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The Association of the Corrugated Board Industry has commissioned a study on the consequences of the planned EU packaging regulation from the Society for Packaging Market Research. According to the study, blanket requirements are not expedient.
If the reusable packaging quotas for e-commerce and certain transport packaging provided for in the draft European Packaging Regulation were to be implemented, this would have considerable negative effects, but only comparatively little benefit. The blanket requirements for the extensive use of reusable packaging are therefore not expedient. This is the conclusion reached by the Gesellschaft für Verpackungsmarktforschung (GVM) in a new study commissioned by the Verband der Wellpappen-Industrie e.V. (VDW).
"Eleven per cent more plastic consumption, 200 per cent more transport kilometres, 80 per cent more storage space and up to 400 per cent higher costs for packaging materials. These are just some of the consequences that could occur in 2040 if the packaging regulation is adopted in the form proposed by the European Commission."
Dr Steffen P. WürthChairwoman of the VDW
The analysis uses Basic data from 2021 on how the reusable quotas for transport and mail-order packaging provided for in the draft regulation will affect the German market would. "We see clear contradictions here with the sustainability goals that the European Commission claims to be striving for - and not just in terms of the increased transport volume of 400 million kilometres in total, which corresponds to around 10,000 trips around the world," the VDW Chairman continued.
Würth considers the predicted increase in the use of plastics by eleven per cent to be a cause for concern in terms of the raw material base and recycling rates: "The predominant The majority of plastics continue to be produced from fossil raw materials - unlike corrugated board, which is based on plant-based and therefore renewable resources. based." The fibre-based packaging materials paper, cardboard and paperboard are also characterised by a high recycling rate, which has been around 80 per cent in recent years. "The VDW members can already boast an average recycling rate of more than 80 per cent in the finished packaging," explains the VDW Chairman.
According to GVM-study, it is to be expected that the quota requirement of the Use of primary material for transport packaging to increase by as much as one per cent by 2040 instead of achieving a reduction. In the first year alone, GVM estimated that 285 kilotonnes of reusable packaging would have to be purchased to set up the reusable systems - a quantity that would exceed the amount of corrugated board saved at the same time by 146 kilotonnes. "The goal of minimising packaging material, which the corrugated cardboard industry is also working towards every day with the development of ever more efficient solutions, is therefore likely to be missed due to the rigid requirements," concludes Würth.
Flexibility through corrugated board
Overall, the GVM attests to the EU Commission The quotas aimed at for transport and mail-order packaging offer only minor benefits at comparatively high costs. Blanket specifications are not expedient hereis the conclusion of the analysis. One of the reasons given by GVM is the large number of variants of transport and e-commerce packaging currently in use.
Presenting these in reusable packaging makes neither economic nor ecological sense. "As a flexible material, corrugated board can make full use of its strengths when it comes to easily customisable or even tailor-made packaging," says Würth. With a view to maximising efficient logistics and the further reduction of emissions a decisive factor. "Reusable systems, on the other hand, with their necessary restriction to a few standard formats, give rise to fears of an increase in empty space in the supply chains - another point that contradicts the objectives of the draft EU regulation."
According to the GVM analysis, the reusable quota could also have almost absurd consequences for imports from non-EU countries. "It is quite possible that large household appliances would have to be repacked millions of times into reusable containers at the EU border in future. In these cases, two transport packaging units would be used per product - this is clearly the The opposite of efficiency and environmental protection", explains Würth. The corrugated cardboard industry therefore has good reason to continue urging politicians to refrain from imposing blanket reusable quotas for e-commerce and transport packaging.
Source: VDW
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