06/2018: 15th AGVU Orientation Day
The German Working Group Packaging and Environment (AGVU) invited to its 15th orientation day in Berlin on 26.6.2018. At this event, results of the study “Benefits of Packaging”, which were developed by GVM in cooperation with denkstatt GmbH from Vienna, were presented.
04/2018: Catalog of packaging that is subject to mandatory participation system
On behalf of the Central Agency Packaging Register, GVM is developing the basis for a catalog for classifying packaging that is subject to system participation in accordance with Section 3 (8) German Packaging Act.
02/2018: Market-related challenges in packaging design
In an article for the well-known specialist magazine Müll und Abfall, GVM once again sheds light on the topic of market-related challenges in packaging design. The topic already interested listeners last October at the Future Resources symposium organized by Interseroh and the German Packaging Institute (DVI). The article appears in issue 2-18 of Garbage and […]
10/2017: Expert Conference on Future Resources
Interseroh and the German Packaging Institute (DVI) invited experts to Frankfurt am Main on October 17th 2017, to discuss the topic “Packaging is a raw material”. The GVM presented the topic “Market-related challenges in packaging design”.
06/2017: The recycling rate for beverage cans is exceptionally high
Beverage cans are increasingly gaining popularity on the market. From 2013 to 2015, market volume rose by 0.55 billion units to 2.37 billion units, equivalent to an increase of almost 30%. The recycling rate is extraordinarily high: up to 99.7% and 98.9% of tinplate beverage cans and beverage cans respectively that are subject to a […]