PPWR: The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Explained

As a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, we fully support the European Union’s aim of promoting packaging circularity and reducing the impact of packaging on the environment. To help our customers navigate new rules shaping the future of packaging in the EU, we have outlined the latest information on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), its importance, objectives, and the differences between existing rules and the key measures proposed.

The PPWR is a proposed piece of legislation revising the current packaging and packaging waste rules applicable in the European Union (EU).

Currently, the main regulatory framework for packaging and its end of life in the European Union is the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), adopted in the 1990s and revised several times since.

The European Commission proposed to overhaul the PPWD in 2022, after it found that it was not efficiently preventing the growth of packaging waste and the reduction of the environmental impact of packaging. This is why the Commission proposed a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation with greater ambition than the Directive previously adopted.
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