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Press release 2/2014 from 15.01.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

More ecofriendliness in food sector necessary

… greenhouse gases. Germans each consumed an average of 60 kilogrammes of meat in 2012. For the sake of making livestock farming more environmentally friendly, the …

Press release 50/2013 from 30.12.2013 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

Geo-Engineering: Commercial fertilization of oceans finally banned

… London Protocol had agreed until 2010 upon non-binding control mechanisms. Then, in 2012, another highly controversial fertilization project was carried out off the …

Press release 08/2020 from 18.02.2020 | Last changed: 28.02.2020

German environmental industry remains strong

… share worldwide declined even more sharply: from 18.2% in 2002-2006 to 13.5% in 2012-2016. However, Germany still ranks among the three top in patent applications …

Press release 79/2008 from 17.11.2008 | Last changed: 17.07.2013

Germany now involved in more than 100 international climate protection projects

… with up to 22 percent of their allocation of emission allowances for the years 2008-2012 in credits from a CDM. According to estimates by the World Bank, there were …

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

… Delivery pizza alone accounts for a rise in packaging waste of 170% in the 2000-2012 period, and exponentially more for coffee "to go". In addition to packaging …

Press release 42/2014 from 07.10.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

Environmental quality and innovation go hand in hand: nominations for the Bundespreis Ecodesign 2014 (German Federal Ecodesign Award)

eight persons of the jury at the former airport Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin

… Federal Environment Agency have awarded the Bundespreis Ecodesign every year since 2012 in collaboration with IDZ Internationales Design Zentrum Berlin. The initiative …

Press release 40/2021 from 29.09.2021 | Last changed: 04.10.2021

25 projects nominated for the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2021

Jury of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2021

… with the International Design Center Berlin, have hosted the competition since 2012. Prizes are awarded in four categories: product, service, concept and young …

Press release 88/09 from 02.12.2009 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

This is the state of the environment in Germany - Federal Environment Agency breaks it down

… has thereby reached its stated reduction goal of an average 21 percent in the 2008-2012 period, ahead of schedule and even undercutting it. This success was …

Press release 21/09 from 21.04.2009 | Last changed: 28.06.2013

TV sets to consume less energy

… 415 and 375 kWh. The requirements are due to become even more stringent after April 2012. Another new regulation would set that after 7 January 2010, TVs on standby may …

Press release 39/2017 from 27.11.2017 | Last changed: 05.12.2017

Rethinking it: Winners of the 6th German Ecodesign Award

Grafik mit grünem Hintergrund. Darauf ein weißer Papierflieger.

… German Environment Agency have announced the annual German Ecodesign Award Since 2012 (German: Bundespreis Ecodesign). The competition rewards innovative, ecological …

Press release 28/2015 from 04.08.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

Environmental data shows that transport sector is not on course in environmental protection

… are among Europe's leaders in recycling: 70 per cent of all waste was recycled (2012 data). "But it is not enough merely to redeem as many reusable materials as …

Press release 27/2022 from 08.06.2022 | Last changed: 06.02.2024

Levin Westermann named winner of German Prize for Nature Writing 2022

in einem dunklen Gehölz fällt Licht auf einen alten abgebrochenen Baum

… as a freelance writer in Biel. His poetry debut unbekannt verzogen, published in 2012, was followed by the poetry volumes 3511 Zwetajewa (2017), bezüglich der …