(wm) For many years, the well-known MICHEL catalogues have been sold wrapped in plastic foil. This has been changed lately, to be exact on 28 February 2019. The publisher of the catalogues, Schwaneberger Verlag in Germany, has committed himself to be as environment-friendly as possible, which means amongst others that it will refrain from the use of unnecessary packaging. Since the majority of new editions of the MICHEL catalogues are nowadays published in hardcover, plastic packaging is no longer necessary, the publisher announced.