EU CAN MANUFACTURERS CONTEST NEW PACKAGING REUSE RULES
February 22nd, 2023
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s new proposal for a European Union (EU) packaging and packaging waste regulation, released last November (2022) (1), contains unrealistic reuse and refill targets, European can industry experts have told CanTech International. Their comments come as negotiations begin between the Commission – the EU’s executive, the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers on securing agreement over the draft text.
And the text really matters, because this law is couched as an EU regulation, which is directly applicable in all 27 member ...
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