Anyone looking for a new LED light bulb in a DIY store or specialist retailer today is faced with an almost overwhelming choice: classic bulb shapes, matt or clear, warm white to cool white, decorative filament bulbs, dimmable or smart controllable, including colour change.

Smartphones have become an integral part of life for young and old alike. However, their manufacture, use and disposal have a massive impact on the environment.

It has now been over ten years since Wiltz became the first municipality in Luxembourg to introduce financial assistance for repairs to household appliances (“repair bonus”). The Oekozenter Pafendall, the Mouvement Ecologique and O ekotopten.lu have strongly advocated for this important instrument with the state and other municipalities.

Key mobility policy issues were discussed in a recent meeting with the Minister for Mobility. The focus was particularly on the National Mobility Plan 2035 and questions regarding its concrete implementation.

High levels of the forever chemical TFA found in everyday cereal products across Europe, including Luxembourg

As far as our organisation is concerned, the dialogue is neither good nor bad… it is simply non-existent. It is also not true that individual dossiers are being discussed or that meetings are held.

During a recent meeting with Finance Minister Gilles Roth, several files of particular relevance from an environmental perspective – and within the remit of the Ministry of Finance – were discussed.

Years ago, Mouvement Ecologique introduced the “Mecoskop” tool: www.mecoskop.lu . This allows us to determine the extent to which 77 selected promises made by the government in the coalition agreement are being implemented… or not.

There is currently pressure from various quarters on the Ministry of Education to relax the criteria for the procurement of food in school canteens.