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Country
DK
DK
Type / name of
initiative
Reducing
packaging:
Danish deposit
and return
system
Awareness
raising
Description
To cope with increases in bottle types,
the brewing and grocery industries
introduced an improved system that
covers a wide range of bottles, under
a new legal framework in 2008. The
aim is to minimise the environmental
impact in connection with the collection
of one-way packaging and to make life
easier for everyone involved in receiving
and handling the returned packaging –
from consumers and bottle-handlers to
producers, offices and shops.
In spring 2007, the Danish climate
campaign 1 ton mindre (One Tonne Less)
was launched by the Ministry of Climate
and Energy, encouraging Danes to make
a pledge to bring down their annual CO2
emissions by one tonne. It was a one year
campaign directed at Danish consumers.
The ambitious goal of the campaign to
involve 50,000 consumers was exceeded
by the end of August 2009 with a total of
84,000 pledgers.
DE Eco-labelling The Federal Environment Agency
sponsored a consumer organisation
to build an online platform on a broad
range of labelling activities in Germany
and Europe. It provides up-to-date
information on over 400 eco-labels and
the certification systems behind every
label.
DE Eco-labelling The national Bio-Siegel for products from
organic farming (introduced in 2001)
provides clarity, uniformity and visibility
for organic products. Only producers
and manufacturers who comply with the
provisions of the EU Organic Farming
Regulation and subject themselves to
the mandatory inspections may sell
their products as organic or eco goods
and label them accordingly with the Bio-
Siegel
Domain(s)
Consuming
Living
Consuming
Consuming
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