{"id":81713,"date":"2023-06-15T11:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T09:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=81713"},"modified":"2023-06-15T14:56:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T12:56:35","slug":"study-on-recyclable-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/studie-kreislauffaehigen-verpackungen\/","title":{"rendered":"Packaging on the road to climate neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What contribution can packaging make to reducing Germany's greenhouse gas emissions? Eight industry associations asked themselves this question and commissioned a study. One result: the emissions associated with German packaging could be reduced by 94 per cent by 2045.\u00a0<\/strong><\/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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A recent study by the GVM Society for Packaging Market Research<\/a> and the ifeu Institute<\/a> for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg gGmbH, commissioned by eight industry associations, predicts that the packaging consumption in Germany has reached its peak in 2021 and will decline continuously in the future.<\/strong> will increase. In contrast, the use of recyclate and recycling rates will increase.<\/p>

The study with the title \"The contribution of recyclable packaging to the 2045 climate neutrality target<\/strong>\" was created in May 2023 and presented on the occasion of the 9th Packaging Day on 15 June 2023. It analyses which Contribution of recyclable packaging with a view to the German climate neutrality target for 2045 across all materials<\/strong> and forecasts the development of relevant factors such as recycling rates, use of recyclates, packaging optimisation and packaging volumes. The life cycle stages of raw material production, packaging production, distribution, disposal and recycling were analysed for average German conditions.<\/p>

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The reference point for the study is the year 2021, with modelling carried out for the years 2030 and 2045. The study takes into account state or European steering interventions that have already been adopted<\/strong>. Planned or expected specific regulations such as the new European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), on the other hand, were not included in the forecasts. However, according to the study, the direction of impact is similar due to fundamental endeavours that can also be found in the PPWR's catalogue of measures. The results of the study were announced by GVM and ifeu at a press conference in Berlin.<\/p>

\"The results of the life cycle assessment show that the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the packaging volume are continuously decreasing and that a reduction of 94 per cent is possible by 2045. This corresponds to a saving of 18,025 tonnes of CO2 equivalents.\"<\/p>

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39.3 percentage points of the savings are attributable to factors from the \"Packaging market and circular economy\" field of action. These include, for example lighter packaging, reusable packaging, packaging-saving consumer behaviour, increasing use of recyclates and, last but not least, the greatly improved recycling of packaging<\/strong>. The remaining 54.4 percentage points come from the \"Climate and energy transition and process optimisation\" field of action. \"Keywords here include, for example Decarbonisation of industrial production processes, green energy sources and energy savings<\/strong> in production and transport, says Kurt Sch\u00fcler, Managing Partner of GVM.<\/p>