News & Press Releases
13 Sep 2023
Industry body shocked at President Von der Leyen’s failure to mention the EU Single Market once in her State of the Union speech.
Brussels, 13 September 2023 – Responding to the Commission President’s State of the European Union speech today, EUROPEN* secretary-general Francesca Stevens said: “We are shocked at the lack of...
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10 Jul 2023
Istanbul-bound! EUROPEN goes to GEN-E 2023
EUROPEN is flying to Istanbul! GEN-E, Europe’s largest entrepreneurship event organised by JA Europe, a European organisation promoting entrepreneurship and STEM skills to young people, is takin...
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10 Jul 2023
Spain takes over Sweden to assume the Presidency of the Council
On 1st July 2023, the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU officially began, taking over from Sweden. Spain will assume the Council Presidency in turbulent times, as the country will hold its g...
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10 Jul 2023
New ecodesign rules for sustainable products soon to be submitted to plenary vote
On 15 June 2023, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) adopted its final report on Establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing...
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10 Jul 2023
Sustainable investments for the transition to a circular economy
On 13 June 2023, the European Commission published its Sustainable Finance Package, including measures to strengthen the EU sustainable finance framework and aiming “to ensure that the EU sustainabl...
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10 Jul 2023
Update on the Waste Framework Directive
On 5 July 2023, the European Commission published its proposal for the revision of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD). Another big review starting right before the end of the legislative mandate, you...
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10 Jul 2023
Celebrating 30 years of the EU Single Market, pas sans soucis
N’importe quoi. Probably the expression that best captures recent developments in the Single Market space. And no coincidence this is a French idiom. Since our last newsletter, where we had informed...
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10 Jul 2023
Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, where do we stand?
One draft report, three draft opinions, a total of 4889 amendments (yes, we read them all!) and countless versions of compromise amendments.
An intense parliamentary activity is taking place around...
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16 Jun 2023
EUROPEN elects its new Board of Directors 2023-2025
On 8 June 2023, on the occasion of its annual General Assembly, EUROPEN elected its new Board of Directors to drive the association for the upcoming two-years mandate.
The composition of the Board...
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26 Apr 2023
A rundown of European Commission proposals ahead of the EU elections
While the clock is ticking and the end of the EU Parliament’s term is approaching, many legislative initiatives are still underway at EU level. Ahead of the EU elections in 2024, here is a rundown o...
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26 Apr 2023
The Circular Economy Package & The Green Deal Industry Plan
On 22 March 2023, the European Commission unveiled its long awaited proposal for a Directive on the substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims. The Green Claims Directive aims...
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26 Apr 2023
The single market: enabler of circularity
As discussions on the PPWR proposal continue, EUROPEN remains committed to working towards the adoption of an ambitious yet implementable harmonised legislative framework, able to support the European...
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26 Apr 2023
The PPWR: Where do we stand?
The European Commission's proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has officially entered the co-decision process, with the Parliament and Council now discussing the details of t...
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17 Apr 2023
Over 120 industry associations call for safeguarding the internal market legal basis of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
Today, more than 120 packaging industry associations issued a joint letter urging co-legislators to preserve in its entirety the internal market legal basis of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regula...
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30 Nov 2022
News update: European Commission Proposal for the Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
On 30 November, the European Commission published the second part of its Circular Economy package introducing, amongst others, its proposal for the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Direct...
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30 Nov 2022
Packaging value chain sees serious shortcomings in review of EU packaging rules
Brussels, 30 November 2022 – EUROPEN, the European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment, considers the European Commission’s proposal on Packaging and Packaging Waste, adopted today, as...
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10 Nov 2022
The Packaging Value Chain expresses serious concerns about the European Commission suggested approach on the PPWR review
Today, over 60 associations from the packaging value chain have issued a joint industry statement to express serious concerns with regards to the approach taken by the European Commission in its revi...
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17 Oct 2022
The European Commission continues its efforts towards sustainable food systems
In its Farm to Fork strategy, published in May 2020, the European Commission recognises the shift to sustainable food systems as a catalyzer to achieve the climate, biodiversity and environmental obje...
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17 Oct 2022
Update on the Waste Framework Directive review
The Waste Framework Directive (WFD) is the EU Framework that sets the basic concepts and definitions related to waste management, including definitions of waste, recycling and recovery - and it is now...
