Publications

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Indonesia: Qualitative Assessment of Reusable Food Packaging
E-Book

The existence of a reusable packaging system for food and beverage (F&B) delivery of ready-to-eat food requires a different business model from that of the single-use packaging system. This…

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Biodegradable Waste Management At Home

Biodegradable waste can be easily managed at home by composting or installing a biogas system which are examples of environmental engineering techniques that follow basic principles of nature for…

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DKI Jakarta City’ Reusable Packaging Baseline Research Study on Food Delivery
E-Book

GIZ implements project “The Collaboration Action for Single Use Plastic Prevention in the Southeast Asia (CAP SEA)” on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature…

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The way forward: Building partnerships for sustainable environmental solutions

GIZ implements projects of the “Export Initiative for Green Technologies” worldwide on behalf of the the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUV…

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Economic Measures for Packaging Waste Prevention

Economic measures provide basic economic and regulatory guidance to influence the demand and supply for particular packaging materials and/or product groups. They include…

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INTERSECTING on Bending the linear economy
E-Book

Volume 8 of INTERSECTING is devoted to the theme of “Circular Economy and Global Value Chains”. It comes at a time when economic disruptions in global trade are multiplying, as…

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Is plastic waste the building material of the future?
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Plastic is one of the most used materials for consumer goods, packaging and as building material. The use of plastics in the building sector is greatly influenced by current megatrends: climate…

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INTERSECTING on Bending the linear economy
E-Book

Volume 7 of INTERSECTING – in plastics, united we are! But it is time to bend the linear economy and turn 20% of the world economy circular by 2030. In the spring of 2021, the…

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Shah Alam's Baseline Report
Study on Shah Alam City’s Single Use Plastic (SUP) Baseline and the City’s Current Policies and Practices on SUP Management
White paper

In Malaysia, the project CAP SEA, which stands for “Collaborative Actions on Single-Use Plastic Prevention in Southeast Asia” is financed by the German Federal…

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Why are biobased and biodegradable plastic not part of the solution to reduce plastic waste?

Disposable, single-use packaging is convenient from the perspective of consumers. This holds true, for example, for takeaway food packaging. However, the high amounts of plastic consumed entail…

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