From August 2026, the European Union will begin enforcing a single set of packaging rules across all member states as the ...

European officials have advised against raising EU packaging waste recovery and recycling targets beyond 2008 under the Packaging Directive. In a move backed by the packaging industry, the European ...

Defra is to hold a crucial gathering of councils and the packaging industry as fears grow of European packaging waste recovery targets being missed. Although the UK now recovers some sort of value ...

In an effort to prevent or minimise the impact of packaging and packaging waste the European Commission has suggested increased targets for recycling and recovery for European Member States, to be ...

The European Union's new packaging waste directive could give a boost to recycled-content plastic, and in the minds of some plastics leaders, that's good for business. Reuters and other media are ...

The European Commission is bringing Finland before the Court of Justice of the European Communities for violating the EU directive on packaging waste. According to the Commission, Finland’s deposit ...

The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a directive to reduce packaging waste in the EU. Food producers say it adds a number of unreasonable obligations. The Packaging and Packaging Waste ...