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17 Oct 2022
EU Commission’s adopted new rules on recycled plastics in food contact materials
Before being consumed, during the production and storing process, food comes into contact with a variety of materials and articles, such as food processing equipment, packaging and containers for food...
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17 Oct 2022
Guaranteeing the free movement of goods with the Single Market Emergency Instrument
The 30th anniversaries of the European Single Market and of EUROPEN are approaching. On the 1st of January 1993, the EU Single Market was established to provide for harmonised legislation in the EU an...
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17 Oct 2022
Circular Economy Package: Round 2
In March this year, the European Commission published the first part of its Circular Economy Package, introducing proposals for an Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (previously called Sust...
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14 Sep 2022
Packaging industry calls for recognition of packaging role for the resilience of essential supply chains
Brussels, 14 September 2022 – EUROPEN, the European Organization for Packaging and the Environment, welcomes the commitment by European Commission President von der Leyen to ensure Europe’s strate...
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08 Jul 2022
What you should know about the Waste Framework Directive review
Earlier this year, on 25 January 2022, the European Commission officially kicked-off the review of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) by opening a call for evidence for an Impact Assessment. The Comm...
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08 Jul 2022
Single Market: New measures to anticipate times of crises, but disruptions persist
The 1st of January next year will mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the European Single Market. As EUROPEN prepares to celebrate this important milestone, we also remain alert to diver...
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08 Jul 2022
Further delays with the adoption of the PPWD proposal
The revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), initially expected for July 2022, has been further delayed. According to the latest available College agenda, the second part of t...
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08 Jul 2022
The European Commission issued the first part of its Circular Economy Package
In the New Circular Economy Action Plan, the European Commission announced the adoption of a number of legislative and non-legislative initiatives that would help deliver on the objectives of the Euro...
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14 Jun 2022
EUROPEN is looking for an EU Public Affairs Intern!
EU Public Affairs Intern
We are currently looking for a motivated and proactive EU Public Affairs Intern to join our team in Brussels and contribute to the activities and daily management of the...
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11 May 2022
The packaging industry calls for one single circular economy
Fragmentation of the Single Market due to countries taking divergent measures is undermining the objectives of the European Green Deal and hampering EU industry’s aspiration to lead the transformati...
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14 Apr 2022
EU Taxonomy: the transition to a circular economy
On 30 March 2022, the European Commission’s Platform on Sustainable Finance published its recommendations for technical screening criteria for the EU taxonomy with a focus on four main objectives: t...
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14 Apr 2022
Revised rules on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods
The Commission is currently revising rules to allow the use of recycled plastics in food contact material applications, which will repeal legislation dating back from 2008. The revision should provide...
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14 Apr 2022
Making sustainable products the norm
Previously called the “Sustainable Products Initiative”, the European Commission’s proposal for an Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) was published on 30 March 2022 as part of...
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14 Apr 2022
The Waste Framework Directive review is in motion
Another key milestone is ahead of us. On 25 January 2022, the European Commission launched a call for evidence for an Impact Assessment that will support the revision of the Waste Framework Directive...
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14 Apr 2022
Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive: What’s new?
Since our last update in December, the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) has made some progress. Work by Eunomia, the consultancy firm supporting DG Environment, has conti...
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17 Dec 2021
Publication of the long-awaited Waste Shipment Regulation proposal
On 17 November 2021, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited proposal for a new Regulation on waste shipments. In 2020, the EU exported 32.7 million tons of waste to non-EU countries (a 75% i...
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17 Dec 2021
Working towards a single circular economy
The protection of the Single Market principles is close to the heart of EUROPEN and actions to defend these principles have animated the year 2021. Uneven and diverging implementation of EU laws at na...
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17 Dec 2021
Ensuring and protecting the food supply: the work is bearing fruit
The publication of the European Commission Communication on the Contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security in times of crisis on 12 November 2021 wraps up the discussions generated by...
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17 Dec 2021
The packaging industry advocates for the creation of an EU harmonised model for consumer sorting instructions
Today, the packaging industry issued a joint proposal to establish an EU harmonised model for consumer sorting instructions as part of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) revision.
I...
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21 Oct 2021
A Single Circular Economy: How to Fix the Single Market
The Single Market is one of the EU’s greatest achievements, but fragmentation at national level is undermining the implementation of a successful circular economy for packaging. Marta Pacheco report...
