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.
This technical paper aims to contribute to the assessment of design for recycling criteria and recyclability performance grades (RPG) from the European Joint Research Centre (JRC) for the European delegated acts in support of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
Rethink Plastic Alliance (RPA) comments on the Ramboll study on labelling requirements under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
Members of the Rethink Plastic Alliance and supporting organisations are calling on the European Commission to critically reassess the study on bio-based plastics, as part of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, which does not provide a sufficiently balanced basis for future policy development.
Civil society organisations, companies championing reuse, consumer protection organisations, academics, and communities impacted by PFAS and plastic pollution, urge the European Commission to reject any last-minute calls to delay the application of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
Implementing the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), now depends on technical rules and harmonised European standards. In our latest factsheet we provide an overview of the PPWR's upcoming milestones and targets on packaging minimisation, reuse, and refill - as well as key insights from experts on these three pillars of standardisation under the EU's new packaging rules.
Rethink Plastic alliance responds to the European Commission’s proposal for a Delegated Act to exempt pallet wrappings and straps from the 100% reuse targets in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation/
This paper provides technical recommendations to inform the European Commission’s forthcoming implementing act under Articles 29 and 30 of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The objective is to establish a harmonised and auditable methodology for calculating and verifying the share of reusable packaging placed on the market by economic operators.
In this report we conduct a comparative assessment of three representative standards for reusable packaging - to evaluate their alignment with the requirements and objectives of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
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