The EU is planning new regulations for packaging and deposits. Breweries fear that billions of beer bottles will have to be destroyed.
The existing reusable systems in Germany were set up more than 70 years ago. The destruction of four billion reusable bottles is therefore uneconomical, because a large part of them could be used for many years to come.. A German beer caused a stir due to a "deceptive package". The EU directive clearly requires "permanently affixed labelling" on reusable packaging.