28 Sep 2018 --- Germanys new Packaging Act – set to become active in 2019 – places a stricter reporting regime for packaging producers and will increase recycling rates for plastic packaging to 63 percent, with the quota being raised to 90 percent by 2022. The imminent arrival of Act is driving plastic manufactures to translate sustainability into packaging solutions. PackagingInsights spoke to Matthias Schrägle, R&D Manager at Südpack, provider of packaging solutions for food products, on the floor of FachPack 2018.