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Four common power adaptors in non-stop operation can cost up to 51 euros in electricity per year. The average household of two can save 250 euros through more economical use of energy. A new brochure by the Federal Environment Agency about saving energy in the home explains how to do it without giving up any comfort.

The product life cycle analysis for foods is in a class of its own: fully one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany are traceable to the food sector. Nitrogen surpluses from agriculture contaminate groundwater, while eleven million tonnes of food are discarded and wasted every year.

The Federal Ministry for Environment (BMU) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) awarded the second annual Bundespreis Ecodesign prize today. The 12 prize winners were publicly announced and celebrated at the awards ceremony which was held at the Federal Ministry for Environment in Berlin.