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Significantly higher requirements for packaging industry in the future

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By Charlotte Wirth

Published: December 1st, 2022,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

The legislative reform on packaging waste presented yesterday imposes high requirements on producers and member states for the reuse of packaging material. The Commission neglects the value of recycling, as the industry criticizes.
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The Commission is showing its ambition. With the reform of the packaging regulation presented yesterday, it wants to hold producers and member states accountable. Recycling and reuse are to become the norm.

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