{"id":76552,"date":"2023-03-16T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=76552"},"modified":"2023-03-16T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:26:00","slug":"dbu-reusable-alliance-instead-of-disposable-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/dbu-mehrwegallianz-statt-wegwerfware\/","title":{"rendered":"DBU: Reusable alliance instead of disposable goods"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) is providing around 303,000 euros to support a project that aims to pave the way for the reuse of packaging and containers and prevent the huge mountains of waste from disposable products in future. <\/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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The project under the title \u201c\u00a0reusable.simply.do<\/a>\u201c is led by the Berlin-based social enterprise ProjectTogether, with the German Reusable Packaging Association and the environmental organisation WWF as cooperation partners. DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde: \u201eWe want to forge a reusable alliance with all of them. This could become an innovative model for waste avoidance and resource conservation throughout Germany<\/strong>.\u201c The Federal Ministry for the Environment has announced that it will act as patron of the alliance, which is currently being set up.<\/p>

\u201eReusable packaging must become the standard in the to-go sector. We want to open the door to a reusable alliance and give a further boost to the circular economy.\u201c<\/p>

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Comprehensive strategy instead of isolated solutions<\/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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Reusable systems already exist in Germany for drinks, dairy products and transport crates, for example. At the same time, however, suppliers are developing additional recycling models for other products such as oils, cosmetics, dry goods or products from the to-go sector - albeit primarily as stand-alone solutions and not coordinated with each other<\/strong>. \u201eIn short, there is a lack of an efficient, comprehensive strategy,\u201c says the DBU Secretary General.<\/p>

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The Reusable Alliance wants to resolve this dilemma: Mechanisms are to be created to harmonise the reusable systems<\/strong> - for example, to coordinate return and rinsing logistics. Another task is to raise consumer awareness of the need to change course. Bonde: \u201eWe all have a role to play here. Then a switch to reusable can succeed.\u201c<\/p>

However, the DBU Secretary General is very optimistic in this respect. This is because the consortium of project participants relies on an extensive network with great expertise. In addition to companies and start-ups that offer reusable innovations, there are also so-called final distributors with direct customer contact<\/strong> - including catering, food retail and delivery services. Also involved are dishwashing suppliers, logistics and recycling companies as well as associations, politics, science and society. This broad alliance will begin its work in April<\/strong>. In the first phase until the end of 2023, the focus will be on development and implementation; next year, the main focus will be on the question of how the processes can be measured and scaled.<\/p>