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The design and environment experts of the jury have nominated 34 projects for the 2015 Federal Ecodesign Award. The selected projects stand out because of their convincing design and environmental friendliness. The nominated projects include products and concepts to promote recycling in the areas of fashion, mobility, logistics and nutrition.

The pace of environmental protection in the agriculture sector over the past 30 years has clearly been too slow. Many known problems such as high nitrogen inputs to soil and air remain unsolved despite improvements.

The prize will be awarded this year to businesses which have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to protecting the environment and climate.

UBA: Focus more attention on large-size plastic litter

New EU regulations make heating units and water heaters more sustainable and provide guidelines for new purchases. The regulations specify a gradual establishment of limit values for energy efficiency and emissions and introduce energy labelling requirements.

Support from the Federal Environment Agency

Whether it is car sharing or shared housing – lending, exchange or shared usage is in fashion.

Significantly more court decisions taken on exports of waste to Africa and Eastern Europe

The transport sector is the only sector which has failed to reduce its emissions since 1990

More than half of the registration dossiers governed by the European REACH Regulation are not compliant with at least one of the seven screened data requirements, for example information on mutagenicity. These are the conclusions of a study carried out by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA).

New interactive map shows old pollutant loads