{"id":45478,"date":"2021-06-10T11:30:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T09:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=45478&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=45478"},"modified":"2025-05-22T13:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:17:23","slug":"packaging-law-balance-sheet-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/verpackungsgesetz-bilanz-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Packaging Act: generally positive balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a joint discussion event to mark Packaging Day with the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Florian Pronold, members of the Working Group on Packaging and the Environment (AGVU), the German Packaging Institute (<span class=\"amz_highlight_search\">dvi<\/span>) and the Yellow Bin Initiative (geTon) took a fundamentally positive view of the 2019 Packaging Act.<\/p>\n<p>With its regulations, it has created an irreversible dynamic towards a more circular economy along the value chain, ensured greater transparency and efficiency with the Central Agency Packaging Act and, most recently, implemented important requirements of the European Commission.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45480 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pronold_florian_bmu_5039_2-5d945a264027f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pronold_florian_bmu_5039_2-5d945a264027f.jpg 800w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pronold_florian_bmu_5039_2-5d945a264027f-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pronold_florian_bmu_5039_2-5d945a264027f-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pronold_florian_bmu_5039_2-5d945a264027f-600x481.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\u201eAt the time, the law was a hard-won compromise between all market participants and the municipalities, but it provided the impetus for a more circular economy. I am pleased to see how, since then, waste recyclers and packaging manufacturers have entered into dialogue and found solutions with the aim of meeting recycling quotas.\u201c<br \/>\n<em>State Secretary for the Environment Florian Pronold<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Consumer communication<\/b><\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-236870673\"><div id=\"packa-3973790862\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>As the circular economy only works if politics, business and consumers pull together, clear and transparent labelling on packaging is needed. The spirit of optimism in the industry must also spread to consumers. Only then can there be an awareness of the value of design and recycling for the environment, the climate and the conservation of our resources. As a result, this would promote efficient household waste disposal and set the course for a functioning cycle of important secondary raw materials.<\/p>\n<p><b>Promoting the use of recyclates<\/b><\/p><div id=\"packa-797314965\" class=\"packa-inhalt\"><!--noptimize--><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2686439340972671\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2686439340972671\" data-ad-slot=\"6171251825\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><!--\/noptimize--><\/div>\n<p>When it came to recyclates, there was a consensus that a circular economy for plastics cannot be realised without a functioning market for recyclates. The more often materials are recycled, the greater the contribution to conserving resources. Unlimited recycling is already possible for glass and metals, and multiple recycling is possible for fibre materials. Thanks to modern recycling technologies, recycled plastic can also be reused in high-quality applications. Overall, it is important that politicians not only demand and tax recycling, but also promote and support it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45479\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x-813x457.jpg 813w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x-373x210.jpg 373w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x-120x67.jpg 120w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210510-dvi-tdv-umwelt-website-web2-1200x-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Design for recycling<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A central aspect of the sustainability activities of brand manufacturers, retailers and the packaging industry is the early integration of the circular concept into the design of packaging. Here, too, a clear political orientation is crucial in order to join forces and turn joint efforts into practical (re)usable results.<\/p>\n<p><b>Life cycle assessments<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In order to achieve efficient material flows to conserve finite resources, close cycles and use the most sustainable types of packaging, an objective and transparent basis for decision-making is essential. Predominantly ideological demands for certain types of packaging or blanket bans would not lead to the desired result. Life cycle assessments could point the way to making well-founded decisions in favour of greater climate and environmental protection and sustainability.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"II7mbg0top\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/tag-der-verpackung-klaert-verbraucher-auf\/\">Packaging Day educates consumers<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201ePackaging Day educates consumers\u201c - packaging journal\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/tag-der-verpackung-klaert-verbraucher-auf\/embed\/#?secret=xvXWQI4dnu#?secret=II7mbg0top\" data-secret=\"II7mbg0top\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At a joint discussion event on Packaging Day with the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Florian Pronold, the members of the Working Group on Packaging and the Environment (AGVU), the German Packaging Institute (dvi) and the Yellow Bin Initiative (geTon) took a fundamentally positive view of the 2019 Packaging Act.","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":39065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Auf einer gemeinsamen Diskussionsveranstaltung zum Tag der Verpackung wurde eine grunds\u00e4tzlich positive Bilanz des Verpackungsgesetzes von 2019 gezogen.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"verpackungsgesetz","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[58789,57,58757,59156],"class_list":{"0":"post-45478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-maerkte","8":"tag-agvu","9":"tag-dvi","10":"tag-gesetze-und-verordnungen","11":"tag-tag-der-verpackung","12":"post_format-post-format-standard","13":"cs-entry","14":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}