Climate Adaptation

Meet the First (And Only) German City to Commit to ‘Zero Waste’

  • Northern port city of Kiel to publish action plan in April
  • Germany slow to catch on due to strong record on recycling

Vessels sit docked in the port in Kiel.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Germans are world leaders in recycling, but one city has decided more needs to be done to protect the environment.

Kiel, a Baltic port known for its annual sailing regatta, last year became the first -- and so far only -- German municipality to sign up to the global “Zero Waste” initiative.