Packaging Ordinance: Germany takes pione • Table.Briefings

From the German point of view, the planned EU Packaging Ordinance provides significant progress. However, the Commission proposal falls enormously short of the German level on many points. The packaging industry criticizes the planned reusable quotas.

The Commission’s draft for a new packaging ordinance is ambitious but falls short of the level already achieved in Germany on several points. This is the finding of a report by the Federal Environment Agency. At the end of November, the EU Commission had presented the draft as part of the second circular economy package.

Packaging Ordinance: Germany takes pioneering role

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