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.
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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Der Trenn-Bär 🧸: Eine neue Initiative vermittelt Kindern spielerisch die Prinzipien der Mülltrennung. Noch immer landen zu viele recycelbare Materialien im #Restmüll - frühe Aufklärung kann hier einen wichtigen Beitrag leisten 👍 @AxelSubklew https://www.muelltrennung-wirkt.de/de/muelltrennung/muelltrennung-fuer-schul-kinder/trennbaer/
120 Jahre #Markenverband: Bundeskanzler Scholz gratuliert & wirbt für die Marke Deutschland. Mit dem WachstumschancenG werde der Standort D attraktiver. Es gelte „Investitionen jetzt, nicht irgendwann!“
#MarkeGehtVoran
🚩Das Kreislauf-ABC🚩
Lebensmittel unverpackt zu verkaufen ist besonders bei regionalen & saisonalen Produkten sinnvoll. Bei langen Transportwegen🚛 oder empfindlichen Produkten 🍓🫐reduzieren #Verpackungen jedoch #Lebensmittelverschwendung und damit den ökologischen Fußabdruck.
🚩Das Kreislauf-ABC🚩
Transportverpackungen wie Paletten, Kartons und Folien schützen Waren beim Transport z.B. vom Hersteller zum Verkäufer 🚛📦 . Sie machen fast 30% der Verpackungsabfälle in Deutschland aus und könnten bald verpflichtenden Mehrwegquoten unterliegen -> #PPWR 🇪🇺
🚩Das Kreislauf-ABC🚩
Substitutionseffekt: Ein Verpackungsmaterial wird durch ein anderes ersetzt. Leider bleiben Verpackungsreduktion und Umweltvorteil teils auf der Strecke👎. So sind z.B. die umweltfreundlich wirkenden Papier-Kunststoff-Verbundverpackungen kaum recycelbar.
Heute ist der Tag der #Konservendose🥫! 1810 patentiert, bietet die Konservendose bis heute robusten Schutz und lange Haltbarkeit für Lebensmittel. Sie ist zudem zu fast 100% recycelbar und könnte bald #klimaneutral hergestellt werden (u.a. dank Forschung durch @thyssenkrupp).
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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