Whether you’re just grabbing a coffee to go or eating lunch out, more and more packaging is being used and thrown away. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always end up in the trash…

The packaging waste then ends up in nature and only decomposes after about 6000 years (not exactly measurable). This means that we are damaging our environment with disposable packaging.

According to the NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Germany), the waste balance in 2017 was more than 350,000 tons of disposable waste.

From July 3, 2021, the production of single-use plastic will no longer be permitted across the EU. Supermarkets are already gradually reducing their sale of single-use plastic or banning it from stores. The law

The federal government is now submitting the regulation to the Bundestag and the Bundesrat. Only then can it come into force.

And how can we avoid single-use plastic?

There are environmentally friendly alternatives to many products made from single-use plastic, such as wooden cutlery. Even your daily coffee to go can be replaced with your own cup.

Sources :

https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/nachhaltigkeitspolitik/einwegplastik-wird-verboten-1763390

www.nabu.de