in addition to Diesel-Fahverboten and new regulations for Online Banking brings the year 2019, consumers also Changes to the German Deposit system. Also Aldi is affected. For customers, shopping is more expensive.
new year, new mortgage regulations. From now on, super markets, noisy the new packaging law, which came into effect 1 must. January 2019 in force, with clearly visible signs to inform you whether the drinks offered in disposable or reusable packaging is filled. The meaning of these new customers will help the unique identification on the supermarket shelf, to decide “consciously” and for the protection of the environment and, thus, for the ecologically greater reusable packaging.
But that’s enough of the measures for the prevention of packaging waste in Germany. Thus, in the future, more and more beverage containers are recycled instead of ending up in the residual waste, the mandatory Deposit since the 01.01.2019 for one-way drinks packaging of fruit and vegetable nectars with carbonic acid, such as non-alcoholic Apple spritzers, as well as the mixing proportion of at least 50 percent of beverages with whey. The Deposit is 25 cents.
mortgage-free packaging, which are classified as “organic”. For this purpose, beverage cartons such as Tetra Pak, includes tubing and stand-up pouch packaging, such as “Capri sun”. The same applies to wine, spirits and diet drinks to infant and young child nutrition.
What is the difference between disposable and reusable bottles?
disposable bottles , as the Name already says, only filled once, and after their return, in the supermarket, melted down. They are usually thin-walled and easily. Disposable bottles as such by the Logo of the German mortgage Inc.
bottles made of glass or plastic can be cleaned after return and up to 50 Times refilled marked. The reusable-Logo can stand on glass bottles but also for PET bottles. Refillable PET bottles are generally thicker-walled than their single-pass counterparts. Reusable bottles are considered to be the most environmentally friendly beverage packaging
What is the difference between disposable and returnable Deposit?
The returnable also known as “Cans”, is 25 cents per can or bottle. The high pledge is to supply motivate the consumer, the more environmentally harmful, disposable beverage containers on the return when trading the Recycling process.
+ The one-way-Logo of the German pledge GmbH©dpg-pfandsystem.de
The multi-lien is 15 cents per bottle, for beer bottles, 8 cents.
+ The reusable Logo©mehrweg.org
What is PET?
PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate. It is a thermoplastic resin of the Polyester family. There are one-way PET bottles (thin-walled) and PET bottles (thick walled). The one-way PET bottle is used only once, and after their return, in their components are disassembled and melted down. The one-way PET bottle can be made, where bottles made of the same Material are sold. The PET reusable bottle, unfortunately, is often only there, where you bought them also.
What can I make at Aldi?
Both in all stores at ALDI South and ALDI North, all of the PET can be returned non-returnable bottles and is subject to Deposit beverage cans and glass bottles, which records the one-way Symbol. “No matter where you have your drinks bought. No matter what brand you bought,“ says ALDI Nord on its Website.
back to ALDI and reusable bottles?
Since the 1. May 2006 must take all the shops, the beverages in returnable sell subject to returnable packaging, reusable packaging of each material type. This is also true for ALDI.
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Sven Barthel
