Packaging: Lobby battle over reusable ta • Table.Briefings

The EU Commission wants to set targets for the reuse of packaging. This is meeting with enormous resistance, particularly in the takeaway sector: a new lobby alliance is calling for the negotiations to be paused and insists on recyclable single-use packaging. Members of parliament are also divided over the reusable quotas.

The international packaging trade expo Interpack is taking place in Düsseldorf these days. Circular economy and resource conservation are listed as „hot topics“ at the event. „Sustainability is the No. 1 topic in the packaging sector and related process industries,“ said Thomas Dohse, Director of Interpack, in the run-up to the event. „We are meeting with a great deal of determination from the industry to actively shape this transformation process.“

Packaging: Lobby battle over reusable targets

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