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PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY Recycling rate for plastic packaging continues to rise – ZSVR, UBA / Deficits in composite solutions / Waste management organisation calls for improvements to German Packaging Act	10.02.2026
PACKAGING RECYCLING Latest German minimum packaging standard published – ZSVR / Early guidance for companies on PPWR	05.09.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY “You pay for the total weight – not just the plastic content” / Why the Single-Use Plastics Fund Act may become a cost trap for packaging manufacturers / PIE interview with lawyer Christoph Schnoor	01.08.2025
PLASTIC RECYCLING 27th International Waste Plastics Day set to take place on 24-25 June in Germany / PIE market expert Martin Bäcker to give presentation	19.06.2025
WASTE LEGISLATION GERMANY Single-Use Plastics Fund: deadline extended for declaration of volumes / Registrations lower than planned	22.05.2025
INTERVIEW “Neither practical nor fair” / Packaging producer Uwe Fernholz is calling for reform of Germany's Single-Use Plastic Fund Act	01.05.2025
PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY Recycling rate for plastics rising / Major shortfalls for composite solutions / Germany no longer world champion in waste separation – ZSVR / UBA	03.02.2025
PACKAGING GERMANY German federal environment agency considers special levy on dairy-product packaging / Decision receives harsh criticism from associations	11.11.2024
PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY ZSVR publishes new minimum standard / Smaller PE film waste, coextruded PE/PA/EVOH barrier film classed as recyclable	20.09.2024
GERMANY Single-Use Plastics Fund Act: Registration portal now open to foreign companies	15.08.2024
EU ECODESIGN New regulation replaces old directive / Not only “energy-consuming” products affected	29.07.2024
FRANCE Activists say European deposit refund schemes no silver bullet / Surge in consumption expected as one consequence of return systems / Elipso dismisses claims as biased	30.04.2024
PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY Reclaim volumes for plastics, glass decline / Some targets clearly missed / Demand for polymer packaging to ease most	21.12.2023
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
CIRCULAR ECONOMY GERMANY Single-Use Plastic Fund Act: what companies need to know about registration and payment	21.09.2023
PLASTIC PACKAGING Germany unveils new reclaim standard / NC-based printing inks dubbed non-recyclable / Further changes postponed	15.09.2023
PFAS Restrictions could disrupt supply chain, warns European industry / EPA orders Chemours, 3M to do more testing / Insufficient data on ‘forever chemicals'	21.08.2023
COCA-COLA Drinks giant to proceed with virgin resin use in reusable German PET bottles / Company demands 'first access' to rPET	16.08.2023
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Germany sets up digital platform for SUP fees / Registration starts in January 2024	06.06.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY Germany: Federal Council approves special levy for single-use plastics / Manufacturers of plastic products will be on the hook as of 2025 / Registration begins in 2024	12.04.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY German federal cabinet approves law to set up a single-use plastics fund / Trade associations criticise unnecessary bureaucratic costs	11.11.2022
PACKAGING GERMANY Covid-led consumption falls slightly in 2020 / More waste in households, decline in trade and industry	09.11.2022
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Draft law calls for processors to pay for disposal of throwaway products / Packaging group claims proposal flouts EU regs	08.04.2022
KANEKA Upscale of PHBH in Japan to 20,000 t/y / Biodegradable polymer	15.02.2022
LOGISTICS New HGV toll system in the Czech Republic / Threat of heavy fines / German environment agency wants to raise toll charges	19.12.2019