{"id":65873,"date":"2022-07-28T09:13:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T07:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=65873"},"modified":"2022-07-28T10:42:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T08:42:48","slug":"save-resources-on-overload-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/erdueberlastungstag-ressourcen-schonen\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Overshoot Day: Conserving resources more effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This Thursday is Earth Overshoot Day, which means that this year the world's population has already consumed as many natural resources as the Earth can renew in a year. Effective solutions for resource and climate protection are therefore becoming increasingly urgent. A recent study shows that proper waste separation and the recycling of packaging can make a contribution.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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To reduce the burden on the environment, consumers should definitely Dispose of empty glass and lightweight packaging as well as paper, cardboard and carton separately from other waste.<\/strong> But what are the benefits of their involvement? This question is answered by a recent study by the \u00d6ko-Institut<\/a>: In Germany, for example, the recycling of used packaging in 2020 around four million tonnes of secondary raw materials produced<\/strong> - an important source of raw materials for the manufacture of new products.<\/p>

\u201eBoth the quality and the quantity of raw materials recovered through packaging recycling continue to increase. The better we separate our waste, the more recyclable materials we can keep in the cycle. In this way, we effectively conserve our resources.\u201c<\/p>

Axel Subklew,<\/strong> Spokesman for the initiative \u201eWaste separation works<\/a>\"<\/p><\/blockquote>

The basic rule for correct waste separation is simple - the effort is low: Lightweight packaging made of plastic, aluminium, tinplate and composite materials such as beverage cartons belong in the yellow bin or the yellow bag.<\/strong> Paper, cardboard and cardboard go in the waste paper bin. Glass bottles and glass containers are sorted by colour and thrown into used glass containers.<\/p>

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Earth Overshoot Day - a reminder<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The study by the \u00d6ko-Institut also shows that waste separation and recycling not only conserve resources, but also minimise waste disposal. also reduce the emission of climate-damaging greenhouse gases and thus make a significant contribution to climate protection.<\/strong> This is because the collection, sorting and recycling of packaging from the yellow bin and yellow bag, glass, paper, cardboard and paperboard saves 1.95 million tonnes of CO2<\/sub>-equivalents have been saved. That is so much as one person would fly 1.38 million times from Berlin to New York<\/strong>.<\/p>

Every year, the international sustainability organisation Global Footprint Network<\/a> The date of Earth Overshoot Day is a reminder of the importance of solutions to protect biological resources for our planet. Humanity is currently extracting 74 per cent more biological resources from the earth than can be regenerated by nature within a year<\/strong> - as if we had 1.74 earths at our disposal and not just one.<\/p>