{"id":77292,"date":"2023-03-29T10:36:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T08:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=77292"},"modified":"2023-03-29T11:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T09:14:52","slug":"greenpeace-reusable-packaging-reporting-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/greenpeace-mehrwegpflicht-meldeportal\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace takes action against reusable packaging offences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since 1 January 2023, reusable containers have been mandatory in Germany. However, not all catering establishments offer reusable containers. To combat this, Greenpeace set up a website on 29 March where violations of the reusable container obligation can be reported.<\/strong><\/p>

Greenpeace<\/a> starts today a reporting portal<\/a>, which can now be used to report violations of the legal obligation to offer reusable plastic packaging directly to the responsible state authorities. Research carried out by the NGO in January revealed that, that around half (52 per cent) of 687 catering establishments randomly tested did not offer any reusable alternatives for takeaway food and drinks<\/strong>. In doing so, they violated the corresponding obligation that has applied to them since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The portal provides various reasons for reporting. (Screenshot)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201eWith the reporting portal, Greenpeace is taking action against the ignorance of the take-away sector so that the legal obligation to offer reusable food is finally implemented. A quarter of a year after the law came into force, the responsible authorities are still largely inactive<\/strong>, We can no longer accept this. Finite resources such as oil and gas must no longer be wasted on disposable packaging,\u201c says Viola Wohlgemuth, resource conservation expert at Greenpeace.<\/p>

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Reusable packaging is bypassed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Fast food chains and delivery services stood out particularly negatively in the Greenpeace research. If a catering establishment violates the reusable packaging obligation and is reported, the authorities are responsible for dealing with the reported offence<\/strong>. A violation of the law can be penalised with a fine of up to 10,000 euros.<\/p>

Greenpeace sees the obligation to offer reusable alternatives to single-use plastic packaging as just the first step. In its current form, it cannot sufficiently prevent raw materials from being wasted and waste from single-use packaging from increasing: Numerous take-away businesses are already replacing the plastic in their disposable packaging with other materials<\/strong> and thus circumvent the law. According to the Berlin Consumer Advice Centre, 770 tonnes of packaging waste are generated every day in Germany from takeaway packaging for food and drinks.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What we need from Steffi Lemke is an efficient and comprehensive reusable packaging obligation for all single-use packaging instead of a nicely intended reusable offer. The single-use era must finally come to an end.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Viola Wohlgemuth<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Expert for resource protection, Greenpeace<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Greenpeace believes that a ban on all single-use packaging is urgently needed to achieve Germany's resource conservation targets<\/strong>. According to the World Resources Council, the extraction and processing of resources is already responsible for around half of all global greenhouse gas emissions and 90 per cent of species extinction. Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) announced that Germany's consumption of raw materials is to be significantly reduced through a strategy for a circular economy.<\/p>

Source: Greenpeace<\/a><\/em><\/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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More news on the topic of reusable packaging<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tThe new solution has proven itself in real retail and sales processes.\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\tThe European packaging industry has responded to a delegated act of the EU Commission with a joint position paper.\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\tThe German Retail Association is in favour of direct implementation of the EU requirements in the Packaging Implementation Act.\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":"Since 1 January 2023, reusable containers have been mandatory in Germany. However, not all catering establishments offer reusable containers. To combat this, Greenpeace set up a website on 29 March where violations of the reusable container obligation can be reported.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Um gegen Mehrwegpflichtsverst\u00f6\u00dfe vorzugehen, hat Greenpeace am 29. M\u00e4rz eine Webseite eingerichtet, auf der diese gemeldet werden k\u00f6nnen.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Greenpeace","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":[58781],"tags":[59973,54,38,59698],"class_list":{"0":"post-77292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-packaging","8":"tag-greenpeace","9":"tag-kunststoff-und-verbunde","10":"tag-lebensmittel","11":"tag-mehrweg","12":"cs-entry","13":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77292","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}