Rules governing the EU packaging sector will become more harmonised, but the regulation leaves a lot of room for Member States to grant derogations, (or not), and to adopt measures going further than the regulation. How national governments use this room for manoeuvre will determine if a reduction packaging waste is achieved. Learn more in our analysis.
Ahead of the upcoming standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardisation on packaging and packaging waste, we outline the need to overhaul and develop packaging standards that are harmonised with the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) requirements.
ECOS publishes a position paper on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation ahead of the negotiations in the European Parliament and Council, aiming to see the European proposal improved.
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