Waste | Resources

Federal states must step up imposing fines and producers must avoid more packaging.

200 international experts meeting in Berlin.

Only beer is sold mostly in reusable bottles.

More than 800.000 tonnes of refrigerators, dish washers and other appliances were collected in 2017.

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") .

New UBA study: Numbers, background information, research needs, and measures to combat the plastic flood.

The FairCup start-up is the first company to be awarded the Blue Angel ecolabel for its reusable cup system. FairCup started out as a student project at a vocational training school in Göttingen. The company is now represented all over Germany. The aim of the Blue Angel for resource-saving reusable cup systems (DE-UZ 210) is to reduce the number of disposable cups that are used.

German consumers use 2.8 billion disposable cups per year for hot beverages, an equivalent of 34 cups per person.

Raw material prices must reflect the ecological truth. UBA is calling for more protection of the environment in the mining sector.

Producers subject to mandatory registration must be registered in LUCID packaging registry starting 1 January 2019

Now available in English: UBA's biannual "What Matters" magazine covers current topics in environmental protection. The first edition “Recycling” takes an in-depth look at the circular economy in Germany with a special focus on plastics. The magazine offers data and facts and discusses current problems and possible solutions in Germany’s circular economy.

Germany narrowly missed the collection rate of 45 percent for waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) in 2016. Large household appliances in particular are not being collected in sufficient numbers.