{"id":47005,"date":"2021-08-02T10:55:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T08:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=47005"},"modified":"2023-09-17T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T11:39:23","slug":"edeka-packaging-price21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/edeka-verpackungspreis21\/","title":{"rendered":"Packaging award for EDEKA frozen food bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The EDEKA reusable freezer bag made from recycled material has won the German Packaging Award 2021 in the sustainability category. The winners have now been announced by the German Packaging Institute (Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut e.V.) and the award ceremony will take place in September. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not only is the body of the bag made from over 80 per cent recycled material, but the handle is made from recycled material from the lids of PET beverage bottles that have been collected by EDEKA. \u201eEDEKA sees this award as confirmation of its packaging strategy: The focus here is on avoidance, optimisation, reusability and recycling. We are being advised by the WWF as a partner for sustainability,\u201c says Rolf Lange, Head of Corporate Communications at EDEKA headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>The award was preceded by a long period of joint development work with the manufacturer Riba Verpackungen GmbH. At the end of 2015, EDEKA launched the first freezer carrier bag made from recycled material on the market: Recycled material was already used for the body, but virgin material still had to be used for the handle - the heaviest part of the reusable bag in terms of weight - due to the necessary stability. In 2019, the handle was also converted to stable recyclate, meaning that the bag has since met the requirements for the Blue Angel. In January 2021, the company succeeded - probably also for the first time in the industry - in using recycled material from its own bottle caps for the handle. The lids of the PET beverage bottles returned to EDEKA by consumers thus go into an actual recycling cycle according to the motto: \u201e...a part of me was already with you\u201c.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-3752713786\"><div id=\"packa-941871216\"><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><em>Source: EDEKA<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"eD5IlEGbjD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/verpackungspreis-2021\/\">These are the best packaging 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201eThese are the best packaging 2021\u201c - packaging journal\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/verpackungspreis-2021\/embed\/#?secret=urUlHj3a8X#?secret=eD5IlEGbjD\" data-secret=\"eD5IlEGbjD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The EDEKA reusable freezer bag made from recycled material has won the German Packaging Award 2021 in the sustainability category. 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