02/2016: UBA publishes the study “Examining and updating of the life cycle assessment for beverage packaging”
The final report published by the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) documents the scientific background and the derivation of minimum requirements for life cycle assessments for beverage packaging. This should help to harmonize both the implementation and the assessment of such life cycle assessments based on their environmental impact profiles. The requirements apply above all […]
01/2016: 93.7% of PET beverage bottles are recycled
Up to 93.7% of PET beverage bottles are recycled. This is the result of a study conducted by GVM on behalf of Forum PET of the German Association for Plastic Packaging Industry (Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V.). The study is the first to combine the available data material and the underlying expertise on the recycling of PET […]
12/2015: Dr. Gerhard Eisenblätter passed away
We mourn the death of our company founder Dr. Gerhard Eisenblätter, who passed away on December 11, 2015 at the age of 76. Dr. Eisenblätter, who holds a doctorate in history, started his professional career at the market research institute DIVO-INMAR. In 1977, Dr. Eisenblätter founded GVM Gesellschaft für Verpackungsmarktforschung, where he worked as managing […]
08/2015: Beverage cans are almost completely recycled
Taking into account all collection and recycling methods, the recycling rate is 99.6% for tinplate beverage cans and 98.9% for aluminum beverage cans. This is the central result of a GVM’s study on the recycling of beverage cans subject to a deposit. Clients of the study were DAVR GmbH, Forum Flaschen-Box GbR and ThyssenKrupp Rasselstein […]
06/2015: “More benefits – Less material: Increased efficiency in plastic packaging”
At the 2nd IK Sustainability Day on June 24th in Bad Homburg, GVM’s Managing Director Kurt Schüler presented the results of a study for BKV GmbH in a specialist presentation.
