Press Release | 22.11.2023
Fewer bans, More recycling
The European Parliament has finalised its position on the draft EU packaging regulation. The AGVU welcomes the tightening of packaging bans, but sees a need for a better definition of the recyclability of packaging.
Press Release | 11.10.2023
Refill stations must remain optional
EU Packaging Regulation: AGVU calls for industry involvement in developing recycling-friendly design specifications and criticises the push for compulsory refill stations.
Press Release | 23.06.2023
Chemical recycling must be accounted for in the right way
On Thursday, 22 June, the 20th “AGVU Orientation Day” took place. Topics included: Chemical recycling, EU Packaging Regulation and the new version of §21 VerpackG.
Position Paper | 16.05.2023
Position statement on the Draft Law for a European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
AGVU position on the new packaging regulation: concrete recommendations on verifiability of environmental effects, coherence and bureaucracy. Support for planned measures for better recyclability, more recyclate use and lower packaging consumption.
Closing Circuits Together.
The AGVU has been committed to product responsibility for packaging since 1986 and is committed to its environmentally sound and resource-protective use and recycling. The AGVU represents the entire value chain: from the packaging industry to the consumer goods industry and commerce to the dual systems, disposal companies and recyclers.
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„Mülltonnen zu Schatzkisten“ - Staatssekretär Stroetmann blickt auf 25 Jahre Verpackungsverordnung/Verpack.-gesetz zurück. „Das Zauberwort hieß Produktverantwortung und Verursacherprinzip.“ Start zur heutigen, 6. Konferenz Verpackungsrecyclong. @bvse @bde_presse
77 leichte Kunststofftüten wurden
in der EU 2021 durchschn. p.P. genutzt – 11 weniger im Vorjahr. in D wird das Ziel für 2025 (40 Tüten pro Kopf) bereits unterschritten.
Erstmals nahm auch die Nutzung sehr leichter Tragetaschen (Obst&Gemüse) ab. #Ressourcenschonung #destatis
🚩Das Kreislauf-ABC🚩
Zu guter Letzt - Zukunftsthesen:
1⃣ Verpackungen bleiben im Alltag unverzichtbar
2⃣ Weiterhin Materialvielfalt, denn jedes hat eigene Vorteile
3⃣ Verändertes Design für mehr Recycling; andere Farbgebung durch Rezyklateinsatz; wo möglich: Materialreduktion
🚩Das Kreislauf-ABC🚩
Wie kann man die Umweltbilanz verschiedener Verpackungslösungen miteinander vergleichen? Die #LebenszYklusanalyse und ähnliche Methoden messen die Umweltauswirkungen eines Produkts von der Rohstoffgewinnung über Produktion & Nutzung bis hin zur #Entsorgung🌍
🚩Das Kreislauf-ABC🚩
#VerpackG, #PPWR, #WFD - die aktuelle Überarbeitung der Verpackungsregulierung (🇩🇪+🇪🇺) führt zu immer mehr KompleXität. Problematisch: Zielkonflikte, wie parallele Reduktion von Verpackungs- und Lebensmittelabfällen. Denn: Verpackungen schützen Lebensmittel.
Heute: In einer teils knappen Abstimmung hat der EP-Umweltausschuss seine Position zur EU-Verpackungsverordnung verabschiedet ✅. Hervorzuheben: Alle Stakeholder sollen an der Erarbeitung der Detailregeln beteiligt werden ("Packaging Forum") Plenumsabstimmung : 11/23. #Recycling
Packaging and Sustainability
AGVU members visit thin sheet production in Andernach
Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein invited to the plant for tinned or special chromium-plated thin sheets. The future of steel production using hydrogen was the focus of the workshop.
Criteria for chemical recycling
Chemical recycling is currently a much-discussed topic in the context of packaging and the circular economy. The AGVU formulates core theses on this topic
Tinplate
Tinplate is used for packaging food and beverages, or chemical-technical products such as lacquers.
Polystyrene
Polystyrene, PS for short, is a plastic that is used in various areas of everyday life and is used either as a thermoplastic material or as foam (EPS).
Polypropylene (PP)
Polypropylene (PP) is similar to polyethylene in its properties and structure and is a thermoplastic closely related to hard PE (HDPE).
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
Polyethylene terephthalate, mainly known by its abbreviated form PET, is a thermoplastic, malleable under heat and can be moulded into almost any shape.
Polyethylene (PE)
Polyethylene (PE) is the most widely produced and used plastic in the world.
Paper, Carton, and Cardboard
Paper, Carton, and Cardbord are based on renewable raw materials, either as primary fibre from renewable wood or as secondary fibre from recycled waste paper.
Glass
Glass is made from natural, domestic raw materials such as quartz sand, soda, limestone and dolomite, which are found in nature in almost unlimited quantities.
Beverage Carton and Paper Composites
Composite cartons are used as packaging for various food products, e.g. drinks, liquid dairy products, etc.
Aluminum
Aluminum is used in the packaging sector because of its special material properties, such as its low weight.
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