“Cheap energy keeps the economy going’: What companies really need from politicians now. “We just have to take even more aggressive action against single-use packaging, including bans,” says Mirco Wolf Wiegert.“We won't be able to solve it alone, but we will at least do our part to solving it.

We are currently living in very expensive times of very expensive energy and energy-intensive production. And a plastic tax can really address these problems? It's a first step towards making reusable glass more expensive and thereby making it even more economical.”