Negotiations saw unbridled industry lobbying against meaningful inclusions in the Regulation – their victory is forests’ loss.
12/12/2023
Paper industry lobbyists expected to continue to push false narratives to try to remove the remaining positive elements of the Paper Packaging and Waste Regulation from the final version.
25/10/2023
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation needs to reduce packaging, not shift from one damaging material to another.
14/09/2023
The PPWD, now being replaced by the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), outlines measures to prevent the production of packaging waste. These measures promote reuse of packaging and, where preventing packaging waste...
10/07/2023
Indonesian civil society groups offer real-life insights into what the increased demand for paper-based packaging means for forests and local communities.
13/06/2023
The EU should listen to its citizens not industry, and legislate to end the overpackaging crisis
09/05/2023
France’s packaging law could offer practical insights for the EU’s new packaging Regulation
Poll: Overwhelming majority of Europeans are troubled by the rise in paper and cardboard packaging, and three quarters think governments should be responsible for reducing it.
Packaging and especially disposable paper packaging...
04/05/2023
Lindsay Duffield of the Environmental Paper Network International explains why the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation could be a game changer, but warns that industry is lobbying hard to weaken targets.
02/02/2023
