EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) enters into force
Today, on 11 February 2025, the PPWR enters into force and its general date of application is 18 months after that. The new regulation harmonises national measures further - strengthening the internal market - notably for secondary raw materials, manufacturing, recycling and reuse.
The PPWR establishes a new set of requirements in line with Europe's waste rules that cover the entire packaging life cycle – from product design to waste handling.
By 2030, the measures are expected to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and water use, while preventing and reducing the adverse impacts of packaging and packaging waste on the environment and human health.
The new rules include:
- Restrictions on certain single-use plastics, such as pre-packed fruit and veg weighing less than 1.5 kg and individual portions of condiments, sauces, and sugar in hotels, bars and restaurants.
- Minimising the weight and volume of packaging and avoiding unnecessary packaging.
- 2030 and 2040 targets for a minimum percentage of recycled content in packaging.
- A requirement for take-away businesses to offer customers the option to bring their own containers at no extra cost.
- Minimising substances of concern, including restrictions on packaging containing per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) if they exceed certain thresholds.
European Commission - Packaging waste
siehe auch News vom 6. Februar 2024
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste - PPWR