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By: Kai Hartwig
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The drugstore chain dm wants to avoid packaging waste.
Current figures from the EU statistics authority Eurostat show: Germany in particular needs to rethink.
Munich – The drugstore chain dm is breaking new ground in the fight against packaging waste: it is testing a new type of deposit system.
Because sustainability is an increasingly important topic in retail.
Supermarkets and discounters are looking for ways to optimize their products in this area.
dm recently announced changes in its own branches and is now also introducing a deposit system in selected stores.
Drugstore chain dm is testing a new deposit system - customers will find the new filling stations in these branches
In some dm branches in Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, customers can now use filling stations, as dm announced in a press release.
The following dm branches are included:
dm-Markt, Louisenstraße 14-16, 61348 Bad Homburg (from February 23, 2024)
dm-Markt, Apfelstraße 8, 33613 Bielefeld (from February 15, 2024)
dm-Markt, Frankfurter Straße 71, 36043 Fulda (from February 21, 2024)
dm-Markt, Lister Meile 77-79, 30161 Hanover (from February 14, 2024)
dm-Markt, Reschop Carre Platz 1, 45525 Hattingen (from March 14, 2024)
dm-Markt, Heiligenröder Straße 51, 34123 Kassel (from March 13, 2024)
dm-Markt, Rothweg 3a, 35457 Lollar (from February 22, 2024)
dm-Markt, Grevener Straße 69, 48159 Münster (from February 28, 2024)
dm-Markt, Gartenbreie 3, 48161 Münster (from February 29, 2024)
dm-Markt, Hammer Straße 3, 48161 Münster (from March 1, 2024)
dm-Markt, Marienplatz 11, 33098 Paderborn (from February 16, 2024)
dm-Markt, Waskebieke 2, 58840 Plettenberg (from March 8, 2024)
dm-Markt, Lörhof 1, 45657 Recklinghausen (from March 15, 2024)
dm-Markt, Hüsingstraße 28, 58239 Schwerte (from March 7, 2024)
dm-Markt, Riga-Ring 11, 59494 Soest (from March 6, 2024)
The drugstore chain dm is testing filling stations in some branches.
They are intended to help avoid packaging waste.
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Unpackaged organic products at dm: Customers can determine the quantity and fill it themselves
According to dm, there is the “possibility of bottling a selection of more than ten popular dmBio products yourself”.
A test run that could set a precedent nationwide: “The offer is a pilot project by dmBio, with which dm is testing an unpackaged system.” In the dm branches that are taking part in this pilot project, customers can limit the amount of organic -Determine the products yourself and fill them into a container you bring with you or a deposit container.
However, a dmbio product was recently affected by a recall.
This deposit container can be rented in dm stores for a fee of 2.75 euros, as explained on the dm website.
Three different container sizes are available.
Purchasing at the filling stations does not differ in price from purchasing a packaged organic product, according to dm.
The managing director of dm, Kerstin Erbe, explained the motivation for the pilot project: “One of our goals at dm is to avoid packaging.
The easiest way to save packaging is to offer our products unpackaged.”
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EU figures show worrying developments – packaging waste is particularly problematic in Germany
The European Union first collected data on packaging waste per EU citizen in 2005.
According to the EU statistics agency Eurostat, the amount of packaging waste per capita in Germany increased by 26 percent by 2021, as the data shows.
Across the EU as a whole, the increase was an average of 19 percent over the same period.
Not only packaging waste from private households was recorded, but also all packaging waste that occurs within a country.
Packaging waste is a serious problem worldwide.
According to data published by
Eurostat
in October 2023 , around 237 kilograms of packaging waste was produced per capita in Germany in 2021.
This puts Germany well above the EU average.
This is considerably lower at just under 189 kilograms per capita.
Meanwhile, a traditional dm branch recently had to close.
Apparently that didn't go down well with the local residents.
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