• A March 2017 packaging law (Verpackungsgesetz) will come into effect in 2019 to prevent packaging waste by extending deposit obligations to carbonated fruit/vegetable nectars and beverages containing with 50% milk, and encouraging the use of returnable packaging, with a target reusability rate of 70%, among other measures
  • Verpackungsgesetz encourages recycling through the Grüne Punkt ("Green Dot) system, indicating manufacturer contribution to cost of recovery and recycling. Significantly higher recycling rates will be implemented from 2019 onwards, with a target rate for plastic packaging increasing to 63% by 2022 and metal packaging and glass set to rise to 90% by 2022.
  • The Closed Substance Cycle and Waste Management Act of 1996 in which producers of goods responsible for materials' reuse, recycling or environmentally-sound disposal.
  • The city of Hamburg banned coffee pods from government-run buildings, on the grounds that they cause resource consumption and generate waste while containing polluting aluminum.

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