{"id":99078,"date":"2025-02-14T10:11:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=99078"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:11:54","slug":"cologne-plans-packaging-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/koeln-plant-verpackungssteuer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cologne plans packaging tax based on T\u00fcbingen model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Cologne City Council has paved the way for a municipal packaging tax modelled on that of T\u00fcbingen. The Rhine metropolis could thus be the first city in Germany with over a million inhabitants to levy a tax on disposable packaging for to-go consumption.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Firstly, a motion was passed calling on the city administration, <strong>to develop an appropriate concept<\/strong>. It is not yet clear how high the new tax will be and when it will apply.<\/p>\n<p>After the <strong>Role model of the city of T\u00fcbingen<\/strong>, which has been levying a municipal consumption tax on disposable packaging since 2022, Cologne also wants to curb littering in public spaces. Fast food chains, kebab shops, restaurants and caf\u00e9s - <strong>All those who offer food and drinks to take away<\/strong> - would then have to pay money to the city for their disposable packaging. There is talk of 50 cents per coffee-to-go cup or chip tray, and 20 cents for disposable cutlery.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-1656497169\"><div id=\"packa-3168132683\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In addition to the aim of reducing packaging waste, experts believe that the tax could also <strong>an incentive for customers<\/strong> to switch to reusable crockery. In contrast to the T\u00fcbingen regulation, in Cologne <strong>Drive-in offers also taxed<\/strong> become.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cologne City Council has introduced a municipal packaging tax modelled on that of the city of T\u00fcbingen.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":99083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Der K\u00f6lner Stadtrat hat eine kommunale Verpackungssteuer nach T\u00fcbinger Vorbild auf den Weg gebracht.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Verpackungssteuer","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":[65,31,32,59448],"class_list":{"0":"post-99078","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-nachhaltigkeit-und-green-packaging","10":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","11":"tag-verpackung","12":"cs-entry","13":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99078","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=99078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}