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  • Press release 48/2020 from 15.10.2020 | Last changed: 20.10.2020

    Coronavirus protection in schools: Airing rooms for five minutes, every 20 minutes

    a virus in a close-up foto

    … minutes, every 20 minutes German Environment Agency: Window ventilation is most efficient way to ensure low virus concentration of indoor air The novel coronavirus … and schools. The German Environment Agency's recommendations on air exchange and efficient ventilation contain brief and precise information on why, when and how to …

  • Press release 28/2017 from 23.08.2017 | Last changed: 28.08.2017

    Diesel cars: Software updates are not enough for clean air

    Eine Abgasanlage, aus der Abgase entweichen.

    … would be ideal for the environment if the premium motivated people to buy small, efficient cars. When purchasing a car, drivers should take advantage of the premium … invest in truly clean vehicles such as electric cars, hybrid and gas-powered cars, efficient petrol engine or diesel-powered vehicles with low real emissions, in …

  • Press release 41/2020 from 14.09.2020 | Last changed: 21.09.2020

    Broad alliance launches “Biotonne Deutschland“ campaign to promote biowaste collection

    Bio waste

    … Svenja Schulze said, “Discarding biowaste in the residual waste bin is a wasted resource, since they only end up in incineration. But organic waste can do more: … every potato peel, every wilted flower helps us to protect the climate and resources and to produce low-emission energy. That's why it is so important that as …

  • Press release 57/2020 from 20.11.2020 | Last changed: 24.11.2020

    Invisible Waste – waste that is out of sight

    volle Restmülltonne

    … to 1985. The best environmentally friendly response to the continuing increase in resource consumption and waste is prevention." VKU's Vice President Patrick … It aims to raise awareness among all Europeans of how to use everyday items and resources more carefully, and wherever possible, to avoid waste. In Germany, the …

  • Press release 13/2020 from 20.03.2020 | Last changed: 27.03.2020

    UBA names water body type of the year 2020

    Ein kleiner Bachabschnitt fließt durch ein Waldstück

    … designating official water development areas in which uses of the water as resource is not significantly impaired. The water body type of 2020 is just one … Germany More on the water body type (German) Publications Waters in Germany Water Resource Management in Germany Water Framework Directive Poster Gewässertyp des …

  • News from 19.03.2025 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    Freight transport: climate-neutral, electrified, reimagined

    The various proposed measures for environmentally friendly freight transport described in the brochure have been summarized in a vision picture.

    … employs more than three million people in Germany, fit for the future, enduringly efficient and more resilient. A vision and more than 70 recommendations for measures … fuel-saving measures, lower energy demand, as well as a modal shift toward energy-efficient modes of transport like rail and inland navigation and away from road and …

  • Press release 04/2025 from 21.01.2025 | Last changed: 23.01.2025

    Packaging recycling only works with correct waste separation

    Verschiedene Verpackungsabfälle

    … and shows that it is working on the necessary improvements in a forward-looking and efficient manner.” The quota for glass packaging was missed by 6.9 percentage … right bin at home can the materials it contains be easily recovered. This conserves resources and also protects the ⁠ climate.“ In general, Germany is performing well: …

  • Press release 32/2025 from 12.09.2025 | Last changed: 15.09.2025

    What’s next for urban and rural areas?

    Kind auf einem Feld schau auf die entfernte Stadt.

    … our country depends on how well urban and rural areas work together. Only if we use resources wisely, strengthen regional value creation, and limit land consumption can …