Sustainable packaging: Council signs off on new rules for less waste and more re-use in the EU
December 16, 2024
December 16, 2024
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 16 -- The Council of the European Union issued the following news release:
Today, the Council formally adopted a regulation on packaging and packaging waste.
The new rules will significantly reduce the generation of packaging waste by setting binding re-use targets, restricting certain types of single-use packaging and requiring economic operators to minimise the packaging used. The regulation covers the full life cycle of packaging.
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Today, the Council formally adopted a regulation on packaging and packaging waste.
The new rules will significantly reduce the generation of packaging waste by setting binding re-use targets, restricting certain types of single-use packaging and requiring economic operators to minimise the packaging used. The regulation covers the full life cycle of packaging.
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