Germany / Berlin
Packaging producer responsibility over three decades, Germany
This entry is scoped, not researched. What follows is the structure of the study and what is already known from public sources. The findings, impact and assessment sections stay empty until the field visit has happened. It will not be marked published until the limitations and what-did-not-work sections are complete.
Overview
One of the longest-running extended producer responsibility schemes for packaging, alongside a deposit return scheme for beverage containers.
- Country
- Germany
- City
- Berlin
- Waste streams
- packaging, plastic
- SDGs
- SDG 9, SDG 12
Problem
Packaging is designed by producers and disposed of by households, so the party that decides what is made is not the party that has to deal with it afterwards.
Solution
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
How it works
- 01Producers pay into a scheme according to the packaging they place on the market.
- 02The scheme finances separate collection and sorting.
- 03A separate deposit is charged and refunded on beverage containers.
Stakeholders
- Producers
- Scheme operators
- Retailers
- Households
- Regulators
Technology
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Economics
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Policy
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Citizen participation
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Environmental impact
Not yet researched
Impact figures are only published where they have been measured and sourced. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
Limitations
Required before publication
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What did not work
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India applicability
Not yet researched
No transfer assessment can be made before the system has been seen working and its dependencies understood. Anything published here will be labelled a proposal until a pilot reports.
Circular Journey assessment
Not yet researched
Our own reading of the evidence, written after the field visit and labelled as analysis rather than fact.
Sources
Not yet researched
Sources are added as the research produces them. The full register is at /sources.
Social impact
Not yet researched
Impact figures are only published where they have been measured and sourced. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.