GERMANY

Deposit starts for milk products in single-use plastic bottles / Green group wants to include beverage cartons

MARINE LITTER

Germany joins initiative to collect old fishing tackle / Berlin pledges EUR 100,000 annually

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

German federal cabinet approves law to set up a single-use plastics fund / Trade associations criticise unnecessary bureaucratic costs

PACKAGING TAX GERMANY

McDonald's branch wins lawsuit against Tübingen waste levy / German environmental aid organisation calls for one-way levy on to-go packaging

PLASTICS WASTE

German environment minister wants EU-wide export ban on plastics scrap / New import regulation in Turkey