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15 Oct 2021
Watch now! The full recording of EUROPEN’s webinar on the EU Single Market: The Key to Unlock the Green Deal
Breaking down trade barriers is crucial for achieving the EU’s green transition.
Download the recording here!
On Thursday 14 October, EUROPEN held a webinar on "T...
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07 Oct 2021
INTERVIEW OF EVA SCHNEIDER, AIM – THE EUROPEAN BRANDS ASSOCIATION, ABOUT THE HOLYGRAIL 2.0 INITIATIVE
INTERVIEW EVA SCHNEIDER, SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AT AIM, THE EUROPEAN BRANDS ASSOCIATION, ABOUT THE HOLYGRAIL 2.0 INITIATIVE
In September 2020, AIM launched an exciting cross-va...
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07 Oct 2021
The Circular Plastics Alliance is kicking into high gear and working hard to reach 10 million tonnes of recycled plastics
20 September 2019 marks the date of the signature of the Declaration of the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA), and with that, the commitment to ensure that at least 10 million tons of plastic are recyc...
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07 Oct 2021
Celebrate the World Food Day 2021 with us!
The huge environmental and nutritional challenges we face, exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis and the subsequent economic and social impacts, put our global food systems at risk. Food waste, in partic...
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07 Oct 2021
Preliminary recommendations for technical screening criteria for the EU taxonomy
On 3rd August 2021, the European Commission’s Platform on Sustainable Finance published its preliminary recommendations for technical screening criteria for the EU taxonomy with a focus on circulari...
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07 Oct 2021
One step closer to the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
When you last read our newsletter in July, the Commission was working in full speed on the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) to be able to adopt its proposal by the end of...
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07 Oct 2021
Tackling non-tariff and non-tax barriers in the Single Market
A strong and harmonised Single Market is key to foster the investments and innovation needed to drive the circular economy. Unfortunately, we continue to observe a growing trend of diverging national...
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07 Oct 2021
College of Commissioners: What’s on the agenda?
We have had a peak at the agenda of the College of Commissioners, have a look below to see what is in store for the coming months!
19 October 2021: publication of the 2022 Work Programme
14 De...
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05 Oct 2021
Save the Date! EU Single Market: The Key to Unlock the Green Deal
Breaking down trade barriers is crucial for achieving the EU’s green transition.
Kindly hosted by Maria Spyraki MEP
Thursday 14 October 2021
13:00-14:00 (Brussels Time)
Online...
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05 Oct 2021
Foodathon will empower young innovators from Europe and Africa to transform our food systems
A new collaboration between EIT Food and JA Europe is building young people’s entrepreneurial skills to transform the future of food. The Foodathon, which will coincide with UN World Food Day 20...
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12 Jul 2021
The Single Market is the engine of EU’s economy and must be preserved
"The Single Market is really the engine of the European Economy. It sets the base of what Europe was all about when the project started, taking down these barriers".
EUROPEN's Managing Director Fra...
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12 Jul 2021
Harmonised implementation of the SUPD: key to preserve the Single Market
Since its introduction in May 2018, the Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) has put the production and use of single use items in a different perspective, accelerating the development of circular pr...
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12 Jul 2021
Food For Thought
In September 2021, the UN Secretary-General will convene the very first global Food Systems Summit. Ahead of this big premiere, a Pre-Summit will take place from 26 to 28 July in Rome. The Pre-...
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12 Jul 2021
Review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, what’s new?
The review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) is no small feat, and the timeline is getting tighter. When time is pressed, rushed decisions are made - a point raised regularly by th...
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12 Jul 2021
The review of the Waste Framework Directive is around the corner
While the review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive has already started, another important milestone is around the corner: the review of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD), due i...
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12 Jul 2021
Sustainability aspects specific to packaging must be exclusively governed by the PPWD
Announced in the New Circular Economy Action Plan presented in March 2020, the Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI) aims to make products fit for a climate neutral, resource efficient and circular...
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24 Jun 2021
The packaging industry and consumer product manufacturers calling for an EU approach to packaging waste labelling
The packaging industry and consumer product manufacturers fully endorse the need for relevant and consistent information to consumers on how to properly dispose of both the products and their packagin...
