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  • Newsletter from 05.02.2025 | Last changed: 10.02.2025

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 01/2025

    … medical/pharmaceutical education. read more (in German) Poster: Correct disposal of old medicines To protect people and the environment, it is important to dispose of … German Environment Agency is inviting interested municipalities and other EMW stakeholders to the third EMW online seminar this year on 25 March 2025. This time, the …

  • Newsletter from 28.06.2017 | Last changed: 28.06.2017

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2017

    … sector, industry, transport, commerce, retail and services as well as private households emitted a quarter less in 2015 than in 1990. read more (in German )  CO2 … transport sector emissions which the UBA had calculated in its short-term forecast. Old water tower becomes Germany’s first zero-energy high-rise Older and unusual structures can also achieve the zero-energy building standard with …

  • Newsletter from 30.03.2023 | Last changed: 30.03.2023

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2023

    … for manufacturers. read more (in German) Campaign launched for the disposal of old batteries Only about 48 per cent of used-up batteries in households are returned properly in Germany. Batteries that are disposed of improperly – …

  • Newsletter from 03.04.2024 | Last changed: 03.04.2024

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2024

    … Environment Agency: Join us on a journey through time! The UBA will be 50 years old in 2024. Source: UBA In July 1974, the German Environment Agency (UBA) became … people and the environment since then? Join us on a journey through time in this Golden Anniversary – virtually or in person on 15 June 2024 at our headquarters in …

  • Newsletter from 01.10.2021 | Last changed: 01.10.2021

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 5/2021

    … machine, television, mobile phone or remote control - you can dispose of all old electrical appliances in an environmentally friendly way and hand them in free of charge at your recycling centre. Retailers also accept the return of old appliances free of charge. After all, recycling the raw materials that go into …

  • Newsletter from 09.08.2017 | Last changed: 09.08.2017

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 4/2017

    … Valtanen from UBA’s Microbiological Risks unit, has been training the two-year-old Parson Russel terrier since she was three months old to detect ten different types of mould and several kinds of bacteria on various …

  • Newsletter from 13.12.2017 | Last changed: 20.12.2017

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 6/2017

    … account.  Wishing you happy reading, The UBA press office UBA wants to decommission oldest lignite-fired power plants and cap the full load hours on others Electricity … firstly, power generation by coal-fired power stations that are more than 20 years old should be reduced from the current average of 6,600 full load hours for lignite …

  • Newsletter from 14.04.2022 | Last changed: 14.04.2022

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2022

    … an appeal for more economical energy consumption. It is easy for private households to help in the effort: turn down the thermostat, install a water saving … economy It was checked whether and how with selected waste streams - especially old tires and old textiles - resource conservation and environmental relief …

  • Newsletter from 21.02.2020 | Last changed: 21.02.2020

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 1/2020

    … on Vitamin E acetate For many people, the new year is the time to give up on old vices, and to finally stop smoking, for instance. Increasing numbers of people … How do things stand in the individual sectors, such as transport or private households? And what are the economic and employment benefits of investing in greater …

  • Newsletter from 12.06.2018 | Last changed: 12.06.2018

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

    … read more (in German) Practical tests on new train air conditioning systems with cold air The air conditioning systems in trains make train travel more comfortable. … that use air represent an alternative. Optimised air conditioning systems that use cold air have been tested on an inter-city ICE train. The project was accompanied by …

  • Newsletter from 02.08.2022 | Last changed: 02.08.2022

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 4/2022

    … of life. Good examples from municipal practice demonstrate how different stakeholders can work together successfully to achieve greater environmental justice and … plastic debris. On October 19-20, 2022 the German Environment Agency (UBA) will hold an international (hybrid-)conference in Berlin to shed new light on the impact …

  • Newsletter from 07.06.2023 | Last changed: 07.06.2023

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2023

    … of rooms accounts for about 70 percent of the energy consumption of private households in Germany. In order to mitigate the disastrous consequences of climate change … heat pump provides most of the heating and a pellet boiler provides support on the coldest days – even this combination saves a lot of fuel. The UBA (German Environment …