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  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 11.01.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Water Resources, Water Management, Coastal and Marine Protection

    People standing on a seat bench surrounded by water

    … of storm surges are added to this, which can affect the water balance and cause major damage. last update on 11.01.2022 Water Resources/ Water Management Low … Stress or failure of flood protection systems: Technical flood protection has been used for centuries. As a rule, the statistically calculated probability of … used for agriculture, and there are also isolated settlement areas and tourist uses. Overloading of the drainage facilities may occur more frequently in the future …

  • Press release 17/2021 from 13.04.2021 | Last changed: 04.05.2021

    Plastics in the environment: Transport, building sectors and agriculture are major sources

    Plastikteilchen

    … (littered) waste continues to rise. The national transposition of the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive on 3 July 2021 will provide very effective stimulus to combat … a large part of plastic input comes from products that are manufactured for and used in environmentally friendly applications - e.g. agricultural foils, …

  • Press release 03/2018 from 23.01.2018 | Last changed: 14.02.2018

    Reducing the input of antibiotics from agricultural livestock husbandry into the environment

    Zeichnung mit folgenden Motiven: Traktor mit Güllebehälter und Schleppschlauchvorrichtung zur Gülleausbringung, Veterinärzeichen, Rind, Schwein, Pute, Hühner

    … data have yet been collected. This is especially important for antibiotics because they can promote the formation of resistant pathogens in soil and water. Also … the presence of antibiotics residues in the environment from becoming a problem because this could promote the development of resistances.” Both antibiotics and … assessment of veterinary medicines. This would apply, for example, to the commonly used antibiotic sulfamethazine, which is used to treat respiratory and intestinal …

  • Press release 33/2021 from 23.07.2021 | Last changed: 02.08.2021

    First Blue Angel award for concrete products containing recycled aggregates

    Übergabe

    … sand as well as landfill capacities. "Recycled building materials are still little used in the building industry, although there is technically nothing that speaks … must for us, in order to offer a very good solution to all builders who care about using eco-friendly products", says Christian Rinn, Managing Director of the …

  • DzU article from 08.10.2025 | Last changed: 08.10.2025

    Indicator: Recycling municipal waste

    A graph shows the proportions of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total quantity of municipal waste from 2002 to 2023. During this period the proportion of recycled municipal waste rose from 56.1 to 67.2 percent.

    … paper, glass, packaging and organic wastes. This saves raw materials, decreases the use of primary energy and therefore reduces carbon dioxide emissions. In the past it … targets for the recycling of municipal waste (including preparation for re-use) taking into account a new output-based calculation method: 55 % by 2025, 60 % … Related publications Indicators in the area of sustainable resource use and circular economy Indicators for sustainable management of chemicals 2023 …

  • Green procurement: Article / Tender recommendation / Environmental criteria from 08.06.2020 | Last changed: 14.03.2025

    Software

    Binärer Code auf einem Bildschirm.

    … What’s more, when it comes to hardware efficiency (in terms of processor capacity use, RAM, non-volatile memory and data transfer), there are substantial differences … What’s more, when it comes to hardware efficiency (in terms of processor capacity use, RAM, non-volatile memory and data transfer), there are substantial differences …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    LW-R-2 + 3: Cultivating thermophilic crops and adapting variety spectrum

    … for cultivation in German cultivation areas. Although the cultivation terrain used for growing the internationally popular red grape varieties of Merlot and … in growing certain crops is also reflected in the development of the terrain used for the production of seed material. Especially over the past seven years, a …

  • Press release 36/2016 from 22.11.2016 | Last changed: 01.03.2017

    Grocery discounters should offer more deposit bottle beverages

    returnable glass bottles with mineral water in a crate

    … 30 per cent more packaging waste than 20 years ago A returnable bottle replaces the use of up to 40 one-way bottles or cans. Source: Sauerlandpics / Fotolia.com The … that consumers are supportive of waste avoidance with many who have given up single-use bags", said UBA's President Maria Krautzberger during a campaign week of waste … waste in general rose by over 30 per cent between 1996 and 2014. Private households account for the majority of this due to packaging for beverages, groceries …

  • Press release 08/11 from 10.02.2011 | Last changed: 28.06.2013

    UBA says recent electricity price hikes excessive

    … economic sense. If microeconomic costs only are considered in the promotion of the use of renewable energies, other important factors are ignored: on a macroeconomic … on the electricity exchange and thus to the rise in the EEG levy. This is because renewables edge the most expensive electricity suppliers out of the market. As a … costs it incurs.  Without these distortions of competition many of the technologies used in renewable energies would already be competitive and thereby considerably …

  • Press release 39/2018 from 29.11.2018 | Last changed: 06.12.2018

    Raw material consumption increases once again – to 16.1 tonnes per capita and year

    Ein Braunkohletagebau

    … electrical and electronic equipment. This has to change." According to the latest Use of Natural Resources Report by UBA, raw material consumption in Germany has … some 1.3 billion tonnes of fossil fuels, minerals, ores and biomass per year. UBA's Use of Natural Resources Report claims that the majority of raw material consumption …