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February 19, 2021Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Implementation of a sustainable and climate neutral Germany Presidency of the EU Council in the second half of 2020

Sustainable and climate-neutral events can contribute to sustainable consumption and production practises.

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Guidelines and Manuals
Sectors
Water
Food & Beverage
Transport
Waste, incl. Chemicals
Energy
Consumer Goods
Buildings and construction
Policy
January 6, 2020Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG)

The ElektroG incentivizes that electrical and electronic equipment is designed to be less polluting and that WEEE is avoided...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument
Policy
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January 6, 2020Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

German Resource Efficiency Programme III

The programme is aimed at safeguarding a sustainable supply of raw materials, enhancing resource efficiency in production...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Project
December 17, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Campaign "No to the Throwaway-Society" ("Nein zur Wegwerfgesellschaft")

Formulation of six different slogans/six different themes (https://www.bmu.de/wenigeristmehr/nein-zur-wegwerfgesellschaft...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Policy
December 17, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Circular Economy Act

The Circular Economy Act (KrWG) has made people even more aware of the necessity to separate waste, led to the introduction...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument
Policy
December 17, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

5-Point-Plan to Reduce Plastic Waste

The 5-Point-Plan aims to reverse the trend of increasing packaging waste volume and thus contributes to the shift towards a...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Resource
December 17, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Online-Platform lebensmittelwertschaetzen.de

By providing tools to avoid food waste and by spreading best-practice examples the website www.lebensmittelwertschätzen.de...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Technical Tools
Sectors
Food & Beverage
Project
December 17, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Federal prize for innovative projects to reduce food waste ("Zu gut für die Tonne! – Bundespreis")

As part of the "Too Good for the Bin!" initiative, the Federal Award "Too Good for the Bin!" contributes to achieving the...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Resource
December 17, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

App "Too good for the bin!" with cooking ideas

As part of the "Too Good for the Bin!" initiative, the "Too Good for the Bin!"-App is helping to achieve the United Nations'...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Technical Tools
Sectors
Food & Beverage
Consumer Goods
Education
Project
November 26, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Paper atlas competition ("Wettbewerb Papieratlas")

In 2019 more than 180 municipalities and universities participated in the paper atlas competition. On average, the 102 large...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Project
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November 26, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Communication Campaign: Blue Angel - the German Ecolabel: 40 Years

Through the communication campaign, a high number of consumers got in touch with "The Blue Angel", either on Social Media...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Project
November 21, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Competence Center for Sustainable Public Procurement

Sustainability criteria are becoming more and more important for public procurement as well. Government and public...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)