imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Vangerowstraße 33 69115 Heidelberg, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 info@hbmedia.net EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Anthony Withers WikiPETia. info petplanet@hbmedia.net MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann hirschmann@hbmedia.net Johann Lange-Brock lange-brock@hbmedia.net phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur | exprim.de Matthias Gaumann READER SERVICES Till Kretner reader@hbmedia.net PRINT Chroma Druck Eine Unternehmung der Limberg-Druck GmbH Danziger Platz 6 67059 Ludwigshafen, Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | www.petpla.net PETplanet Insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualified subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ subscription 99 EUR. Magazines will be dispatched to you by airmail). Not to be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Note: The fact that product names may not be identified as trademarks is not an indication that such names are not registered trademarks. 3 PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 01+02/22 www.petpla.net Copyright of Thomas Fischer picture by: www.heidischerm.de Dear readers, Since 2003, there has been a compulsory deposit return scheme in Germany for mineral water and beer bottles as well as for carbonated soft drinks in non-returnable glass bottles, PET bottles and cans. This year, Germany is expanding the compulsory return scheme to include all non-alcoholic beverages in the three types of containers with a content of up to three litres, including juices and energy drinks, for example. Once again, Germany has failed to charge a deposit for ALL non-returnable beverage containers. For example, the beverage carton remains outside the deposit return scheme. In particular, the German Environmental Aid (DUH, www.duh.de) describes the “supposedly environmentally friendly beverage cartons as a massive confidence trick on consumers.” Calculations by the German Environmental Aid (DUH) from 2018 describe the official recycling rate for beverage cartons of around 76 percent as incorrect. In fact, only around 30 percent of beverage cartons in Germany are recycled. Right from the start, around 40 percent of the composite packaging does not end up in the yellow recycling bag, but in the residual waste, the paper bin or the environment. The recycling of the composite packaging made of plastic, aluminium and new paper is also complex. Beverage cartons have even become significantly less ecological in recent years: the paper fibre content has decreased, the plastic content has increased and in the last 20 years composite packaging has become 35 percent heavier. Thomas Fischer, Head of Circular Economy at DUH, explains: “Tetra Pak offers beverage cartons with a plastic content of more than 50 percent, ... these are 2.0 plastic bottles. The upper parts made entirely of plastic, long-stemmed pouring aids or oversized screw caps are evidence of increasing plasticisation.” That is why the DUH also demands a deposit of 25 cents for beverage cartons in Germany. This is the only way to increase the low collection volume and recycling rate. Yours sincerely, Alexander Büchler Green washing
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