{"id":82706,"date":"2023-07-07T09:28:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T07:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=82706"},"modified":"2023-07-07T09:28:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T07:28:06","slug":"aluminium-association-criticises-amendment-to-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/aluminiumverband-kritisiert-gesetzesnovelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Aluminium Association: Germany is taking a special path with the amendment to the Packaging Act"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aluminium Deutschland (AD) and WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle (WVMetalle) welcome the Federal Ministry for the Environment's announcement that the draft bill will allow various ecologically optimised packaging systems to coexist. However, the two industry associations criticise the fact that the expected EU regulations have not been taken into account.<\/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 German non-ferrous metals industry, represented by the two industry associations Aluminium Deutschland (AD) and WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle (WVMetalle), supports the strengthening of ecologically beneficial reusable, take-back and deposit systems, as called for in the coalition agreement. However, AD and WVMetalle criticise the fact that theThe expected EU regulations are not taken into account<\/strong>.<\/p>

\u201eThe amendment to the Packaging Act is a German solo effort that is incomprehensible for our industry. In view of the planned new EU regulation, the German government's actions are not efficient.\u201c<\/p>

Roland Leder<\/strong>, President of WVMetalle and Vice President of Aluminium Germany<\/p><\/blockquote>

The main new regulation of the draft is the introduction of a reusable packaging obligation for all final distributors of packaging<\/strong>. According to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, this affects at least 16,000 sales outlets in Germany. According to current discussions, only final distributors with a sales area of more than 400 square metres will be affected by similar obligations in Europe. This would affect many small businesses in Germany, but not in other EU countries.<\/strong><\/p>

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Leder criticises: \u201eA The blanket promotion of reusable packaging through mandatory supply is not expedient and is not based on scientific principles.<\/strong> This could displace deposit-based packaging such as drinks cans, which play an important role alongside reusable systems in the competition for ecologically optimised packaging systems. Almost all cans are returned to the shops by the public so that they can be reintroduced into the cycle.\u201c<\/p>

According to estimates by retailers, the new reusable supply obligation would massively increase logistics costs<\/strong>, because returnable systems require significantly more lorry journeys. Furthermore, additional expenses would have to be incurred for a reusable supply and its costly sorting and return - with massive consequences for prices on the beverage market.<\/p>

\u201eIn order to increase consumers' freedom of choice at the shop counter, the freedom of choice of companies, often small businesses such as kiosks, is severely restricted. So that the consumer actually makes use of the reusable offer, The German draft law contains far-reaching interventions in pricing and the sales process<\/strong>. We consider competitiveness achieved in this way to be extremely questionable,\u201c continued Leder.\u00a0<\/p>

Further interventions relate to packaging that accumulates in larger self-service restaurants, for example. Here, there is even to be a ban on 100% recyclable drinks cans or aluminium meal trays that are almost completely collected via dual systems or deposit systems.\u00a0<\/p>

Background: The mandatory deposit was introduced in 2003 by the Federal Environment Minister J\u00fcrgen Trittin (Alliance 90\/The Greens) and was accepted by the population with great success. It has This has led to return rates of 99 per cent for beverage cans.<\/strong> Some aluminium packaging, such as drinks cans or meal trays, already contains a high proportion of recycled material and is usually reused for new packaging or other products after recycling without any loss of quality.<\/p>

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGerman Aluminium Industry Association repositions itself\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tAluminium Deutschland e.V. will represent its interests in Berlin independently in future and has appointed Angelika El-Noshokaty as its new Managing Director.\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 aluminium industry is watching the increase in tariffs on imports of aluminium products to the USA to 25 percent with concern.\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\tGerman aluminium industry: production decline continues\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe German aluminium industry is once again experiencing a decline in production. Aluminium Germany is calling on politicians to take urgent measures to ensure competitiveness.\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\tMixed developments in the aluminium sector\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tWhile the aluminium foil market in Europe recorded growth of almost 15 percent, the German aluminium industry is struggling with declining production.\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\tAluminium industry continues to struggle\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tProduction in the German aluminium industry fell in the first quarter of 2024. One reason for this is the competitive pressure from third countries.\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":"Aluminium Deutschland (AD) and WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle (WVMetalle) criticise the fact that the planned amendment to the Packaging Act does not take into account the expected EU regulations.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":54684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Aluminium Deutschland (AD) kritisiert, dass in der geplanten Novelle des Verpackungsgesetzes die zu erwartenden EU-Regelungen unber\u00fccksichtigt bleiben.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Aluminium","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":[65,59271,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-82706","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-aluminium-deutschland","10":"tag-metall","11":"cs-entry","12":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82706","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=82706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}