At the AVU orientation day, GVM project manager Nicolas Cayé presented key contents of the AVU’s new packaging monitor.

In a specialist article for the Umweltmagazin (09/10 2023), GVM project manager Stefan Marasus discusses the opportunities of reusable packaging in online retail. The article addresses the ecological benefits of reusable solutions as well as the barriers to the use of reusable packaging and the costs of return logistics.

At the final conference of the UBA (German Environment Agency) project ‘Life cycle assessment analysis of optimization potentials for beverage packaging’ in Dessau, GVM project manager Nicolas Cayé presented results on the optimization potential of selected beverage packaging. The focus was on packaging material used, number of rotations, and distribution distances.

At the annual meeting of the Association for Metal Packaging e.V. GVM Managing Director Kurt Schüler and GVM Authorized Representative Nicolas Cayé gave lectures about opportunities and challenges in the market for FE packaging. The focus was on four concrete scenarios and their impacts on the demand for Fe packaging.

GVM project manager Nicolas Cayé gave a presentation at the Wiegand Group on the bottleneck of PET recyclates in 2025 and beyond. The presentation focussed on the forecast for the supply of rPET and the demand for rPET for food applications. The presentation explored whether enough food-grade rPET will be available to meet the challenging voluntary commitments made by major PET bottlers and the mandated 25 % recycled content in PET beverage bottles.