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Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze wants to tighten the requirements for plastic packaging in order to avoid waste.

© Paul Zinken / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa wants to tighten the requirements for plastic packaging: Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze.

Anyone who sells coffee or food outside the home should therefore also have to offer a reusable variant from January 2023. Schulze wanted to introduce a corresponding bill in the federal cabinet on Wednesday, as reported by the ARD capital studio and “Bild am Sonntag”.

, according to "BamS", would include all restaurateurs, caterers and delivery services, with the exception of businesses with less than 80 square meters of space and a maximum of five employees. "Disposable plastic is still the rule in many restaurants, snack bars and

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The operation would have been coordinated by the Italian General Claudio Graziano on the second floor of the embassy, assisted by an Italian secret Leonardo is a government company that has 30.2% of its shares in the hands of the Italian Ministry of Economy, the minister there is Mr. Roberto

cafés," Schulze told the newspaper. “My goal for

is for reusable to go to become the new standard. Therefore, I want to oblige the catering industry to offer reusable packaging in addition to one-way packaging. "

The General Manager of the Hotel and

Restaurant Association, Ingrid Hartges, criticized the timing of the advance. "The discussion about a reusable obligation comes at an absolutely inopportune time," she told the "Bild am Sonntag" with a view to the restrictions due to the Corona crisis. The last thing the gastronomy needs now is the prospect of additional costs and documentation requirements.

In addition, according to ARD, the deposit obligation is to be extended to include non-carbonated fruit juices. According to an EU directive, Schulze's draft law also provides that at least a quarter of plastic bottles must be made of recycled plastic from 2025, the broadcaster reported. Online retailers who place plastic as packaging on the market will therefore have to participate financially in a take-back system in the future.