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… The court of first instance confirmed that reusable shopping bags constitute packaging subject to system participation. It is irrelevant what materials they are made of, what companies sell them, where they…

… wine cocktails have been subject to deposit since 1 January 2022 and no longer have to undergo system participation. Autumn 2022 brought a recession: as consumer sentiment sank amid worries about…

… Alexander Dröge Legal/technical supervision: German Environment Agency (UBA) Funding: provided by systems, operators of sector-specific solutions and any other producer responsibility organisations, as well…

… the audited company has fully participated all packaging for which it is required to do so with a system. Sometimes auditors discover cases where system participation has not been undertaken. The relevant…

…ase Osnabrück, 23 July 2026 A ruling that affects many sectors: German Federal Administrative Court affirms system participation requirement for reusable shopping bags As the court of last resort, the German Federal…

… has tripled since the end of 2018. The quality of packaging volume reporting has improved, and system participation volumes have increased. Considerable progress towards more recycling-friendly packaging.…

… to pay for recycling since 1993, but many of them ignored their duty under packaging law to undertake system participation. The ZSVR’s mission was to make the packaging waste management market fairer for German…

… clock is ticking – companies that sell their goods in packaging are required by law to enter into a system participation agreement for 2025 and report their planned packaging volumes to the ZSVR by no later…

…Minimum standard for determining the recyclability of packaging subject to system participation pursuant to section 21 (3) VerpackG in consultation with the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) Osnabrück, 29…

… a year-on-year increase of around 3 %. 1 Recycling rates 2021 In the 2021 reference year, the systems achieved the following recycling rates: PPC Glass Plastics Total Aluminium Ferrous metals …