ und Na+ are calculated and added up to the total deposition. By means of the la...read more

Waste | Resources

Looking to the future

Trend report for a forward-looking resource policy

The world is in a process of constant change and development. Not only is technology advancing, but the environment as well as  political, social and economic systems are constantly changing. To respond, it is important to look into the future so as to recognize and take advantage of opportunities as well as detect and minimize risks to mitigate negative consequences. A forward looking and precaut...read more

Economy | Consumption

Environmentally Harmful Subsidies In Germany 2014

Updated Edition 2014

In 2010 environmentally harmful subsidies in Germany amounted to more than €52 billion. The state granted subsidies among others to the lignite industry and aviation sector. The volume of subsidies therefore remains high –  and there is no sign of a systematic reduction. Environmentally harmful subsidies not only thwart environmental protection, they are also a burden on public funds. A reduction...read more

Chemicals

Environmental hazard of selected TiO2 nanomaterials under consideration of relevant exposure scenarios

This project investigated the ecotoxicological hazard of two different sized TiO2 nanomaterials and one non-nano sized TiO2 reference material to organisms inhabiting different environmental compartments. Following standardized tests (OECD guidelines) were used to investigate the influence of these materials on several test organisms:  Daphnia sp. acute immobilization test (Test No. 202), Fish emb...read more