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27 Apr 2021
European Commission kicks-off work on its Sustainable Products Initiative. What’s at stake for the packaging sector?
In its New Circular Economy Action Plan presented in March 2020, the European Commission announced its intention to launch a sustainable product policy initiative to make products fit for a climate ne...
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27 Apr 2021
The successful roll-out of the Circular Economy Action Plan needs a strong EU Single Market
The Green Deal and the new Circular Economy Action Plan intend to create the conditions for the EU industry to lead the transformation towards a sustainable economy, by stimulating the development of...
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27 Apr 2021
Fresh and out-of-the-box: Meet our guests from across the packaging value chain
Interview Hans van Bochove, Chair of EUROPEN and Vice-President of Public Affairs and Government Relations at Coca-Cola European Partners
Hans, you have recently been re-confirmed in your role as C...
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27 Apr 2021
No rest for the EU Single Market – France’s Green Dot case
The integrity of the Single Market for packaging and packaged goods is more and more threatened by divergent national measures being implemented across EU Member States. This trend of national provisi...
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27 Apr 2021
A proposal for a revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive by the end of the year?
The review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) will be a major milestone this year. This revision represents a key opportunity to further scale up the circularity of the EU economy....
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27 Apr 2021
Packaging is an essential component of the EU food supply chain
Ensuring access to safe and sustainable food for all is high on the global agenda, but also on ours!
This year, in a bid to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and promote sufficient quanti...
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20 Apr 2021
EUROPEN elects its new Executive Committee
On 25 March 2021, on the occasion of its bi-annual Council of Members, EUROPEN held the elections of its Executive Committee.
The members elected as part of the EUROPEN Executive Committee 2021-202...
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16 Apr 2021
Packaging value chain calls on the European Commission to dedicate appropriate time and resources to review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
The review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) represents a key opportunity to accelerate and further scale up the circularity of the EU economy.
Today, EUROPEN, together with 59...
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17 Sep 2020
Packaging value chain calls on EU to protect the Single Market to deliver on the Green Deal and circular economy
Following the commitment by European Commission President von der Leyen to deliver on the Single Market in her State of the Union address, the packaging value chain calls upon the EU institutions to l...
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27 Aug 2020
EUROPEN’s feedback on substantiating green claims
As announced as part of the European Green Deal and the new Circular Economy Action Plan, the European Commission has presented its initiative for a legislative proposal on substantiating Green Claims...
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29 Jul 2020
Review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
July 2020 - EUROPEN feedback on the Inception Impact Assessment
Following-up on the objectives of the European Green Deal, the European Commission has presented its initiative to review the Packag...
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11 May 2020
New leadership for EUROPEN
Brussels, 11 May 2020 - EUROPEN, the European Organization for Packaging and Environment, is pleased to announce the appointment of Francesca Stevens as Managing Director per 1 June 2020. Ms. Stevens...
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23 Mar 2020
Packaging needs to be recognised by EU and national governments as an essential part of the continued flow of goods during the COVID-19 pandemic
Brussels, 20 March 2020 - The members of EUROPEN, the European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment, are doing their utmost to maintain the necessary supply of food and hygiene products as...
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13 Mar 2020
EUROPEN welcomes the future, growth and innovation-oriented Circular Economy Action Plan 2.0
Brussels, 13 March 2020- EUROPEN welcomes the publication of the European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan 2.0, which is an important follow-up measure to the Circular Economy Package of 2...
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20 Sep 2019
EUROPEN co-signs the Circular Plastics Alliance Declaration with shared goal to increase the uptake of recycled plastics in Europe
Brussels, 20 September 2019 - EUROPEN – the European Organization for Packaging and the Environment- is pleased to sign today the Declaration of the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) at the European...
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27 Mar 2019
Adoption of the Single-Use Plastics Directive: EUROPEN calls for harmonised, consistent and proportionate implementation
Brussels, 27 March 2019 – Noting the adoption of the Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive by the European Parliament today, EUROPEN supports the EU’s overarching objectives of taking bold action a...
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05 Feb 2019
Packaging Supply Chain joins alliance to ensure necessary framework conditions for circular plastics
Brussels, 5 February 2019 – On the occasion of the first meeting of the European Commission’s high-level Circular Plastics Alliance, which aims to improve the economics and quality of plastics re...
