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  • Article from 18.02.2025 | Last changed: 17.06.2025

    Pain relief gel – questions and answers

    Photo showing hands with white cream, which is wiped off with a paper towel.

    Pain relief gel – questions and answers For the sake of the environment: wipe first, then wash Source: Lena … D, Brandt, M, Hennighausen, N (2022): Reduction of residual topical diclofenac in waste water by a wiping procedure before hand washing. Chemosphere Volume 292 …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Military and armament contaminated sites

    Military and armament contaminated sites Although there is no legal definition in Germany for … sites), they nonetheless fall within the scope of site contamination and former waste disposal sites. An historical classification is often applied that is based on …

  • Article from 13.06.2022 | Last changed: 22.07.2025

    Sustainable mobility

    LKW und Pkw auf der Autobahn

    … reduce its emissions since 1990. Source: LVDESIGN / Fotolia.com Passenger traffic and freight transport in Germany are growing steadily. Increasing numbers of … in the long term? This question is at the heart of sustainable mobility. In its Climate Action Plan 2050 , the German government has resolved to reduce annual …

  • Article from 05.03.2025 | Last changed: 05.03.2025

    Distributing drinking water

    … Ordinance all the way to the tap. Its distribution via the water company’s mains and the drinking water systems of individual buildings brings it into contact with a … However, lead dissolves in water in concentrations which bear a risk to health and is therefore not suitable as a material for drinking water installations. It … von Filterspülwässern Related publications Urease- and nitrification inhibitors for climate and environmental protection: opportunity or risk? Contaminants in water …

  • Article from 10.04.2025 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Visit us

     The UBA building in Dessau-Roßlau from above. The building is elongated, with a façade of wood and coloured glass slabs and slanted solar cells covering the entire surface of the flat roof

  • Article from 15.07.2014 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

    Cleaning agents and laundry detergents

    Various liquid detergents and cleaning agents

    Cleaning agents and laundry detergents 1.3 million tonnes of cleaning agents andand laundry detergents contributes substantially to the chemical pollution of wastewater. last update on 15.07.2014 Think green when you wash and clean – Unburden … 630,000* tonnes of chemicals stemming from cleaning agents and detergents enter wastewater systems annually, among them: surfactants: 198,976 tonnes phosphates: …