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  • News from 18.03.2015 | Last changed: 01.04.2015

    4th waste water treatment stage financed by waste water charge?

    a waste water treatment plant in the city Dresden

    … 4th waste water treatment stage financed by waste water charge? The waste water charge could help finance the upgrading of large … – pharmaceuticals, for example – which are present in waterbodies. … 4th waste water treatment stage financed by waste water charge? …

  • Press release 36/2018 from 19.11.2018 | Last changed: 06.12.2018

    Only few waste household appliances are properly collected for recycling

    Waschmaschinen auf einem Haufen

    … Only few waste household appliances are properly collected for recycling European Week for … 465,000 tonnes of refrigerators, washing machines and dishwashers disappear through illegal disposal channels or into non-certified processing plants. This is a pure …

  • Press release 33/2020 from 28.07.2020 | Last changed: 29.07.2020

    Residual waste in Germany has nearly halved in 35 years

    volle Restmülltonne

    … Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Residual waste in Germany has nearly halved in 35 years Still too much biowaste and … for the largest share of is disposed in residual waste at around 39 percent. The wastes include kitchen and food scraps, garden waste, other organic waste such as …

  • Press release 37/2014 from 28.08.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Who generates the most waste?

    Overflowing waste bin

    … Who generates the most waste? New mapping service shows international waste streams Statistically speaking, … service (in German) All press releases Related contents Abfallstatistik Tags waste waste statistics … Germany is a major importer of waste. The reason is that …

  • Press release 21/2024 from 14.05.2024 | Last changed: 03.06.2024

    29 municipalities honoured for their exemplary organic waste collection

    auf einem Gehweg steht vor einer grünen Hecke eine braune Mülltonne, auf der "Bioabfälle" steht und aus der Gartenabfälle herausgucken

    … for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection 29 municipalities honoured for their exemplary organic waste collection The latest “German Organic Waste Bin Campaign” succeeds in halving …

  • DzU article from 08.10.2025 | Last changed: 08.10.2025

    Indicator: Recycling municipal waste

    A graph shows the proportions of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total quantity of municipal waste from 2002 to 2023. During this period the proportion of recycled municipal waste rose from 56.1 to 67.2 percent.

    … Indicator: Recycling municipal waste Share of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total amount of … for individual subgroups of municipal waste. Environmental importance Municipal wastes cover a broad range of different types of waste, such as domestic waste, …

  • Press release 25/2020 from 22.06.2020 | Last changed: 06.02.2024

    ZERO WASTE

    Raul Walch. Laborant’s Pause, 2018. Inkjet-Print. Copyright: Raul Walch

    … ZERO WASTE Art exhibition 25 June – 8 November 2020 Raul Walch. Laborant’s Pause, 2018. … future. Using self-imposed climate-friendly rules, the project also questions the wasteful use of resources in the art world and the carbon footprint of this …

  • Press release 12/10 from 04.03.2010 | Last changed: 05.07.2013

    Export of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): plenty of gold, and poison, too

    … Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) Export of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): plenty of gold, and poison, too … for Environment Dr. Norbert Röttgen said, “The study illustrates the scale of illegal export of WEEE while also pointing out that further measures to solve the … electrical and electronic equipment polybrominated diphenyl ethers transfrontier shipment of waste … More than 155,000 tonnes of what is sometimes hazardous …

  • Press release 55/2008 from 24.07.2008 | Last changed: 19.07.2013

    Import of waste subject to authorisation rose in 2007

    … Import of waste subject to authorisation rose in 2007 Federal Environment Agency publishes … decline, imports have resumed their climb despite the ban on storage of organic wastes that entered into force in 2005. However, this volume is still below the … and the principle of the free movement of goods expressly allows for transboundary shipment of waste. The objective of this regulation is to bring waste to a …