… ingredient A victory for environmental protection: Cybutryn no longer to be used on boat hulls starting January 2017 Effective antifouling coatings can also do … / Fotolia.com Cybutryn, better known by its trade name Irgarol®, may no longer be used as the active substance in antifouling products after 27 January 2017. This is …

… heat pump. Source: co2online Heat pumps will play a key role in the future, greenhouse gas-neutral heating of buildings. Last year, every fourth new heating system was … there are still many misconceptions and a lack of information about their potential use. The German Environment Agency (UBA) has therefore launched the internet portal … of heat pumps. Interested parties can simply enter information about their project using an input form on the German Environment Agency's website: …

… of small bodies of water is particularly high where many pesticides are used on surrounding fields. In 80 percent of the investigated streams in Germany's … vicinity of fields where pesticides are applied. Also, farm records on pesticide uses in spray logs have not been published so far and are therefore not available to …

… cup systems (DE-UZ 210) is to reduce the number of disposable cups that are used and to help establish environmentally friendly reusable cup systems. Press … by the German Environment Agency (UBA), 2.8 billion disposable "to go" cups are used per year, 1.7 billion of which are paper cups. The result is that more and more …

… the appearance and size of fruit and vegetables are a burden on the environment because this often requires the use of additional plant protection agents and fertilisers. It also causes … to wilt more quickly. Additional pesticides and fertilisers often have to be used to make fruit and vegetables look particularly fresh and picture perfect. Fruit …

… all its GHG emissions. “We can only achieve our climate targets if we repurpose the use of our peatlands. We must make much more widespread use of paludiculture, which … of Germany’s peatlands have been drained, of which nearly three quarters are used for agriculture (farmland or pasture). Although they make up only 7 percent of … for agricultural purposes. One such incentive can be the possibility to continue using rewetted areas in a way that is adapted to the increased water level. One such …

… Veterinary drugs – a new problem for groundwater? Antibiotics are used on a large scale in industrialised farming. Source: Gina Sanders / Fotolia.com … Federal Environment Agency gives the all-clear: despite high levels of antibiotics use in industrialised farming, Germany’s groundwater is mostly uncontaminated. …

… when kitchen and garden waste are consistently put into the bio-bin they can be used to produce energy and resources. For one thing the waste can used to produce biogas for use as green electricity and heating instead of natural …

… The phasing out of tax breaks for automobile and agricultural diesel, the private use of fossil-fuel company cars and agricultural vehicles, as well as of the … 2018 were in the transport sector (47 per cent), 39 per cent in energy supply and use, nine per cent in agriculture and forestry, and five per cent in construction … Money that is freed up by reducing environmentally harmful subsidies must be used to help companies switch to greenhouse gas-neutral production methods. The …

… should be reduced Antifouling paints are reapplied every one to two years because the biocides are washed out. Source: Dr. Michael Feibicke / UBA According to … surface waters every year. Paints and coatings which contain biocides are often used to protect against unwanted growth of algae or mussels. Copper is the most …

… consumers quicker to replace working flat screen TVs Consumers are replacing new household appliances sooner. Source: Black Jack / Fotolia.com Consumers today are using newly acquired products for shorter periods of time than in the past. Initial … interim results of a study by the Federal n Agency (UBA) point to a shorter first useful service life of TV sets in particular, but also of some large household …

… and business offices. On the whole, the companies studied could make much greater use of their influence and scope for action, says a recent study by the German … increasing range of plant-based alternative products. The companies are either not using their scope for action at all or only insufficiently, especially in the areas … system with 22 areas of activity, 43 indicators and 112 sub-indicators. The data used for the evaluation was taken in part from publicly available sources. In-house …