Stories about Sustainability

European Capital of Smart Tourism

Helsinki and Lyon awarded titles of 2019 European Capitals of Smart Tourism

Öko-Institut e.V.

EU collection rate: More than half of all batteries disappear

Press release Freiburg/Berlin, 31 October 2018 EU collection rate: More than half of all batteries disappear Poor collection rates for portable batteries, inadequate targets for lithium-ion batteries and a lack of incentives for those responsible to collect more waste batteries. An Oeko-Institut led study - in collaboration with Trinomics - for the ...

Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)

The DBU highlights the importance of the oceans for climate, biodiversity and food supply

Erfurt (ots) - German Environmental Prize awarded to marine biologist Antje Boetius and a team of wastewater experts from Leipzig The German Environmental Foundation (DBU) has awarded the German Environmental Prize for the 26th time. Today in Erfurt, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the Head of the Board of Trustees of the DBU and Parliamentary State ...

European Bioplastics

Reduction of single-use plastics needs to tie in with circular economy actions and consumption realities in Europe

Berlin (ots) - The European Parliament approved yesterday its report on the draft Directive on Marine Pollution and Single-use Plastics. "European Bioplastics fully supports the transition from a linear to a circular economy. Bioplastics enable more sustainable solutions for a range of products", says François de ...

Bundesverband BioEnergie e.V.

Climate Protection in transport: International Conference on Renewable Mobility "Fuels of the Future 2019" - the programme is online

Berlin (ots) - The programme for the 16th International Conference on Renewable Mobility "Fuels of the Future" at www.fuels-of-the-future.com , which will take place on 21/22 January 2019 in Berlin, is now online. Negotiations on the global climate agreement in Katowice in December 2018 (COP24) mark a further ...

WSSCC

India hosts the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention / 29th September to 2nd October 2018, New Delhi

New Delhi (ots) - Ministers and sanitation sector leaders from around the world will convene this month at the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC) in New Delhi. Hosted by the Government of India, this event will be an opportunity for delegates to exchange sanitation successes and best ...