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The flustix forecast for 2023: more innovations, fight against greenwashing, less packaging

The flustix forecast for 2023: more innovations, fight against greenwashing, less packaging 1920 768 Flustix

ATTITUDE WITH BISS The EU Commission has launched a strengthening of the Packaging Regulation. A really big thing, bold and ambitious. The central innovations: The proportion of primary raw materials…

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New EU packaging regulation: The effects are particularly drastic for shopping and traveling

New EU packaging regulation: The effects are particularly drastic for shopping and traveling 1920 768 Flustix

The EU is putting on pressure: waste-intensive packaging is to be banned, reusable and recycling solutions massively promoted – for this, the responsible Commission has proposed a revision of the…

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Greenwashing and microplastics alarm: the German World Cup jersey business failed completely

Greenwashing and microplastics alarm: the German World Cup jersey business failed completely 1920 768 Flustix

The German national team has already bowed out of the World Cup in Qatar after the preliminary round – an embarrassment for fans, and an economic disaster for the sponsor…

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Secondhand for Christmas? Nine reasons why used gifts bring joy

Secondhand for Christmas? Nine reasons why used gifts bring joy 1920 768 Flustix

You want to conserve resources, escape the Christmas rush and also save money? Then try secondhand Christmas gifts. Having a hard time with that? Then read through these nine reasons.…

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Christmas 2022: Second-hand is in full trend

Christmas 2022: Second-hand is in full trend 953 375 Flustix

By our author Ulrike Seidel The neighbor’s child’s used bicycle, a puzzle from Ebay classifieds or grandpa’s old violin – many parents will put a secondhand gift under the Christmas…

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Climate crisis: Why are we looking away, even though we can still prevent the catastrophe?

Climate crisis: Why are we looking away, even though we can still prevent the catastrophe? 1920 768 Flustix

The Netflix movie “Don’t Look Up” is polarizing. If you look at the various rating portals on the Internet, you will notice that there are only a few differentiated ratings…

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Microplastic-free, no particulate matter: ZEDU-1 to become the greenest car of all time

Microplastic-free, no particulate matter: ZEDU-1 to become the greenest car of all time 1920 768 Flustix

Cars keep on being major polluters: Not only exhaust gases, but also particulate matter and microplastic emissions are among the causes of mobility-related environmental pollution. A prototype designed by the…

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Five pieces of news that give hope that we can still save the climate

Five pieces of news that give hope that we can still save the climate 1920 768 Flustix

The daily news about extreme weather disasters, deadly forest fires, melting glaciers and climate crisis denying heads of state are inflationary and disillusioning – we from flustix therefore also look…

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Lost in the label jungle? How (un)familiar green labels really are

Lost in the label jungle? How (un)familiar green labels really are 1920 768 Flustix

Bio and vegan, MSC and Oekotex: on the yogurt pot, the sock wrapper or the glass cleaner – small colorful sustainability seals are now plastered everywhere, often even several next…

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Greenpeace trackers expose illegal waste exports from Germany

Greenpeace trackers expose illegal waste exports from Germany 1920 768 Flustix

Do German companies continue to export plastic waste to Turkey and Southeast Asia despite the ban? Research by Greenpeace suggests that they do: using trackers, the environmental protection organization has…

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