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16 Nov 2018
73 packaging value chain organisations call on EU to safeguard the Single Market in Single-Use Plastics negotiations
Brussels, 16 November 2018 – EUROPEN and 72 other associations representing a wide range of packaging materials and sectors across the packaging value chain call on the European Institutions to...
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16 Nov 2018
Single Use Plastics Directive- 73 national and EU industries call on EU to safeguard the Internal Market for packaging and packaged goods in view of trilogues
The undersigned organisations represent interests in a wide range of packaging materials, including plastics, and sectors at different stages of the packaging value chain in Europe. Building on ea...
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24 Oct 2018
EUROPEN comments on today’s European Parliament vote on Single Use Plastics
Brussels, 24 October 2018 – Today the European Parliament adopted its report on single-use plastics (SUP). EUROPEN supports measures that address the problem of plastic pollution effectively, tha...
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11 Oct 2018
EUROPEN – Statement on the ENVI vote on single-use plastics
Brussels, 11 October 2018 – Yesterday the European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted on single-use plastics. EUROPEN supports policy objectives that address the problem of plastic pollution...
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22 Aug 2018
Packaging value chain coalition of 68 industry associations launches joint recommendations ahead of negotiations on the Single-Use Plastics proposal
Brussels, 22 August 2018 – EUROPEN and 67 other European and national associations representing a wide range of packaging materials and sectors across the packaging value chain, have announced...
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22 Aug 2018
Joint Statement from 68 Packaging Value Chain associations on the Single-Use Plastics Proposal
The undersigned organisations represent a wide range of packaging materials, including plastics, and sectors at different stages of the packaging value chain in Europe. We wish to express our rese...
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25 Apr 2018
Packaging industry leaders reaffirm commitment to packaging innovation for a circular economy at EUROPEN’s 25th anniversary
Brussels, 25 April 2018 – Celebrating its 25th anniversary today, EUROPEN gathered high-level EU policy-makers, industry leaders and stakeholders to discuss the key role of packaging innovation fo...
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18 Apr 2018
EUROPEN welcomes strengthened legal framework for EPR and strong Internal Market safeguards in the adopted Circular Economy Package
Brussels, 18 April 2018 – EUROPEN welcomes today’s adoption by the European Parliament of the revised EU waste legislations, as part of the Circular Economy Package. EUROPEN commends EU negotiato...
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07 Feb 2018
Circular economy? Not without the Internal Market!
Without oversight, the implementation of the circular economy package entails a huge risk of Member States going into different directions and introducing barriers to the internal market, warns Virgin...
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16 Jan 2018
EUROPEN welcomes EU Plastics Strategy’s call for strengthened and harmonised packaging waste management systems in Europe
Brussels, 16 January 2018 – EUROPEN welcomes the EU’s Plastics Strategy as an important contribution towards achieving the objectives of a Circular Economy and tackling (marine) littering. EUROPE...
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18 Oct 2017
127 industry organisations urge the EU to safeguard the Internal Market for packaging and packaged goods
Brussels, 18 October 2017 – In view of the forthcoming inter-institutional negotiations to finalise the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), as part of the Circular Econo...
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18 Oct 2017
129 National and EU industries call to safeguard the Internal Market for Packaging and Packaged Goods in the Circular Economy Package
The signatories of this statement call on the European Parliament, Council and Commission to maintain the Internal Market legal base of the PPWD and all its amending acts, including the current pr...
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29 May 2017
Unprecedented coalition of EU and national industries warn the Single Market for goods still needs to be defended: do not take it for granted!
Brussels, 29 May 2017 – On the eve of the start of inter-institutional negotiations on the EU Circular Economy Package, EUROPEN and 68 other EU and national industry associations, representing a...
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15 Mar 2017
36 packaging value chain industry associations launch joint recommendations ahead of negotiations on the EU CEP
Brussels, 15 March 2017 – Following the European Parliament’s plenary vote on legislative proposals amending the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) and Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD)...
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15 Mar 2017
36 packaging value chain industry associations launch joint recommendations ahead of inter-institutional negotiations on the EU CEP
Following the European Parliament’s plenary vote, EUROPEN and 35 packaging value chain associations herewith present common recommendations for the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) and Packaging...
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24 Jan 2017
EUROPEN welcomes improvements to EPR requirements and safeguard of the Internal Market
Brussels, 24 January 2017 - Following today’s vote in the European Parliament ENVI Committee on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) and Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD...
