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  • Press release 29/08 from 15.04.2008 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Noise Awareness Day 2008

    … vehicle tyres”, continued Troge. Press release No. 29/08 | 15.04.2008   Noise can cause illness. This has been proven in studies commissioned by UBA.  The risk of … over 65 decibels. There is a direct correlation between aircraft noise and higher use of pharmaceutical drugs to treat high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, …

  • Press release 12/2016 from 04.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Emissions trading: Industrial emissions again practically unchanged in 2015

    furnace with fire

    … row. “The relatively constant level of emissions from industrial installations is cause for concern with respect to the reductions which are necessary in the long term. … and natural gas declined by 0.4 percent and 1 percent, respectively, whereas greenhouse gas emissions from the use of hard coal increased by 1 percent. These developments occurred despite a rise …

  • Press release 11/2016 from 22.03.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Gravel-bed streams - our water body type of the year 2016

    the river Elbe in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains

    … The "gravel-bed stream" includes the Rhine river between Lake Constance and Leverkusen, the Danube, the upper reaches of the Elbe and Weser and the lower courses of … The "water body type of the year" campaign is an effort by UBA to promote the cause of liveable water bodies and the issues of water pollution control. The … coincides with information campaigns about the special characteristics, aspects of use and risk potential for the selected water body type. An interactive map of …

  • Press release 10/2025 from 07.03.2025 | Last changed: 12.03.2025

    Consumer protection: Second-hand platforms put to the test

    Frau kauft online Kleidung am Laptop ein.

    … with misleading environmental claims (known as “greenwashing”) was being used. The findings showed that around 45 per cent of the websites examined in the … these consumers benefit collectively from the discovery und subsequent remedy of abuses and violations by companies operating throughout Europe. The sweep is not a …

  • Press release 27/2015 from 22.07.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Chemicals Regulation REACH: companies must make improvements

    Erklärung des Begriffs REACH: Europäische Chemikalienverordnung zur Registrierung, Bewertung, Zulassung und Beschränkung chemischer Stoffe

    … information. Registration information is important for industrial and commercial users to be able to assess risk potential and to take measures to protect people and … they call for further studies or statutory regulation of a chemical and its use. Incomplete information in the dossier can therefore result in unreliable …

  • Press release 20/2015 from 01.06.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Contest for 'Blue Angel Prize 2015' has started

    Bühne bei der Preisverleihung Blauer Engel-Preis 2012

    … German Sustainability Award. The prize distinguishes companies which support the cause of the Blue Angel ecolabel in an extraordinary way and thereby excel in their … Barbara Hendricks said: "The companies whose products bear the Blue Angel have used the ecolabel to steadily improve the environmental scorecard of their products. …

  • Press release 33/2017 from 15.09.2017 | Last changed: 25.09.2017

    European Mobility Week: “Sharing gets you further“

    a lot of colourful bicycles in a bicycle stand

    … German cities and towns are demonstrating how public means of transport such as buses, trains or car sharing vehicles can help to solve the challenge. Their … be operated as a business on a large scale. The citizens of Sao Paolo (Brazil) are using parking space in a new and different way to make room for community living in … German cities and towns are demonstrating how public means of transport such as buses, trains or car sharing vehicles can help to solve the challenge. Their …

  • Press release 15/2021 from 31.03.2021 | Last changed: 07.04.2021

    Award for sustainable building UMWELT & BAUEN 2021: call for entries

    Reihenhäuser mit Solaranlagen auf dem Dach

    … entries is 25 May 2021 2020 winner in the category "Residential building": Townhouses StadtFinken Hamburg Source: Claus Morgenstern The UMWELT & BAUEN award, … attention of more and more private and public building owners. And rightly so - because the building sector consumes raw materials and energy resources, and building … videos on the award-winning examples of sustainability which the winners can then use for their own public relations work. Furthermore, all award-winning projects are …