The use of reusable cloth nappies can save large amounts of plastic. More than 90 cities and districts in...

With the Hannoccino cup, Hannover has Germany’s largest municipal deposit system for reusable cups. The local waste management company...

The Roundtable on Marine Litter was established in 2016 as part of an initiative led by the Federal Ministry...

Refill is a German non-profit organization created in 2017 with the aim to reduce single-use plastic, particularly plastic beverage...

Baltic Sea On the island of Usedom in the Baltic Sea, the three “Kaiserbäder” health and sea resorts of...

The Baltic Sea Ashtray aims to combat the most common form of waste on the beaches of Warnemünde, Germany:...

Some German municipalities have actively promoted the introduction of a returnable cup deposit system and supported it in various...

Bremen The Packbuddy campaign in the city of Bremen encourages people to bring their own containers or cups from...

Hamburg In 2016, the senate of the city of Hamburg introduced mandatory “Green Procurement Guidelines” for public procurement. The...

In 2017, the city of Freiburg, Germany, launched a reusable coffee cup scheme to reduce disposable coffee cup waste....