European Bioplastics (EUBP) supports the intention of making single-serve coffee units mandatorily compostable and calls on the EU Parliament and Council to uphold this specific proposal to not undermine its...
On 22nd March, the Commission proposed common criteria against greenwashing and misleading environmental claims. Under this proposal, consumers will have more clarity, stronger reassurance that when something is sold as green, it actually is...
With the EU’s objective of making all plastic recyclable and reusable by 2030, companies strive to transition from linear towards a circular economy. As a result, some European countries, for example Spain and the United Kingdom, have already...
The Circular Packaging Association (CPA), a public-private partnership across the packaging value chain, has officially launched in the UAE, with the launch timed to precede Global Recycling Day on March 18th. The event was...
Following the release of the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on packaging and packaging waste, Freshfel Europe is calling on decision-makers to enact sustainable and functional harmonized EU packaging rules for fresh...
As widely anticipated, on 30 November the European Commission proposed new rules to modify current European laws on packaging and packaging waste. “After tackling single use plastics, we now take the next step on our...
Plastics Europe believes that the development of Design for Recycling Guidelines, and regulation that is science-based, fully material and technology neutral is the best way to allow the market to create the required new business models, and...
Over the last few years, the European Commission has been involved in searching winning solutions to produce sustainable packaging. In this regard, on 15 September it adopted new rules on the safety of recycled plastic materials and articles intended to...
There continues to be considerable interest in the ongoing discussions and efforts to establish how much recycled material should be ideally contained in plastic products, PET bottles in particular, a proportion that the EU legislator could make compulsory in the design of...
With the positive evaluation by the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA)’s, RecyClass Recycled Plastics Traceability Certification becomes the go-to scheme for companies that want to comply with the standard EN 15343:2007 and to stay ahead in the circular transition. The scheme verifies and certifies the origin, as well as...
