{"id":88819,"date":"2023-12-13T13:52:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=88819"},"modified":"2023-12-17T21:26:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T20:26:30","slug":"regulatory-changes-steel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/regulatorische-veraenderungen-stahl\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulatory changes and steel - a look into the future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An exciting and sometimes nerve-wracking year lies behind the packaging industry. Looking ahead to 2024, the changes are unlikely to diminish. What will the regulatory changes - particularly those brought about by the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) - mean for steel as a packaging material? The industry association Apeal provides an assessment.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2023 was a year full of upheaval for the packaging industry. Driven by the ambitious goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation<\/a> have stakeholders across the EU Measures to contain waste and improve recyclability<\/strong> The EU has taken a number of measures to tackle this issue - from the phasing out of some single-use plastic products in France to a new tax on non-reusable plastic packaging in Spain. However, closing the loop on packaging waste will require sustained effort and innovation from all players in the supply chain, with durable materials such as steel playing a key role.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Once ratified, the new PPWR will change the packaging landscape in Europe. It will change the standards for the Harmonise packaging design<\/strong> and, above all, require all packaging on the European market to be produced in an economically viable way by 2030. Reusable or recyclable<\/strong> have to be.<\/p>

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However, the proposed regulation does not go far enough to promote the circular economy and achieve the objectives of the EU Green Deal. Apeal<\/a>, the Association of European Packaging Steel Manufacturers, believes that the PPWR is the Value of durable materials<\/strong> like steel should be emphasised more strongly.<\/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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For APEAL, the good recyclability of packaging steel is a particular advantage of the material. (Image: Apeal)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Steel for packaging: leading the transition to a circular economy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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As a durable material, steel packaging already fulfils and exceeds the recyclability criteria set out in Article 6 of the PPWR. Steel can not only be recycled in such a way that the resulting secondary raw materials are of sufficient quality to replace the primary raw materials. It can also be can be recycled several times<\/strong>, without losing its inherent properties. Recycled steel is used 100 per cent as a raw material in a closed material cycle<\/strong> and is therefore an example of a genuine circular economy.<\/p>