Requirements of logistics to packaging systems and to the packaging industry and their ecological effects

The logistic observation of the goods distribution in combination with the return of product, especially of packagings, is an essential contribution to the reduction of packagings. The packaging-reduced goods distribution processes are realised according to following premisses: avoiding, reducing, recycling, These priorities are stipulated in the German legislation (Abfallgesetz (waste law) and Verpackungsordnung (packaging regulation )) and they will almost probably become a part of other European legislation.