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30 Aug 2016
38 Packaging Value Chain Industry Associations launch joint recommendations for a resource-efficient Circular Economy
Brussels, 30 August 2016 – EUROPEN and 37 other associations* representing a wide range of sectors including major consumer goods brands, packaging producers, material producers and extended produc...
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30 Aug 2016
Joint Statement from 38 Packaging Value Chain associations on the legislative review amending the WFD and PPWD
Key Messages
Ensure a life-cycle approach in legislation, taking into account the functionalities of packaging, such as preserving the entirety of resources invested in the packaged product along...
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24 May 2016
EUROPEN calls for clear EPR legal framework and strong Internal Market safeguard in Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
BRUSSELS, 24 May 2016 – Speaking at a multi-stakeholder event on the Circular Economy Package (CEP) today, EUROPEN called on EU policymakers to secure a strong legal framework for Extended Producer...
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02 Mar 2016
Packaging supply chain calls for strengthened protection of the Internal Market in waste proposals
Brussels, 2 March 2016 – Ahead of Friday’s EU Environment ministerial debate on the Circular Economy Package and its waste proposals, the packaging supply chain is calling on EU policymakers to e...
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02 Mar 2016
EUROPEN’s policy recommendations to maximise the benefits of a Circular Economy in Europe
EUROPEN supports the growth and competitiveness objectives of the Circular Economy and much of the content of the legislative proposals. We have however identified some regulatory gaps in the Commissi...
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23 Feb 2016
Circular Economy: EUROPEN recommendations on the EU legislative proposals for the PPWD and WFD
EUROPEN supports the objectives of the Circular Economy package and much of the content of the legislative proposals, which have important implications for the sustainable growth and competitiveness o...
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25 Jan 2016
The Circular Economy Package: the distinct case of packaging & packaging waste within the wider EU waste policy framework
The Circular Economy Package promises to be an important driver for sustainable growth and competitiveness for the packaging supply chain in Europe. From a policy perspective, relevant harmonisati...
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18 Jan 2016
EUROPEN appoints Gwendoline Riou as its EU Public Affairs and Communications Manager
Brussels, 18 January 2016 – Today, EUROPEN - the European Organization for Packaging and the Environment - announced the appointment of Ms Gwendoline Riou as its EU Public Affairs and Communication...
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10 Dec 2015
Packaging supply chain welcomes the Circular Economy Package and presents its preliminary views on the WFD and PPWD legislative proposals
Brussels, 10 December 2015 – EUROPEN calls the Circular Economy Package and Commission proposals “an important step towards further sustainable growth and competitiveness” for the packaging supp...
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02 Dec 2015
EUROPEN welcomes the European Commission’s holistic approach towards a competitive and resource efficient Circular Economy
Brussels, 2 December 2015 – Today the Commission published its Circular Economy package. EUROPEN is pleased that the proposal recognises the enabling contribution packaging makes in a Circular Econ...
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26 Nov 2015
A well functioning EU Internal Market is a precondition for a competitive, resource-efficient and growth-oriented Circular Economy
How to move away from linear production and consumption to a circular economy? To an economic model where there is virtually no waste but more secondary raw materials that can be re-injected in a Euro...
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27 Oct 2015
Circular Economy: Major industries call for common EU minimum requirements for Extended Producer Responsibility schemes in Europe
Common waste stream views on EPR in Europe
Brussels, 27 October 2015 – Major manufacturing industry sectors in Europe that fall under the legal obligations of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR...
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12 Sep 2015
Packaging Value Chain Industries launch joint recommendations for a resource-efficient Circular Economy
Brussels, 21 September 2015 – EUROPEN and 29 other associations* representing a large range of industries and sectors including major consumer goods brands, packaging producers, material producers...
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27 Aug 2015
Enabling a competitive and resource-efficient Circular Economy
The EU institutions have promised ambitious policy goals towards a Circular Economy in Europe. The related policy review aims to set an enabling EU policy framework while not being too prescriptive re...
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09 Jul 2015
European Parliament’s call for stronger regulatory framework for EPR and a lifecycle approach
EUROPEN welcomes European Parliament’s call for stronger regulatory framework for EPR and a lifecycle approach
Brussels, 9 July 2015 – The packaging supply chain in Europe welcomes the adoption...
