Michael Brunn

The transformation to a climate-neutral economy is fundamentally putting the use of carbon to the test.

Packaging consumption in the food retail sector remains high and poses fundamental challenges for the circular economy.

The so-called rare earths are playing an important role in more and more applications. However, Germa-ny has no deposits of its own and is dependent on imports.

The sustainability transformation has long been structurally anchored in many companies. But progress is coming under increasing pressure.

The new EU End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation (ELV) is intended to significantly increase the use of plastic recyclates in automotive construction - and thus advance the circular economy.

Metals are generally easy to recycle, but apart from the base metals, recycling hardly takes place.

With the new Ecodesign Regulation, the European Union wants to make sustainable products the standard.

Rising raw material prices, geopolitical uncertainties and ambitious climate targets are changing the foundations of industrial competitiveness.

It would not be the first time: Due to a lack of processes, structures and regulations, the growing expansion of PV systems could lead to disused systems not being kept in the cycle, but being recycled or landfilled at an inferior rate.

Whether the stakeholders achieve the ambitious targets of the PPWR depends largely on the design of the extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems.