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  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 12.06.2025

    Serious Gaming and Sustainability

    Game controller with landscape

    … developed its own serious game “Little Impacts”. last update on 12.06.2025 Background Computer and video games are very popular in Germany. According to the … games research. Çiftci, S. (2018). Trends of Serious Games Research from 2007 to 2017: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 6(2), 18.  … games research. Çiftci, S. (2018). Trends of Serious Games Research from 2007 to 2017: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 6(2), 18.  …

  • Article from 23.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2023

    International information offers

    … their alternatives is presented on this page. last update on 23.11.2022 Based on a workshop conducted on behalf of UBA in 2021, a collection of international … French Authorisation of Anticoagulant Rodenticides in Germany https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/publikationen/authorisation-of-anticoagulant-rodenticides-in   … in everyday products https://waarzitwatin.nl The Netherlands Dutch Substitution workshops: lessons from the antifouling workshop (2018) …

  • Article from 23.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2023

    Projects

    … several projects. last update on 23.11.2022 Until now, the following projects funded or conducted by UBA on topics related to a sustainable management of harmful … German municipalities (only German, but comprehensive English summary), including a workshop with municipalities Workshop on beneficial insects as alternatives (only …

  • Article from 29.08.2022 | Last changed: 02.02.2023

    Assessing and regulating of chemical mixtures under REACH

    zwei Reagenzgläser mit verschiedenen Flüssigkeiten

    Assessing and regulating of chemical mixtures under REACH Mixtures Source: Olivier / … Frank Sacher, Astrid Thoma, Dirk Maletzki, Christian Polleichtner, Patrick Schwarz (2017): Joint effects of pharmaceuticals and chemicals regulated under REACH in …

  • Article from 19.08.2022 | Last changed: 16.11.2022

    Digital Sustainability

    Globe from above at night with illuminated areas with connections drawn between them

    … energy and resource efficiency and process optimisation. The accompanying fundamental edaption of our consumption habits as well as production and … Publications Shaping sustainable digitisation Related contents Digitalisierung und natürliche Ressourcen Preventing corruption for a sustainability transformation … energy and resource efficiency and process optimisation. The accompanying fundamental edaption of our consumption habits as well as production and …

  • Article from 28.11.2024 | Last changed: 28.11.2024

    Commercial Refrigeration

    refrigeration unit

    … into force on 1 March 2024. By the end of 2026, companies can apply to BAFA for funding for energy-efficient stationary refrigeration and air conditioning systems … refrigeration systems were installed in commercial refrigeration in Germany in 2017. In commercial refrigeration, the use of fluorinated, climate-damaging … on fluorinated greenhouse gases Supermarket Refrigeration Publications 1987–2017: 30th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol Hydrofluorocarbon Emission …

  • Article from 15.05.2024 | Last changed: 08.11.2024

    The Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement

    H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President and other participants onstage during the Closing Plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

    The Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement Closing plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference on … the second phase, the information is assessed in a technical dialogue consisting of workshops, round tables and other activities with representatives from Parties and …

  • Article from 20.07.2020 | Last changed: 27.07.2020

    Electrical and electronic waste

    Old televisions and computer monitors on a pile.

    … The directive was transposed into German law via adoption of the 2005 Elektro- und Elektronikgeräte-Gesetz (ElektroG) law. An amended version of the directive, … at these centres free of charge. This mechanism is currently carried out at around 2.400 municipal recycling centres. Manufacturers are free to provide their own … of harmlessly. Fluorescent (energy saving) lamps are usually shredded and then undergo a wet or dry process, during which the mercury is suctioned out, passed …

  • Article from 06.06.2019 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Batteries

    Batteries of different size and color

    … batteries stems from the valuable and hazardous substances they may contain. Hence under no circumstances should batteries ever be disposed of with household waste. … than 1.5 billion units – were placed on the market in Germany. This works out to around 20 batteries per capita and year. The BattG-Melderegister In the UBA’s … to take used batteries back, is available from the BattG-Melderegister website under “Einsicht in das Melderegister”. The purpose of the BattG-Melderegister is to …

  • Article from 22.01.2014 | Last changed: 03.11.2020

    End-of-life-vehicles

    Pressed old cars in a junkyard

    … it’s essential that it be drained, dismantled and recycled in an environmentally sound manner. last update on 22.01.2014 End-of-life-vehicles in Germany Some half … are recycled in two stages. First, the cars are dismantled at one of around 1,300 certified dismantling centres, which drain all motor oil, antifreeze and … aluminum and other metal scrap that is sold to scrap dealers, in some cases after undergoing additional processing. Scrap dealers melt down the scrap into recyclable …

  • Article from 19.10.2017 | Last changed: 26.02.2018

    Plastics

    nach Farben sortiertes Plastikgranulat

    … goal of ensuring that these materials are optimally recycled. last update on 19.10.2017 Plastic waste in Germany More than 5.68 million tons of plastic waste were … is planned in accordance with the Law on Closed Cycle Management (KrWG). Under this new regime packaging and other plastic and metal product waste will … of amending recycling regulations. The findings of these studies are available under “Publications” (with English summary). Especially commercial plastic waste …

  • Article from 07.01.2020 | Last changed: 09.01.2020

    Packaging

    Yellow bags of packaging waste

    … bags or containers by consumers themselves. This waste is collected by companies (under the statutory “dual systems”) and brought to sorting facilities, where the … but used for product display purposes (secondary packaging, e.g. folded boxes around toothpaste tubes or perfume bottles). Both, the manufacturing and the transport … amending recycling regulations accordingly. The findings of these studies can be found under “Publications.” The Packaging Act stipulates that the environmental impact …