Der Grüne Punkt

Glossary

Packaging recycling has formed an integral component of everyday life in Germany for 20 years now. In daily speech, it has contributed a wide array of terms such as “product responsibility” or “initial vendors” as well as abbreviations like “M37”. Many of these terms are now commonplace for us. But do you also know what “VerpackV-Konkret” means? Or do you know what the meaning behind the term “environmental impact assessment” is?

For everyone who would like to obtain comprehensive information about the recycling of sales packaging: the popular, compact lexicon is now updated. Just take a look, and you will know - right to the point!

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Sales packaging

Secondary raw materials

Sector-specific collection system

Service packaging

Small packaging

Sorting

Source of Waste Generation

Structure for Waste Collection

Sustainability/sustainable development

System participation obligation

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Der Grüne Punkt

Glossary

News

2012 Sustainability Award

Brochure on Sustainability

Sorting
In sorting facilities for lightweight packaging (LWP), the packaging articles run through various stations at which a certain material fraction is sorted out from the material flow. In state-of-the-art technology, the sorting is automated as far as possible. Sorting personnel is necessary mainly for the quality control of individual fractions. The biggest facilities can sort up to 150,000 tons of lightweight packaging per year. Pressed to bales, the individual material fractions are then delivered to recycling.