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  • Press release 35/2017 from 13.10.2017 | Last changed: 23.10.2017

    Environmental availability of raw materials

    in einer bergigen, trockenen Landschaft klafft ein riesiges tiefes Loch mit terrassenförmigen Plateaus in der Erde

    … economic and political aspects influence material availability: the availability of water, energy, land and ultimately social acceptance of negative environmental …

  • Press release 05/2014 from 29.01.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Putting power gluttons on a diet

    smartphones

    … job. The power consumption of dishwashers, for example, has been halved, and their water consumption has gone down by about 70 per cent. The technology in lighting has …

  • Press release 2/2014 from 15.01.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    More ecofriendliness in food sector necessary

    tomato in the dustbin

    … traceable to the food sector. Nitrogen surpluses from agriculture contaminate groundwater, while eleven million tonnes of food are discarded and wasted every year. The … is a threat to biodiversity and air quality, and it contaminates the groundwater from which we extract drinking water. The vzbv and UBA claim the nitrogen …

  • Press release 49/2022 from 05.12.2022 | Last changed: 08.12.2022

    14 projects to be honoured with the German Ecodesign Award 2022

    photo of the jury in front of a building

    … the rewetting of peatlands. Farmers can use peat:lab to determine terrain heights, water levels and collect data in a digital twin. It provides a basis for planning … bait protection boxes guarantee that bait does not come into contact with water, even during floods. This saves up to 98% of toxic baits and hazardous …

  • Newsletter from 09.02.2022 | Last changed: 09.02.2022

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 1/2022

    … e.g. through higher greenhouse gas emissions, greater land consumption or increased water consumption - this was the finding of a recent study by the German Environment … Environment internationally New indicator for pesticide pollution in European waters The European Environment Agency has released a new indicator on pesticide …

  • Press release 34/2016 from 11.11.2016 | Last changed: 10.02.2017

    Resource-efficient products should be cheaper

    quarry

    … indirect costs of raw material consumption to the environment: consumption of land, water and unused material. As an example: it takes 70 tonnes of materials to …

  • Press release 45/2018 from 14.12.2018 | Last changed: 20.12.2018

    “To-go coffee" with the Blue Angel

    zwei „Coffee to go“-Becher auf einem Tisch, daneben zwei Papiertütchen mit Zucker

    … must tackle. Disposable cups consume valuable resources such as wood, plastic, water and energy, but they are only used for about 15 minutes. Disposable …

  • Press release 52/2014 from 27.11.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    1st December is Antarctica Day

    waste dump in front of a resaerch station

    … localised environmental problems on the Fildes peninsula, the problem of underwater noise from shipping and research is becoming large-scale in the southern … Antarctica The Antarctic, in contrast to the Arctic, is a continent surrounded by water. For hundreds of years it had a giant ice cover and was left virtually …

  • Press release 19/2015 from 23.05.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Effects of climate change clearly noticeable in Germany

    puny corn crops in very dry soil

    … had to cut back their electricity production because of a shortage in cooling water due to extended drought. Rising temperatures also lead to higher health risks …