The new Packaging Act will not come into force until next year. However, it is already possible and advisable to report so-called „packaging subject to system participation“. In a new video, Der Grüne Punkt explains very clearly what needs to be done to place packaging on the market in compliance with the law.
Every company that delivers its goods to customers in packaged form must be dual system like the Green dot contribute to ensuring that the packaging delivered can be recycled. This simple basic principle will become even more important with the entry into force of the Packaging Act implemented even more strictly. This is why „distributors“ must report their packaging types and quantities to the Central Agency Packaging Register. „According to the law, all distributors who place packaging on the market for the first time on a commercial basis, including online retailers of all sizes, are considered producers of packaging subject to system participation,“ explains Michael Wiener, CEO of Der Grüne Punkt.
The YouTube video of the Green Dot for Packaging message guides viewers through the registration process in just a few minutes. Important key points and symbols for the activities involved appear step by step on a stylised panel surface - from the first registration to the final registration. Notification of materials and quantities.
No company that delivers packaging to customers can avoid the registration process. This is because products aimed at private end consumers whose packaging does not participate in a dual system are subject to a Distribution ban.
Would you like to watch the Green Dot video about the reporting obligations under the new Packaging Act? Then click on this link.
[infotext icon]The „packaging journal“ reported on the launch of the Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister in November 2017.Adapt processes in good time: New packaging law casts its shadow ahead[/infotext]
