{"id":72526,"date":"2022-12-01T11:14:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T10:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=72526"},"modified":"2023-06-04T16:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T14:56:50","slug":"eu-plans-new-packaging-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/eu-plant-neue-verpackungsvorschriften\/","title":{"rendered":"EU plans new regulations for packaging and recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The EU Commission is planning EU-wide regulations for the handling of packaging and packaging waste. The main aim is to ban waste-intensive packaging and promote reuse and recycling.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The new regulations are intended to reduce the constantly growing amount of packaging waste. On average, Europe produces almost 180 kg of packaging waste per capita per year. Most primary raw materials are used for packaging materials<\/strong>as 40 per cent of plastics and 50 per cent of paper in the EU are destined for packaging materials. If no action were taken, packaging waste in the EU would increase by a further 19 per cent by 2030 and plastic packaging waste by as much as 46 per cent.<\/span><\/p>

The new Regulations should stop this trend<\/strong> and ensure reusable packaging options, ban unnecessary packaging, limit superfluous packaging and require clear labelling to support correct recycling. According to the Commission, they would create new business opportunities for smaller companies in particular, reduce the demand for primary raw materials, increase Europe's recycling capacity and reduce Europe's dependence on primary raw materials and non-European suppliers.<\/strong> The new regulations are intended to put the packaging industry on course for climate neutrality by 2050.<\/span><\/p>

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The Suggestions<\/a> are important building blocks of the action plan for the circular economy announced in the European Green Deal<\/strong> and its goal of making sustainable products the norm. The proposed revision of EU legislation on packaging and packaging waste has three main objectives. Firstly, it aims to prevent packaging waste from being produced in the first place by reducing the amount,\u00a0unnecessary packaging restricted and reusable and refillable packaging solutions promoted\u00a0<\/strong>be realised. Secondly, a high-quality closed recycling loop should be promoted by ensuring that\u00a0all packaging on the EU market<\/strong>\u00a0Economically recycled by 2030<\/strong>\u00a0can be realised. Thirdly, the demand for primary raw materials is to be reduced and a Well-functioning market for secondary raw materials<\/strong> by increasing the proportion of recycled plastics in packaging materials through binding targets.<\/p>

With its proposals, the Commission also wants to give consumers and industry clarity with regard to Bio-based, compostable and biodegradable plastics <\/strong>bring. It sets out the applications for which these plastics offer real environmental benefits and how they should be designed, disposed of and recycled.<\/p>