{"id":73561,"date":"2023-01-02T13:31:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T12:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=73561"},"modified":"2023-01-02T12:32:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T11:32:46","slug":"duh-demands-mandatory-deposit-on-beverage-cartons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/duh-fordert-pfandpflicht-auf-getraenkekartons\/","title":{"rendered":"DUH calls for the mandatory deposit to be extended to beverage cartons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the twentieth anniversary of the so-called \u201ecan deposit\u201c, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) draws a positive balance. The deposit of 25 cents on disposable drinks packaging, which came into force on 1 January 2003, is successfully combating environmental littering. The organisation is now calling for the mandatory deposit to be extended to beverage cartons.<\/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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Today, 98.5 per cent of single-use beverage containers with a deposit are returned to retailers for recycling. Beverage cartons are not part of this and, according to the DUH are often disposed of incorrectly and end up in residual waste, for example.<\/strong> A deposit could change this and would also support the reusable system, as consumers have to pay a higher deposit of 25 cents when buying disposable bottles than when buying reusable ones.<\/p>

With regard to Germany, DUH is therefore calling for the deposit scheme to be extended to beverage cartons. This could over 1.8 billion beverage cartons per year in Germany alone<\/strong> are also collected and recycled.<\/p>

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Large gap to the reusable target quota<\/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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Despite the success of the one-way deposit, DUH still sees major challenges in the beverage packaging sector. It is true that the reusable quota has increased significantly in the beer sector, for example. However, according to Deutsche Umwelthilfe, price dumping by discounters Aldi and Lidl with mineral water in disposable plastic bottles and the single-use orientated actions of large corporations such as Coca-Cola are leading to a drop in the reusable quota. According to the latest figures from the Federal Environment Agency, the overall reusable quota is 43.1 per cent.<\/strong> This means that the gap to the legally stipulated reusable target of 70 per cent is enormous.<\/p>

\u201eIn order to get closer to the reusable packaging target set out in the Packaging Act, we need an incentive tax on single-use plastic bottles and cans of at least 20 cents in addition to the deposit. This would be a considerable competitive disadvantage and thus pressure to offer reusable packaging - especially for Aldi and Lidl, which still only have disposable packaging in their product ranges. The revenue could also be channelled specifically into promoting reusable packaging. Consumers could simply avoid the levy by opting for reusable products.\u201c<\/p>

Thomas Fischer<\/strong>, DUH Head of Circular Economy<\/p><\/blockquote>

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DUH - More news<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tReusable Innovation Award 2025: these are the winners\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThis year, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) and the Stiftung Initiative Mehrweg award the Reusable Innovation Prize to four outstanding reusable projects from Verallia, Ardagh, Circujar and Sea Me.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPackaging check: Too much packaging waste in supermarkets\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe fourth packaging check by Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) shows that discounters and supermarkets continue to offer too much food in disposable packaging.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBavaria wants to ban municipal packaging tax\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Bavarian state government has announced that it will present a law prohibiting cities and municipalities from introducing their own packaging taxes. This is in response to municipal initiatives such as the one in Augsburg. Environmental organisations have sharply criticised the plan.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tTomra is launching a pilot project in selected Rewe stores in Berlin together with Deutsche Umwelthilfe: For the first time, reusable coffee cups can be returned via deposit machines.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t120 cities signal interest in packaging tax\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tAccording to surveys conducted by Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), 120 cities are interested in introducing a one-way packaging tax.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \"\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\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<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the twentieth anniversary of the so-called \u201ecan deposit\u201c, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) draws a positive balance. The deposit of 25 cents on disposable drinks packaging, which came into force on 1 January 2003, is successfully combating environmental littering. The organisation is now calling for the mandatory deposit to be extended to beverage cartons.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":73562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Die Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) fordert zum zwanzigj\u00e4hrigen Bestehen der Pfandpflicht auf Einweggetr\u00e4nkeverpackungen nun die Ausweitung auf Getr\u00e4nkekartons.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Pfandpflicht","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":[22],"tags":[65,59298,48,1487],"class_list":{"0":"post-73561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-packmittel-und-packstoffe","8":"tag-abfalltechnik-und-recycling","9":"tag-duh","10":"tag-getraenke","11":"tag-papier-pappe-karton","12":"cs-entry","13":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73561","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}