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Press release 02/2020 from 13.01.2020 | Last changed: 29.01.2020

Federal Ecodesign Award 2020: Contest entries welcome from mid-January through April

… pressure. How can products, product parts and their materials be kept in the substance cycle as long as possible? How can they mitigate harmful environmental …

Press release 37/11 from 28.07.2011 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

Testing for human pollutant exposure in Europe

… known as human biomonitoring (HBM), helps to determine whether and to what extent substances are absorbed and what average exposure levels are. Comprehensive and …

Press release 35/2010 from 11.06.2010 | Last changed: 19.07.2013

Import of waste requiring authorisation continues at high rate

… t), asbestos contaminated waste (300,000 t), used wood containing hazardous substances (270,000 t), and residue from waste incineration installations (280,000 …

Press release 15/2017 from 24.04.2017 | Last changed: 19.05.2017

Hendricks: "Germany must reduce its ecological footprint to a tolerable level"

… also by the rapid loss of biodiversity, disruption of the nitrogen and phosphorus substance cycles and by the great ecological, economic and societal risks posed by …

Press release 26/2008 from 10.04.2008 | Last changed: 16.07.2013

Fluorinated greenhouse gases: New EU regulations governing refrigeration and air conditioning systems

… stationary refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pump systems in Germany. These substances do up to several thousands of times more damage to the climate than …

Newsletter from 20.10.2017 | Last changed: 20.10.2017

Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 5/2017

… of our UBA Aktuell newsletter is about responsible resource management, reducing Substances of Very High Concern in consumer goods and, of course, about climate … international level Chemicals in articles: EU LIFE Projekt AskREACH started Certain substances are harmful to man and the environment. The AskREACH project will raise …

KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

GE-I-8: Index – case study

The picture shows a man’s upper arm in focus. The man is lifting the sleeve of his T-shirt with two fingers. In contrast with the skin previously covered by the T-shirt, the part of the skin that has been exposed to sunlight looks very red.

… with Climate Change – 2022 Assessment Report. Montreal (Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer), 372 pp. … with Climate Change – 2022 Assessment Report. Montreal (Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer), 372 pp. …

Newsletter from 26.04.2018 | Last changed: 26.04.2018

Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2018

… for Bisphenol A On 15.1.2018, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added seven substances of very high concern to its REACH candidates list and updated its entry … Baltic Sea are in a poor state. The negative impact of fishing, food waste, harmful substances, rubbish and underwater noise is considerable. This was the conclusion …

Press release 10/2020 from 12.03.2020 | Last changed: 18.03.2020