Dear readers,Drinking water is among the foodstuffs which are controlled the best. When limits are exceeded, the problem is often caused by the plumbing inside the houses.The German Environment Agency and bdew have jointly produced an explanatory film called Trinkwasser-Installation - Auf die letzten Meter kommt es an.Other interesting films on disposal of pharmaceuticals and hardness can be found... read more
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More environmental protection in e-commerce
Round-the-clock shopping and (from) anywhere at all – e-commerce makes it all possible. As a result, much of the goods traded are often returned and all too often destroyed. read more
2018 data on air quality: 57 cities exceed the NO2 limit value
German Environment Agency publishes “Gesunde Luft“ magazine on air pollution read more
Online citizen dialogue "GesprächStoff Ressourcen" sparks talk about resource efficiency
From 12 June to 16 July interested citizens can submit their ideas and suggestions for the German federal government's resource conservation policy. Their proposals will be taken into account in the update of the German Resource Efficiency Programme ("ProgRess") . read more
Digitalisation can make consumption more sustainable
Personalised advertisement, instant delivery, virtual shopping assistants and contactless payment show that consumption and digitalisation have become closely linked. A new report from the German Environment Agency (UBA) says it is not yet known whether this link will lead to greater pollution. The current analysis is that digitalisation offers good opportunities to use resources more efficiently. read more
Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2019
Dear Reader,There is almost no better example of today’s “throwaway society” than the “coffee to go” in a disposable cup. In Germany, the number of cups that are used before frequently being carelessly discarded doesn’t just seem huge, it is huge. Read this edition of our newsletter to discover both the facts as well as our proposals for possible steps to counter this trend.Potato peelings and cof... read more
Plastics in the environment
New UBA study: Numbers, background information, research needs, and measures to combat the plastic flood. read more
Emissions trading 2018: German installations cut emissions by 3.5 per cent
The 2018 emissions of the roughly 1,870 stationary installations in Germany recorded in the European Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) amounted to around 422 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2eq). This is a 3.5-percent decrease compared to the previous year. The decline in emissions is chiefly due to lower emissions in the energy industry. read more
