Jessika Roswall during a confirmation hearing © European Union, 2024 – Source: European Parliament Today, a joint letter signed by 115 signatories was sent to Commissioner Roswall and Séjourné of the European Commission, making the case on why reopening the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) again would be disastrous for the forests, the environment, […]
Read MoreThis telling Greenpeace report unveils the deforestation of old-growth forests in Sweden for throw-away cardboard packaging of e-commerce brands Today, Greenpeace Sweden has unveiled the report ‘Killed by Cardboard: How old-growth forests in Sweden end up as boxes for global e-commerce’ that shows how the e-commerce industry is fueling the deforestation of century-old forests […]
Read MoreThe final EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation was agreed in trilogue despite being stripped of its most pressing provisions. (March 5 2024, Brussels) – Yesterday the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union released the final text of the long-awaited compromise on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Negotiations between the European […]
Read MoreThe EU environment ministers agreed on a general approach for the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation today. In the context of both record levels of packaging waste and unprecedented lobbying from the single use packaging industry, Member States resisted the most aggressive attempts to water down or delete provisions aiming to prevent waste and kick-start […]
Read MoreParliament trashes EU hopes to reduce packaging waste, siding with throwaway industry The European Parliament voted on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation proposal issued by the European Commission in November 2022. The proposal sought to reduce record levels of packaging waste in Europe. Intimidated by unprecedented lobbying, parliament voted to delete almost all provisions […]
Read MoreAs the European Union is experiencing a sharp rise of its packaging waste, with an all time record of 188.7 kg per capita, the European Commission has responded with a proposal for Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Among its goals, this proposal aims to: Prevent the generation of unnecessary packaging waste: reduce it in […]
Read MoreThe European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), led by Italian Socialist MEP Patrizia Toia, yesterday voted to accept changes to the new EU Packaging Regulation that would strip out many of the remaining innovative aspects of the rules. It is a cruel irony that the EU Parliamentary committee responsible for innovation, yesterday retrograded […]
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