POLY:Solution Lunch

Thursday, September 14, 2023, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Tübingen set an example: Most recently, the Higher Administrative Court classified the collection of a municipal packaging tax there as lawful. Other municipalities are following suit, including the city of Munich. A corresponding application has been submitted there, because in the fight against increasing littering, the taxation of reusable packaging and dishes is becoming increasingly relevant for municipalities. Attempts such as the one in Tübingen show that a local packaging tax can work in practice.

Skeptics argue that municipal “isolated solutions” hinder a comprehensive strategy rather than promote it. Can the Tübingen model be transferred to a metropolis like Munich? What obstacles need to be overcome? And is the future of plastic regulation at the local level? Julia Post, a politician in the Munich City Council for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, reported on her project and discussed it with the participants of the event.

Julia Post is a social entrepreneur, politician for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, and city councilor in Munich. Among other things, she has been successfully campaigning for local reusable systems in the catering industry for years as part of her Coffee to Go Again project.