A packet is emptied, a box flattened, a cup discarded. From the consumer’s point of view, packaging waste disappears the moment it enters a bin. For businesses, that moment often marks the end of ...

Packaging waste is one of the fastest-growing environmental challenges worldwide. As consumption rises and e-commerce expands, so does the volume of packaging discarded daily. Effective packaging ...

Today the Council has reached an agreement ('general approach') on a proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste. The aim is to tackle the increase in packaging waste generated in the ...

This press release was updated on 15 March 2024 to add the provisional agreement text. Today, the Council presidency and the European Parliament’s representatives reached a provisional political ...