Tag: Recycled packaging
Henkel, Beiersdorf, L’Oréal and Co. have a plastic problem
Packaging from Henkel The Düsseldorf-based consumer goods manufacturer is also looking for ways to avoid and reduce plastic. When it comes to climate issues, we already know: it takes revenge…
A lack of plastic will act as a brake on the switch to the circular economy
PET recycling plant in Rostock (Photo: picture alliance / dpa) Dusseldorf The consumer goods companies have set themselves high goals for the new year: They want to drastically increase the…
How investors can get a return on rubbish
Mountains of rubbish Investors can benefit from waste too. (Photo: Bloomberg) Frankfurt So far, waste has only been an annoying evil for many. More and more, however, a holistic economic…
Why it is so difficult to get plastic out of packaging
Dusseldorf At first glance, the cardboard displays on which Procter & Gamble will be presenting Gillette razors at Lidl and Kaufland from this week look inconspicuous. But a year of…
Amazon wants to do without plastic packaging when shipping
Amazon in the Indian city of Bangalore In recent years, environmental organizations have accused Amazon of producing too much plastic waste with its packaging. (Photo: Reuters) Munich The online retailer…
How useful are climate summits really?
Dusseldorf The 26th UN Climate Change Conference is over. The promises made before the two-week negotiations were high: “It is our opportunity to make history,” said EU Commission President Ursula…
Is a full circular economy possible?
Dusseldorf Humans extract more than 100 billion tons of raw materials such as oil, gas and metals from the earth every year – but only around nine percent of them…
Why Lidl and Aldi collect their packaging waste themselves
Plastic waste at Prezero The subsidiary of the Schwarz Group collects 10 million tons of recyclable materials this year. (Photo: PreZero) Dusseldorf Anyone who thinks that Lidl’s mother Schwarz Group…
Why recycling will be the next revolution in industry
Dusseldorf The car is sparkling and sleek, like many other car models. But in the small electric car that BMW presented at this year’s IAA motor show, the concentrated future…
Why recycling will be the next revolution in industry
Dusseldorf The car is sparkling and sleek, like many other car models. But in the small electric car that BMW presented at this year’s IAA motor show, the concentrated future…
Why Aldi and Lidl have to become waste disposal companies
Lidl sister Prezero collects packaging waste The retail sector has recognized that plastic waste is a valuable secondary raw material. (Photo: PreZero) At first glance, you might think that a…
Aldi & Lidl are fighting for the garbage business
Pressed plastic bottles on a landfill Plastic is increasingly becoming a sought-after secondary raw material in retail. (Photo: Imago) Dusseldorf The discounter Aldi also wants to earn money with the…
Aldi & Lidl are fighting for the garbage business
Pressed plastic bottles on a landfill Plastic is increasingly becoming a sought-after secondary raw material in retail. (Photo: Imago) Dusseldorf The discounter Aldi also wants to earn money with the…
Around 3760 tons of plastic on the surface of the Mediterranean
Plastic garbage on the beach Wind, waves and currents can drive plastic waste over long distances. (Photo: dpa) Athens Shopping bags, water bottles, styrofoam, microparticles – according to a recent…