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  • Press release 34/2016 from 11.11.2016 | Last changed: 10.02.2017

    Resource-efficient products should be cheaper

    quarry

    … less grit. Product-specific recycled material ratios: Recycled material ratios in plastics production should be established at European level with the aim of increasing the use of secondary plastics. This could include provisions to increase the minimum share of recycled …

  • Press release 22/08 from 03.04.2008 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

    The fight against rubbish and stink: advice on ecological spring cleaning

    … valuable precious metals such as gold, indium, and platinum, as well as steel and plastics. Disposing of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the … valuable precious metals such as gold, indium, and platinum, as well as steel and plastics. Disposing of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the …

  • Press release 42/2022 from 29.09.2022 | Last changed: 04.10.2022

    Pandemic triggered slight decline in 2020 packaging consumption

    Separated packaging in the household, collected in boxes. Glass, cardboard, plastic, etc.

    … per cent in 2020. Tinplate is used as packaging for paints, varnishes and glazes. Plastic packaging consumption increased. Following 2019, which marked the first … as follows: Glass 79.7% Paper, cardboard 84.2% Ferrous metal 87.5% Aluminium 62.1% Plastics 46.2% Wood 32.6% A new calculation method no longer enables a comparison of …

  • Press release 13/2019 from 21.05.2019 | Last changed: 27.05.2019

    A coffee date with the Blue Angel

    Viele Becher von FairCup.

    … money. Disposable cups also mean consumption of valuable resources such as wood and plastic and their production requires water and energy. In stark contrast, the … that may cause harm to the environment or health. The products must not be made of plastics containing polycarbonate or melamine, which might release bisphenol A. Cups …

  • Press release 40/2018 from 29.11.2018 | Last changed: 04.12.2018

    Another toy awarded with the Blue Angel

    Bioblo-bausteine vor einem Logo des Blauen Engel

    … in products Bioblo construction blocks: 60% sustainable sawdust, 40% recycled plastics Source: Umweltbundesamt The Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) and … It consists of 60 percent sawdust from native conifers and 40 percent recycled plastics. The latter is produced in a resource-efficient upcycling process using …

  • Press release 21/2024 from 14.05.2024 | Last changed: 03.06.2024

    29 municipalities honoured for their exemplary organic waste collection

    auf einem Gehweg steht vor einer grünen Hecke eine braune Mülltonne, auf der "Bioabfälle" steht und aus der Gartenabfälle herausgucken

    … latest “German Organic Waste Bin Campaign” succeeds in halving the proportion of plastic in separately collected organic waste Kitchen and garden waste, if collected … by type. We know that considerable quantities are not yet collected or contain plastics and other foreign substances. Improving this is a joint task for everyone …

  • Press release 43/2023 from 04.12.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    Current recycling review: Successes, failures and challenges

    Recycling trägt zur Ressourcenschonung bei

    … targets for the recycling of paper/cardboard/cartons, tinplate, aluminium and plastic packaging and in some cases even significantly exceeded them. This means that significant quantities of these materials continue to be recycled. For plastic packaging, for example, the actual feed-in rate for mechanical recycling was … with the positive recycling results of the dual systems, especially for metal and plastic packaging. We are currently particularly concerned about other composite …

  • Newsletter from 22.08.2018 | Last changed: 22.08.2018

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 4/2018

    … quantities of waste packaging Between the years 2000 and 2016, the consumption of plastic packaging increased by about 74 percent. Source: Umweltbundesamt In Germany … of packaging continues to grow. Between the years 2000 and 2016, the consumption of plastic packaging increased by approximately 74 percent. In 2016, 70 percent of …

  • Newsletter from 09.02.2023 | Last changed: 09.02.2023

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 1/2023

    … of waste: new right to “reusable packaging to go” and planned levy on single-use plastic Replacing single-use to-go packaging with reusable packaging cuts waste and … a reusable alternative applies to all packaging that is made entirely or partly of plastic. For beverages, it applies to all single-use cups, – regardless of the … yet widespread everywhere. Furthermore, single-use packaging that does not contain plastic, such as pizza boxes, is currently still exempt from the new regulation. A …