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  • Press release 48/2022 from 30.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.12.2022

    Companies soon to assume costs for disposal of single-use plastic products

    … in November 2022 and will now proceed into parliament. Based on its research project, UBA proposes introducing separate cost rates for each plastic product … waste in the landscape.” Press release No. 48/2022 | 30.11.2022 The research project commissioned by UBA⁠ drew up a cost model for the implementation of Article … cover the costs of cleaning up litter resulting from those products. The UBA project reports that single-use plastic products such as to-go food containers, bags …

  • Press release 42/2013 from 17.10.2013 | Last changed: 19.11.2013

    Nominations for the Bundespreis Ecodesign contest 2013

    … been nominated for the Bundespreis Ecodesign 2013. The diversity of the submitted projects was impressive: fully recyclable outdoor clothing with a take-back system, … meeting the requirements of good design. The submission of outstanding, creative projects this year again shows what great potential innovative product design has. …

  • Press release 14/2018 from 23.05.2018 | Last changed: 06.06.2018

    BMU and UBA launch National Sustainable Urban Logistics Contest

    Ein Lieferwagen fährt bei Dunkelheit durch eine Stadt.

    … to find solutions to this problem. We are looking forward to the many ideas and projects which will help to supply urban areas with goods and services in an … universities and local authorities are eligible to participate in ongoing projects or to become part of schemes that are yet to be implemented. The bottom …

  • Press release 36/2023 from 10.10.2023 | Last changed: 12.10.2023

    UBA launches National Centre for Environmental and Nature Conservation Information

    A view of the National Centre for Environmental and Nature Conservation Information in Merseburg

    … charge for all users in the future. The portal is being developed as an open source project and can be viewed publicly at  https://gitlab.opencode.de/umwelt-info . All interested parties are cordially invited to contribute to the project in this way. An insight into the project is already available at www.umwelt.info . In future, the internet portal …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Spatial, regional and urban development planning

    The picture shows an excerpt from a development plan for a residential area with semi-detached and terraced housing. There are two mechanical pencils lying on the plan.

    … measures and recommendations are underpinned by the outcomes of various research projects. Part of the BBSR’s remit is the Action Programme ‘Demonstration Projects of Spatial Planning’ (MORO), which focuses on the conflict between …

  • News from 11.01.2021 | Last changed: 11.01.2021

    The transnational impacts of global climate change

    Containerterminal

    … risks to German foreign trade were examined for the first time in an UBA research project. Source: Leon Forado / Fotolia Climate change will affect the frequency, … impact chains of global climate change on the German economy. 11.01.2021 The project on behalf of the German Environment Agency (UBA) used a qualitative analysis …

  • Press release 37/2016 from 22.11.2016 | Last changed: 10.02.2017

    Joint action for man and the environment

    UBA's President Maria Krautzberger and actor Oliver Mommsen at SOS Children’s Village Berlin

    … Berlin. They had brought along a year's supply of paper for drawing and crafts projects, school notebooks, paper pads, paper tissues and other sanitary papers for … Berlin. They had brought along a year's supply of paper for drawing and crafts projects, school notebooks, paper pads, paper tissues and other sanitary papers for …

  • News from 29.09.2023 | Last changed: 29.09.2023

    Environmentally friendly handling of fertiliser in ports

    ship while handling fertilisers

    … Sea.   Associated content Links Workshop on fertiliser handling in the Baltic ports Project fertiliser handling - JNF Project fertiliser handling - RBF Project fertiliser handling - CCB Publications Environmentally friendly handling …

  • Press release 37/2019 from 11.10.2019 | Last changed: 29.10.2019

    Exposure to chemicals in the human body can now be compared for all of Europe

    Blutprobe im Reagenzglas

    … this experience in the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative, or HBM4EU. The project has now succeeded for the first time in deriving European "Human … available for certain plasticisers; others will be generated in the course of the project. The use and placement of chemicals on the market is regulated at European … everyday objects). HBM4EU The European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) is a project within the framework of the EU Commission's Horizon 2020. With a total …

  • News from 18.08.2017 | Last changed: 18.10.2017

    Waste management in Russia and other CIS countries

    participants of the workshop repairing computers

    … organizations. 18.08.2017 For more than 15 years UBA has been running projects on circular economy under the Advisory Assistance Programme to promote … and Central Asia and other countries neighbouring the European Union. These projects focus among other topics on management of Waste Electrical and Electronic …

  • Press release 43/2025 from 17.12.2025 | Last changed: 16.01.2026

    Building check: Is my house ready for a heat pump?

    A technician is standing on a ladder and servicing a heat pump.

    … Wärmepumpe’ focuses on heating performance at room level”, explains Jakob Metz, Project Manager at ifeu. “The tool shows, for example, whether radiators in … . The calculator was developed under the lead of ifeu gGmbH as part of the UBA project „Wärmepumpen-Projektdatenbank und Niedertemperatur-ready-Standard“ (Heat …

  • News from 06.08.2020 | Last changed: 06.08.2020

    REACH and sustainable chemistry

    Sustainable chemistry contributes to a positive development in society, environment and economy.

    … of companies). 06.08.2020 This report is part of the departmental research plan project "Further development of REACH ", which, based on analyses of various REACH … the (implementation of the) REACH Regulation. The main goal of work package in the project “Advancing REACH” has been the development of recommendations how REACH can …