With the Rethink Plastic alliance, we have published feedback on new rules for the recycling of plastic packaging. We stress that implementing PPWR requirements on minimum recycled content in plastic packaging now depends on the development of robust and reliable secondary legislation - including on (1) the calculation and verification of recycled plastic content in packaging, (2) sustainability criteria for plastic recycling technologies, and (3) equivalent rules for plastic recycled content that is imported from third countries.
What are the typical reusable takeaway packaging formats currently operating on the European market? Read our technical input for the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, by ECOS, Rethink Plastic, and New ERA.
Standards will play an essential role in implementing the EU's new packaging rules. Join us on 2 October to learn more about the standardisation process and hear from experts about best practices and recent developments, as we discuss solutions for packaging minimisation, refill, and reuse.
Press release, Brussels | Member States must step up efforts to ensure the EU meets its packaging waste goals, says the NGO group Rethink Plastic alliance. A new report reveals how national and local governments can make the most of the opportunities provided by the EU’s new packaging rules.
National and local governments could slash record levels of packaging waste if they follow this roadmap. By the Rethink Plastic alliance with Break Free From Plastic, Zero Waste Europe, ClientEarth Europe, Environmental Coalition on Standards, Fair Resource Foundation, and the European Environmental Bureau.
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) established essential requirements for packaging to be placed on the market. In this paper we fine-tune our recommendations for revising the existing harmonised packaging reuse standard, in line with the final text of the PPWR.
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.
The European Parliament gave in to throwaway culture today in its position on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) proposal, issued by the European Commission one year ago [1]. MEPs voted on hundreds of amendments, many of which aimed to undermine the environmental ambition of the legislative text. The abundance of options provoked a barrage of false claims, scaremongering, and intense lobbying from industry players in the run-up to the vote.
On 30 November, as part of its Circular Economy Action Plan, the European Commission will take a step towards improving the sustainability of packaging and wider product distribution systems – or not.
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