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  • News from 21.03.2023 | Last changed: 30.03.2023

    Scrubber discharge bans would protect oceans

    5 laboratory bottles with differently coloured liquid from transparent to brown-black.

    … samples from the measurement campaign are contaminated with pollutants. Source: Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) The German Environment Agency has commissioned a project to … Ships (ImpEx)" in the period from 2020 to 2023. Both water-soluble and particle-bound pollutants were recorded. In particular, vanadium, nickel, copper, iron and zinc …

  • Cover from 20.01.2026

    PFAS in soil - forever pollution, forever concern? Presentations

    … – Options and limitations Monitoring of PFAS in soils and soil leachates – Background levels in German and North Rhine-Westphalian top soils Mareike Mersmann - State … Environment Agency, UBA Monitoring of PFAS in soils and soil leachates – Background levels in German and North Rhine-Westphalian top soils The Swiss situation: PFAS background levels and hotspots in soils and groundwater Bettina Hitzfeld - Federal Office …

  • Press release 21/2022 from 25.04.2022 | Last changed: 27.04.2022

    Federal Environment Ministry and German Environment Agency name winners of innovative mobility actions

    Fahrradfahren in Kassel

    … Christian Kühn, Parliamentary State Secretary at BMUV, said: “How we get around matters to all of us. These awards are intended to recognise the outstanding … for a month and used for activities and events such as live music, street football, workshops and expert lectures. 2 nd prize: City of Bremen For targeted communication …

  • Press release 03/2022 from 17.01.2022 | Last changed: 27.01.2022

    Landscape as place of transformation

    Betonierte Fläche in Bitterfeld-Wolfen

    … of transformation Scholarship from the German Environment Agency, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and Kulturpark e.V. for artists cooperating with scientists and … the local environment. The German Environment Agency (UBA) and Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and Kulturpark e.V. are involved in the project and providing a tandem … for the historic Bauhaus, which as an interdisciplinary research and experimental workshop explored social and cultural utopias for a modern industrial society and …

  • Press release 33/2025 from 17.09.2025 | Last changed: 22.09.2025

    Design for the future

    Group photo

    … and our everyday culture, and the contribution it makes to transformation. Around 380 submissions from business, research, and universities across Europe reflect … and works with Material Stories on exhibitions, publications and interdisciplinary workshops) Bettina Rechenberg (Head of Department III “Sustainable Products and …

  • Press release 10/2022 from 11.02.2022 | Last changed: 17.02.2022

    Environmental awareness: Great momentum for socio-ecological transformation

    Cyclist

    … the study and environmental awareness research was an occasion to publish a background paper with key long-term developments in April 2021. It is available for … Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2020 Repräsentativumfrage zum Umweltbewusstsein und Umweltverhalten im Jahr 2020 Documents Transformative Umweltpolitik wagen – …

  • Press release 045/09 from 29.06.2009 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    New guideline on environmentally friendly procurement of notebooks

    … Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien e.V.) and the Federal Interior Ministry Procurement Office … environmentally friendly notebooks (German title: Empfehlungen für die umweltfreundliche Beschaffung von Notebooks). ”The guideline provides reliable and …

  • Press release 12/2019 from 21.05.2019 | Last changed: 27.05.2019

    Go for the reusable, not the disposable, when it comes to coffee cups et al.

    A coffee cup in the woods.

    … Agency (UBA) proposes introducing reusable cup systems and setting up a littering fund to finance the clean-up of litter in the environment. President Maria … cup systems should be applied to reusable cups. The money in the littering fund should be used to clean up public areas and for information campaigns. Any party introducing disposable cups onto the market must pay into the fund. According to the study, these measures could reduce the consumption of …

  • Press release 34/2025 from 18.09.2025 | Last changed: 15.10.2025

    Sustainability is hard to find in online retail

    Das Bild zeigt ein aufgeklapptes Laptop, auf dessen Bildschirm die Webseite eines Online-Shops angezeigt wird

    … origin, energy efficiency, repairability or product lifespan, based on legally sound standards. Trust in, and accessibility to, second-hand markets should also be … way of keeping products in circulation and extending their lifespan. Despite the fundamental wish of many consumers to repair, there are often numerous barriers to … Publications Digitale Verbraucherinformationen zu nachhaltigem Konsum, Produktwahl und Kreislaufwirtschaft im Onlinehandel All press releases Tags consumption …

  • DzU article from 08.10.2025 | Last changed: 08.10.2025

    Indicator: Recycling municipal waste

    A graph shows the proportions of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total quantity of municipal waste from 2002 to 2023. During this period the proportion of recycled municipal waste rose from 56.1 to 67.2 percent.

    … and organic waste and electrical appliances. Although these only account for around 15.2 % (net) of the total waste generated annually, they are very heterogeneous … into the waste balance. Further details on the waste statistics surveys can be found in the respective quality reports ( in German only ). In 2002, there were major … German only) . Related contents Indikator: Abfallmenge – Siedlungsabfälle Abfall- und Kreislaufwirtschaft Related publications Indicators in the area of sustainable …

  • DzU article from 14.10.2022 | Last changed: 14.10.2022

    Indicator: Ecological status of transitional and coastal waters

    A diagram shows the distribution of the ecological status/ecological potential of transitional and coastal waters for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea for the years 2010, 2015 and 2021. The target for 2027 is shown (100 % good or very good).

    … by a wide margin. As this goal was clearly missed, the subsequent management cycle under the WFD now needs to be used to reach the ambitious targets by the deadline … Eutrophierung von Flüssen durch Phosphor Indikator: Eutrophierung von Nord- und Ostsee durch Stickstoff Tags coastal water Water Framework Directive … by a wide margin. As this goal was clearly missed, the subsequent management cycle under the WFD now needs to be used to reach the ambitious targets by the deadline …

  • Press release 29/2019 from 11.09.2019 | Last changed: 01.11.2019

    Real nitrogen oxide emissions of diesel passenger cars remain too high

    Stau in der Stadt.

    … cars remain too high Newest generation of diesel passenger cars (6d-TEMP) clearly undercut limits in real-world conditions Many urban areas have high NO2 pollution. … passenger cars, there is now more data available than for Version 3.3 HBEFA of 2017, with 52 vehicles having been tested in real-life conditions. For all other … www.hbefa.net/de. Associated content NOx-Emissionsfaktoren HBEFA 4.1 Source: Umweltbundesamt Download image (170.69 kB) NO2-Emissionen innerorts Source: Umweltbundesamt …