From the outside, Germany is viewed as a prosperous country with low unemployment. But new figures shed light on the increasing number of people turning to food banks.
The Parliament of the European Union has voted to ban single use plastics across the bloc. The ban is expected to come into effect within the next two years.
Could your junk be someone else's fortune? The Berlin Senate is encouraging people to think so as part of its mission to make the city more environmentally-friendly.
In a warehouse in the western Germany city of Cologne, bottles of deodorant and shower gel plastered with the face of football manager Joachim Löw are stacked all the way up to the ceiling.
Germany on Wednesday paved the way for nuclear power plant operators to pay âŹ23.5 billion towards managing atomic waste, in a deal critics say lets firms get off too lightly.
Germany may not have a final storage facility for its nuclear waste up and running until the next century, an expert report released on Tuesday suggested.
Federal statistics office Destatis reported on Tuesday that each German compiled about a horse's weight in garbage annually, more than most other European countries.
This year the Taxpayers' Alliance (BdS) has focused on unprofitable businesses run by local governments in its annual "Black Book" of government waste - but still found space to name and shame some of the biggest money sinks in Germany.
Restaurants should offer smaller portions and take-out containers to pack up uneaten food to reduce food waste, Germany's consumer minister and a leading restaurant organisation said on Wednesday.
âBin divingâ is no longer only a last resort for the homeless or a statement made by the politically idealistic - it is going mainstream. We sent our foodie reporter Jessica Ware to dive head first into some of Berlin's smellier bins.
Germans chuck out nearly 82 kilos of food every year each, including fruit and vegetables that are the âwrong sizeâ or do not look attractive, a new study has shown.
âShit Happens,â a new citizensâ initiative in Berlin, is attempting to use humour to create awareness of the cityâs substantial dog doo problem.
