Deutsche Umwelthilfe

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
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT German environmental group sues supermarket chains for misleading customers on biodegradable plastic bags / Carriers said to be problematic to recycle / Compost producers concerned	25.04.2012