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GVM’s Managing Director Kurt Schüler opens the parliamentary evening on November 10th, 2016 in Berlin with a keynote speech on the perspectives of recycling-friendly packaging design in the context of Section 21 of the current draft of the German Packaging Act. Material recycling could be strengthened through recycling-friendly design. However, recyclable design is not the […]
The new study “Potential for the increase in material recycling of plastic packaging” was presented at the shareholder workshop of BKV GmbH on September 26th, 2016 in Berlin. The study, conducted by Prognos and GVM on behalf of BKV, shows how eco-design and improved sorting technology can contribute to more recycling of plastic packaging. The […]
The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. (German Association of Plastics Packaging Industry) provides information on the resource efficiency of plastic packaging in a new fact sheet. Topics are: material savings achieved, the contribution of plastic packaging to product protection and recycling. The article is largely based on GVM’s Recycling Report and study of “Development of the […]
At the 28th Kassel Waste and Bioenergy Forum from April 11th to April 13th, 2016, GVM’s Managing Director Kurt Schüler gave a presentation on the subject of “Packaging and non-packaging of similar material in Germany – consumption volume, recycling and current trends”. The presentation is also part of the newly published book “Bio and secondary […]
In an interview with Horst Wenzel from the food magazine LZ – Lebensmittelzeitung (issue 11/2016), GVM’s Managing Director Kurt Schüler discusses the sense and nonsense of regulatory levies on coffee capsules. The verdict is unequivocal: Instead of constantly pillorying new alleged environmental sinners, it is more important to further develop the packaging ordinance into a […]
