Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister

PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE EU rules for recycled plastic materials with food contact: “When in doubt, avoid imported goods” / PIE interview with recycling expert Herbert Snell, vice-president of bvse	09.10.2024
RECYCLING AUSTRIA Cost pressure from low-priced virgin material / Slump in PET recycling volumes / Expansion of Müllendorf site	19.08.2024
PACKAGING GERMANY Planned plastics tax favours paper composites – GVM study	04.06.2024
PACKAGING ZSVR's English-language packaging product catalogue to help companies outside Germany meet law obligations	10.04.2024
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
PLASTIC PACKAGING Germany unveils new reclaim standard / NC-based printing inks dubbed non-recyclable / Further changes postponed	15.09.2023
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
PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY Dual Systems satisfied with recovery volumes and recycling quotas for 2021 / Fewer exports of plastic packaging – ZSVR	05.01.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY German federal cabinet approves law to set up a single-use plastics fund / Trade associations criticise unnecessary bureaucratic costs	11.11.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING Converters groan under burden of high energy prices / Threat of production cutbacks / Barrier materials still tight / Can the use of recyclate be a gamechanger?	24.10.2022
PLASTICS RECYCLING German packaging agency updates minimum standards / Tougher rules for paper-plastic containers / Exception for PA in co-ex films	13.09.2022
PLASTICS PACKAGING GERMANY Amendment of Packaging Act comes into force / Companies that put packaging on the market required to register in database / No exception for global online retailers, to-go sector	10.06.2022
RECLAY Consulting company RecycleMe opens site in Slovakia / First deposit system launched in the country	02.03.2022
FUTURE ATELIER: CIRCULAR ECONOMY Climate, recycling, and more – can the plastics industry reverse the trend with a focus on recyclates? / A PIE discussion panel with experts	22.12.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Bundestag adopts amendment to packaging act / Deposits to be mandatory on all plastic beverage bottles / IK raises concerns about rPET availability	13.05.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY German cabinet approves amendment to packaging law / Reusable containers could become mandatory / Concerns over availability of rPET	26.01.2021
NOVENTIZ UK's Reconomy to acquire German waste disposal service provider / "Duales System" companies prove attractive	13.11.2020
RECYCLING GERMANY Despite Remondis' concessions, German antitrust authority likely to reject merger / Decision deadline for DSD takeover extended to end of July	03.07.2019
INTERVIEW Jürgen Bruder, head of German plastic packaging association IK / Over half of domestic plastic packaging is already recycled / Plans in progress to improve eco-design and recyclate use	22.01.2018