An association of leading companies that manufacture, use and recycle packaging
Representation of interests and information centre

Specialist association for a functioning closed loop economy in the field of packaging
The AGVU represents the common interests of its members from the retail trade, the consumer goods industry, the packaging industry and the recycling industry in the areas of environmental protection and the closed loop economy. It has acquired the legal status of a professional association that is officially recognised as existing to safeguard the interests of its members, and specialises in well-functioning, economic and environmentally sound packaging and packaging systems.

With the reorganisation of the AGVU and its acquisition of a new legal form, an association has been created for the first time in Germany that brings together the interests of the entire value added chain for the product, packaging - from the raw material through each of the processing stages and sales procedures up to recycling. The mission and task of the AGVU corresponds with the legal situation created out of the closed loop economy law.

United we stand - packaging and the environment. Our name - "Working Party on Packaging + Environment" - is one we take literally. We concentrate, albeit in a comprehensive manner, on the subject of packaging.

As an industrial association, the members of the AGVU are striving with self-confidence for the further development of high environmental standards for packaging and for the lifting of unnecessary burdens on the industry and consumers. It is the aim of the AGVU to see the abolition of special provisions such as local authority packaging taxes, compulsory deposits and refillable quotas. In their place, the AGVU wants the further improvement, both ecologically and economically, of the closed loop economy for packaging, which is based on private enterprise.

Information centre for packaging and packaging policy
Using the experience and innovative skills of its member companies, complemented by specialist and scientific advice from external sources, the AGVU continually provides up-to-date reliable information. We live up to our commitment to provide factual information by adhering to the motto: facts not prejudices.

Strong economic potential
The member companies of the AGVU make a significant contribution to economic stability, economic growth and employment. Some 680,000 people are employed by our members in Germany. Total turnover generated by our member companies in Germany amounts to Euro 150 billion.

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