Deutsche Umwelthilfe

WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY Tübingen sets precedent: Konstanz and Freiburg also levying tax on disposable packaging / McDonald's loses legal fight	27.01.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Has requirement to offer reusable packaging for takeaway failed? / Minimal usage rate in 2023 / More municipalities look into packaging tax / New regulation by PPWR?	03.06.2024
BEVERAGE CARTON RECYCLING Palurec plant for recycling plastic-aluminium components increases output	16.04.2024
HYDROGEN Big spender Germany ups budget for renewable product / Subsidies for gas-to-hydrogen plants in the offing	18.03.2024
EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL DEAL Antwerp industry summit proposes revised climate goals for EU / Brudermüller: “Urgent need to enhance Europe's competitiveness“ / Complement or counterweight to green agenda?	23.02.2024
GERMANY Deposit starts for milk products in single-use plastic bottles / Green group wants to include beverage cartons	22.01.2024
PACKAGING GERMANY Cardboard composite: reduced proportion of plastics and no aluminium – manufacturers adjust use of materials / “Acute need for action on recycling capacities!”	14.12.2023
EU PACKAGING WASTE Volumes rise in 2021 / Recycling of plastics also increases	10.11.2023
ENERGY Follow-up: LNG terminal on Rügen greenlighted by German parliament / Economics minister says “not out of the woods” on gas supply	12.07.2023
PLASTICS AND ENERGY Germany completes first marine LNG terminal / Questions about speed of build up	18.11.2022
PACKAGING TAX GERMANY McDonald's branch wins lawsuit against Tübingen waste levy / German environmental aid organisation calls for one-way levy on to-go packaging	06.05.2022
CHEMICAL RECYCLING Most plants worldwide still in test operation / Controversies about risks and benefits / Studies by ecoprog, WWF and DUH	24.02.2022
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE Resin makers to invest billions in chemical recycling	29.07.2021
BEVERAGE CARTON RECYCLING Palurec plant for recycling plastic-aluminium fractions in operation / DUH criticises Germany's official recycling rates	11.05.2021
RECYCLING (Petro)chemical instead of mechanical – or perhaps in addition to? / The future of material recycling for plastic packaging / Pyrolysis, solvolysis and other methods at a glance	08.01.2021
COCA-COLA Drinks giant increases disposable bottles' recycled PET in German market / Environmental action group terms throw-away bottles "show products"	20.11.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY Environmental group accuses Henkel of consumer fraud / Definitions of post-industrial and post-consumer recyclate disputed	17.07.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE Groups call for European Council's support of recycled plastics target / Minimum 35% recyclate in bottles by 2025 / Boost for investments and marine litter prevention	12.11.2018
DENMARK Single-trip bottle deposit extended to juices / Closing the gap to 100% recycling	10.09.2018
ANNUAL REVIEW 2015 Circular economy, recycling, environment: How "green" is Europe's plastics industry? / Plastic bags and one-way cutlery under pressure / Political establishment and industry join hands to combat marine litter	14.12.2015
DISPOSABLE GOODS German environmental organisation launches campaign against coffee-to-go cups / Calls for special 20 cent fee	17.09.2015
COCA-COLA Drinks giant confirms that new PET one-way bottle consists of “100% recycled material” / German environmental group files temporary injunction / Legal quarrel continues	16.09.2015
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT German manufacturer loses second PLA-based carrier bag lawsuit / Appeal to federal court	03.10.2014
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Court dismisses lawsuit against German environmental group over PLA-based bioplastic bags	12.02.2014
INTERVIEW German plastics packaging: Ulf Kelterborn, head of IK business association, talks to PIE about plastic bag bans	11.05.2012