1. National Report Germany (2013/2014)
Christoph Bildstein

2. Evolution of the market situation (1)
Quantities (container glass)
2013 collection + industrial glass: ~ 2,3 Mio. t
2013 vs no change of demand in all colours;
- less demand for some furnaces due to repairs was compensated by higher demand for running furnaces
2014 (01 – 06) - supply and demand is nearly balanced;
- still reduced cullet input for US products
 small surplus for green cullet
(flat glass + automotive glass)
- no reliable figures available
- demand higher than supply (to reduce lead content in container glass)

3. Evolution of the market situation (2)
Quality (container glass)
Quality is still increasing as result of investments in nearly all plants
- Lead
- HR
- CSP (limit: 20 g/t)
- New topic: Fines (< 6 mm)
Glass producers
No change concerning producers and/or furnaces

4. Atmosphere between Recycling Companies and …
… glass producers: good
- open and fair discussions with BV Glass
- glass producers honor progress in quality
… authorities: could be better
- German government and politicians are still not really interested in recycling.
- Municipalities take over more and more jobs which are done by private companies (f.e. collection).
- Environment authorities don´t really controll green dot systems.
… green dot systems: could be much better
- money is much more important than quality
 some dual systems sail close to the wind

5. Export/Import issues EOW situation
Export (on low level) no problems with authorities
Import (on low level) no problems with authorities
EOW situation
Problem with verifiying the management system; Article 5 ( ). Allthough every German glass recycler is running a management system for lots of years
Most of the German verifiers were not legalised or didn´t know how to handle.