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...
