12/2014: Public closing event for the UBA’s study “Minimum requirements for the development of life cycle assessments for beverage packaging”
After more than three years of processing, the results of the study were presented to the expert audience on December 8th, 2014 in Dessau. The new minimum requirements and quality criteria are directed to the development of beverage life cycle assessments that will be submitted to the German Fereral Environment Agency (UBA) in the future. […]
11/2014: 10th Anniversary of IPI International Packaging Institute
On the occasion of the tenth IPI anniversary celebration on November 19, 2014 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, GVM market researcher Anke Leighty spoke about the future of the global packaging markets: The packaging market – future impacts on packaging consumption.
06/2014: GVM figure on Günter Jauch’s show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”
During a celebrity special of the quiz show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, football reporter Waldemar Hartmann was confronted with the following question: According to the German Federal Environmental Agency, an average of 76 of which of the following are used per person per year: A) chicken eggs B) sheets of toilet paper C) […]
03/2014: Concept Study for the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
GVM conducted a concept study for quota regulation on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management. On March 4th, the results of the study were presented to the representatives of System Operators and the Austrian Economic Chambers at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management. The study […]
02/2014: 6.1 billion carrier bags in Germany
In 2012, 6.1 billion plastic carrier bags were handed out in Germany by retailers to their customers, according to the results of a study conducted by GVM on behalf of the BKV, HDE and IK. That corresponds to 76 carrier bags per person per year and is far below the EU average of 198 carrier […]