EU rules on packaging and packaging waste cover both packaging design and packaging waste management. They aim to deal with the increasing quantities of packaging waste, which cause environmental problems. They also aim to remove barriers in the internal market – caused by EU countries adopting different rules on packaging design.
The latest amendment to the Directive contains updated measures to:
- prevent the production of packaging waste, and
- promote the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovering of packaging waste, instead of its final disposal
- Among other rules, by end of 2024, EU countries should ensure that producer responsibility schemes are established for all packaging.
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