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Successful commitment to the environment and climate

Everyone takes responsibility for ensuring that used protection product and liquid fertiliser packaging becomes raw materials!

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3,500 t Returned packaging materials
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4,229 t CO2 savings per year
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Corresponds to the amount
of CO2 bound by 304,835 TREES*

*based on the calculations of the Frauenhofer Institut Umsicht (2023)

Get ahead of the pack.

PAMIRA®: Get ahead of the pack.

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Packaging Material Recovery for Agriculture (PAckMIttel-Rücknahme Agrar): PAMIRA® is the recovery system for plant protection product and liquid fertiliser packaging in Germany. Our system enables farmers, horticulturists, nurseries and other professionals to disposal their empty and rinsed packaging free of charge. 

In cooperation with the trade, packaging is taken back safely and sustainably at almost 400 collection points across Germany on specified dates with the help of trained inspection staff – and then passed on to our recycling partners. More than 90 per cent of the packaging recovered today finds a second life as recycled plastic products for the European cable protection industry. 

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PAMIRA® collects over 51 tonnes of pheromone dispensers during 2025 take-back campaign

PAMIRA® (PAckMIttel Rücknahme Agrar) is Germany’s nationwide take-back system for plant protection product and liquid fertiliser packaging, operated by RIGK GmbH. Building on the success of previous years, the special campaign for returning pheromone dispensers once again delivered impressive results in 2025, with collection volumes reaching new heights.

Due to the strong participation of winegrowers in the collection and return process, the 2025 campaign was once again able to achieve a higher volume of returned materials.

Strong participation by winegrowers enables another successful campaign

Thanks to the commitment of numerous winegrowers, the 2025 campaign saw more than 51 tonnes of used pheromone dispensers returned at 20 designated collection events. The collected materials were subsequently sent for controlled, environmentally sound recovery, contributing to resource efficiency through thermal energy utilisation.

By returning the dispensers via PAMIRA®, winegrowers play an active role in environmental stewardship and sustainable vineyard management. Feedback from winegrowers and collection site staff was consistently positive, with both the availability and organisation of the service being praised.

Sustainable plant protection meets responsible disposal

Pheromone dispensers are a vital tool in environmentally friendly pest control. They are used in vineyards to disrupt the mating cycle of the grapevine moth – a major pest – by releasing attractants that confuse the male insects. This method replaces chemical insecticides and supports integrated pest management.

At the end of the season, used dispensers must be removed from the vineyards. As part of the PAMIRA® initiative, winegrowers detach the dispensers in spring after pruning and return them at dedicated collection points established specifically for this purpose. The service is offered free of charge to growers and ensures that these materials are handled responsibly.

 

PAMIRA® is a registered trademark of the German Agricultural Industry Association (Industrieverband Agrar e.V., IVA). RIGK is responsible for organising the collection campaigns and ensuring proper recycling of the returned packaging.

Together for the environment: PAMIRA® trademark users

As PAMIRA® trademark users, more than over 100 manufacturers and fillers of pesticides and liquid fertilisers enable the safe and environmentally friendly return and recycling of packaging throughout Germany. Together with users and collection points, you are helping to protect the environment!

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Here’s what our users are saying

Johann Simeth

BayWa Loiching AG Operations Manager and part-time farmer

“PAMIRA® is important to me because it regulates the disposal of empty plant protection product packaging in a practical way. The containers are empty, cleaned and collected at the farm all year round. Then they are dropped off at the most convenient collection point once a year. These collection points can be located from anywhere on all the websites and at the warehouses. The PAMIRA® recovery system is really very good and the staff are helpful and friendly.”

Jürgen Schubert

Department Head for Environment / Safety BAT Agrar GmbH & Co. KG

“It was many years ago, but I’ll never forget when I had the unpleasant task of describing to a trade audience how much trouble manufacturers and dealers would be in with the legislator if it weren’t for PAMIRA®, our industry concept. What with the practical solutions it offers for the agricultural sector, the way it saves costs by dividing the labour between manufacturers, dealers and the system operator RIGK, and above all the huge success it has enjoyed since the first collection, all of the listeners were convinced that if we didn't have PAMIRA®, it would have to be invented right away!”

Volker Decker

Owner, Weinerlebnis Sommerhausen winery

“We need PAMIRA® to properly dispose of all our plant protection product containers. The system has always worked without any issues and to our greatest satisfaction.”