08/2021: German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) publishes GVM’s study “German-wide Survey on Beverage Consumption filled in Reusable Packaging in 2019”
41.8% of the beverages consumed in Germany in 2019 were filled in reusable packaging. That is 0.6 percentage points higher than in the previous year. The full report is available for download from the German Environment Agency UBA. You can read more information in the GVM-Focus: Reusable Rate 2019.
05/2021: Closed Cycle for Beverage Cans
Beverage cans are very popular on the market. In 2019, 4.5 billion units of beverage cans were brought into circulation in Germany. Their recycling rate is extraordinarily high: aluminum beverage cans reach a recycling rate of 99.3%, while tinplate beverage cans of 99.7%. Among the garbage that was carelessly thrown into the environment, beverage cans […]
02/2021: Paper instead of Plastic?
At the online events “Circular Economy Info Series” of IK – Industrieverband Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. (German Association of Plastics Packaging Industry) and “VVD meets Freisinger Tage” of Fraunhofer IVV, GVM presents the results of a new study on the potential of replacing plastic packaging with paper-based composites. In the study on behalf of IK, substitution analysis […]
02/2021: GVM continues to support the Biebrich table tennis club as a sponsor
The table tennis club Biebrich can also count on GVM’s support in 2021. “Social cohesion lives in the local sports clubs,” says GVM’s Managing Director Kurt Schüler. “Young people of all origins find orientation and experience companionship there. Same as previous years, we would like to keep supporting that.”
01/2021: Consumption of plastic carrier bags falls by 14% in 2019
The consumption of plastic carrier bags in Germany reduced to 1.7 billion in 2019. Compared to the previous year, consumption declined by 14%. It has reduced by 69% in comparison to 2015. This is the result of GVM’s study on behalf of the German Retail Association (HDE). Further data and background information on the voluntary […]