Prevention of Packaging Waste

Through personal consumption behaviour (such as eating in a restaurant or switching to reusable packaging), individuals can contribute to preventing packaging waste, reducing resource consumption and protecting the environment.

For this purpose, raising awareness is essential. By providing fact sheets on single-use beverage cups, single-use food packaging and sustainable consumption, which were prepared by the Environment Agency Austria on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Environment, environmental and waste advisors as well as multipliers are supported in their educational work. At the same time, knowledge about the environmental impacts of consuming food and beverages in single-use packaging is strengthened.