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Growing consumer interest in deposit return schemes in Germany despite pandemic
19 January 2021
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Whereas restaurants and cafes are forced to remain closed to guests throughout lockdowns in many countries across Europe, take-away and delivery services are booming as a side-effect of the coronavirus.Â
According to a current, representative survey by the WWF and the German Packaging Institute (dvi), a good 83 percent of Germans purchase take-away food and beverages or have them delivered. More than three quarters of all respondents would like to see sustainable packaging used for this purpose (78.5%) . Recyclable single-use containers for disposal through the âdual systemâ come top of the list of favourites with an approval rating of just over 50 percent (51.5%). Personal containers (31.6%) and deposit return containers from restaurants and bars (24%) come second and third respectively. Personal cans are particularly popular with women (35.4% vs. 27.9%). On the ot