{"id":82891,"date":"2023-07-11T16:39:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T14:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=82891"},"modified":"2023-07-12T09:34:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T07:34:14","slug":"criticism-eu-packaging-regulation-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/kritik-eu-verpackungsverordnung-oesterreich\/","title":{"rendered":"Criticism of EU packaging regulation from Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Austria has criticised the EU's planned packaging regulation. The paper\/cardboard\/corrugated board value chain particularly criticises the preference for reusable packaging over recycled paper products.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In addition to ecological and economic arguments in favour of recycling as an equivalent solution, The mandatory reusable quotas in the current draft for a European directive on reusable packaging Packaging and Packaging Waste Ordinance (PPWR)<\/a> the competition<\/strong> and have a massive impact on a functioning circular economy. The collection and recycling rate for packaging made of paper, cardboard and corrugated cardboard in Austria is 85 per cent.<\/p>

Austropapier as Representation of the interests of the 23 domestic paper and pulp producers<\/strong> expressly welcomes the fact that, alongside decarbonisation, the circular economy is at the top of the EU's agenda as part of the Green Deal and is also included in the draft European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).<\/p>

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\u201eRegrettably, however, the current draft lacks a clear commitment that several ways of achieving Europe's climate neutrality target by 2050 are considered equally valid. The EU must take into account what materials the packaging is made of and whether functioning systems are in place to ensure a circular economy.\u201d<\/p>

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The PROPAK trade association and the PROPAK Austria association, representing the industrial manufacturers of paper, cardboard and corrugated cardboard packaging, can offer a cannot understand the blanket preference for fossil-based reuse packaging<\/strong>\u201eWe support the EU targets, but to call into question a perfectly functioning recycling system without necessity and to prioritise reuse across the board is the wrong approach and poses a long-term threat to parts of the industry,\u201c warns PROPAK Chairman Georg Dieter Fischer.<\/p>

The industry sees the EU's PPWR requirements as particularly problematic. Reuse quotas that do not allow a sensible coexistence with recycled paper, cardboard or corrugated cardboard<\/strong>. \u201eThe mandatory quotas envisaged in the draft are diametrically opposed to the EU's plans for a functioning European circular economy in line with the Green Deal,\u201c criticises Stephan Kaar, spokesperson for the Forum Corrugated Board Austria<\/a>. Mandatory quotas for all types of packaging would severely restrict free competition in the internal market<\/strong> and replace a significant proportion of renewable and recyclable paper, cardboard and corrugated cardboard packaging with materials made from fossil raw materials.<\/p>