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  • Press release 55/09 from 04.08.2009 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    REACH and plastics recycling

    … recycling privilege as per Article 2(7)(d) REACH and a pragmatic interpretation of substance identification with regard to impurities. Reporting obligations In …

  • Press release 33/2022 from 29.06.2022 | Last changed: 27.07.2022

    From 1 July: 25,000 additional collection sites for waste electrical and electronic equipment

    old washing machines pile up at a recycling center

    … raw materials and resources and to remove environmentally harmful components and substances from the cycle. If a grocery retailer with a total sales area of at least … municipality to municipality. Beside the businesses with a take-back obligation listed above, manufacturers and other smaller vendors can also take back WEEE free …

  • Press release 44/2022 from 12.10.2022 | Last changed: 13.10.2022

    Only ten percent of Germany’s water ecologically intact, despite progress made

    Lake with reed belt and jetty

    … way from the fields into the river from where they enter the groundwater. Too many substances harmful to water bodies are also still being discharged via sewage … and measures at the sources of chemical inputs could also help to reduce inputs of substances harmful to water bodies from the outset. The forecasts on the development …

  • Press release 05/2020 from 11.02.2020 | Last changed: 19.02.2020

    Air quality 2019: Trend in NO2 decline continues

    Eine Straße, in der sich Autos stauen.

    … Ozone is formed during intense solar radiation by complex reactions of precursor substances, usually nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. Most nitrogen oxides are generated by traffic, whereas volatile organic substances are formed by solvents such as varnishes and paints, adhesives and …

  • Appointment from 14.10.2022 | Last changed: 26.10.2022

    International Conference: Microplastics in Soils

    The issue of microplastics in soils - a danger for humans and the environment? You can see a hand with a magnifying glass examining the soil.

    … form. It is not possible, or only possible with great effort, to remove undesirable substances from soils. Healthy soils are crucial for food security as the world’s …

  • Press release 18/2020 from 11.05.2020 | Last changed: 15.05.2020

    National alliance champions more use of the bio-bin

    auf einem Gehweg steht vor einer grünen Hecke eine braune Mülltonne, auf der "Bioabfälle" steht und aus der Gartenabfälle herausgucken

    … as part of the Aktion Biotonne Deutschland. 145 cities and rural districts are listing their local service number for consumer to address questions about the …

  • Press release 070/08 from 23.10.2008 | Last changed: 19.07.2013

    Information on energy-efficient city lighting

    … on their products, the best of which have now been put together in a catalogue. The list is not so much a complete market overview as it is up-to-date insight into …

  • Newsletter from 25.10.2023 | Last changed: 25.10.2023

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 5/2023

    … project compiled data on disinfection by-products (DBPs) as well as biocidal active substances from product types (PTs) 1-5, 11 and 12. DBP formation potential of each … In a modeling approach, distribution of selected DBPs and biocidal active substances for applications in solution and on surfaces was estimated. The formation … on the current toxicological and epidemiological data on 20 perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS, C4-C13 carboxylic and sulfonic acids) regulated in the Drinking …

  • News from 16.05.2024 | Last changed: 11.12.2025

    EU adopts new rules to combat greenwashing in advertising

    eine Frau liest im Baumarkt den Text auf einem Farbeimer im Regal

    … claims. General prohibitions of certain commercial practices (amendment to the list of unfair commercial practices / Annex I) General environmental claims (e.g. … claims based on the offsetting of greenhouse gas emissions are included in the list of unfair practices and are therefore severely restricted. This means that …

  • News from 09.06.2017 | Last changed: 13.11.2024

    Special issue: Human Biomonitoring 2016 now published

    Titelseite des Sonderheftes „Human Biomonitoring 2016“

    … exposome in practice: Design of the EXPOsOMICS project New HBM values for emerging substances, inventory of reference and HBM values in force and working principles of …