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29 Jun 2015
Towards a competitive, resource-efficient and growth-oriented Circular Economy
The role of packaging and a call to safeguard its sectoral regulatory approach
It is very encouraging to read that a life-cycle approach is explicitly supported in MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen’s draft re...
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23 Apr 2015
Policy debate on Circular Economy and Packaging – The role of EPR
Circular Economy: European Parliament urged to support strengthened EU legal framework for Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging
Brussels, 23 April 2015 – In the context of the European P...
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13 Apr 2015
EUROPEN Policy Recommendations for the EU’s Circular Economy Package
April 2015 – EUROPEN policy recommendations for a competitive, resource-efficient and growth-oriented Circular Economy.
Ensure full implementation and enforcement of existing EU laws, in part...
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22 Jan 2015
EP ENVI Committee Hearing on the Waste Legislative Package
EUROPEN spoke as a key industry stakeholder at the Public Hearing on the EU Waste Legislative Package organised by the European Parliament (EP)’s Committee for Environment.
The presentation provi...
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20 Jan 2015
Factsheet on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for used packaging
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) provides a longstanding and successful legislative framework, enabling continuous innovation and environmental improvements, sustainable growth an...
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16 Dec 2014
Packaging supply chain calls on Commission to introduce new Circular Economy proposal without delay
On the occasion of the Commission’s announcement of its Work Programme for 2015 today, EUROPEN, representing the packaging supply chain in Europe, notes the withdrawal of the Circular Economy packag...
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12 Dec 2014
Joint Statement by Packaging Value Chain Industries on the EU Waste Package
In view of the presentation of the European Commission’s work programme 2015 on 16 December 2014, a coalition of industries active in the packaging value chain has sent a joint statement on the EU W...
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04 Dec 2014
EUROPEN issue paper on the EU Waste Targets Review
In July 2014, the European Commission published a proposal to revise recycling and other waste-related targets in the EU, including in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD). The aim of th...
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27 Oct 2014
Packaging supply chain calls for circular economy that promotes sustainable growth and competitiveness
EUROPEN Statement ahead of the Environment Council meeting on 28 October 2014
Brussels, 27 October 2014 – Ahead of the Environment Council meeting tomorrow in Luxembourg, packaging material prod...
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03 Jul 2014
EUROPEN welcomes promotion of circular economy while safeguarding the internal market in EU waste proposals
Packaging supply chain welcomes acknowledgment of the internal market, regrets lack of clarity on roles and responsibilities for Extended Producer Responsibility and unjustified cost burden on produce...
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28 Apr 2014
Time to foster packaging’s contribution towards a resource efficient Europe
BRUSSELS - Packaging is part of the solution for overall sustainability. Across the packaging supply chain efforts will continue to deliver resource efficiency, promoting the transition towards a circ...
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18 Feb 2014
NEW Packaging & Packaging Waste Statistics 1998-2011
Positive evolution in packaging recycling rates but realistic future targets still key,
shows latest EUROPEN report
18 February 2014 – EUROPEN’s new in-depth analysis of official EU data on the...
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25 Oct 2013
Realistic EU targets key to continued progress in packaging recycling and recovery,new EU data shows
Realistic EU targets key to continued progress in packaging recycling and recovery, new EU data shows
23 October 2013, Brussels – The overall recycling rate in the EU-27 increased slightly to 63,6...
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09 Oct 2013
EUROPEN 20th Anniversary Event – Packaging and Sustainability
“Packaging’s direct positive effect on resource efficiency”
Calls for increased collection of post-consumer packaging to help meet current and future recycling and recovery targets through EPR...
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07 Oct 2013
EUROPEN – Fostering packaging’s contribution to delivering Resource Efficiency in Europe
On 7 October 2013, the Parliament Magazine published a Guide to the National Governments that includes a full-page editorial presenting EUROPEN. This article highlights EUROPEN members’ commitment t...
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21 Jan 2013
Packaging Waste Management is Increasingly Resource Efficient – EU Data Shows
A EUROPEN analysis of official EU data on packaging waste shows that over the past twelve years the amount of used packaging sent for final disposal is declining rapidly.
“Higher recovery rates and...
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18 Sep 2012
EUROPACK Summit
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John Swift spoke at the EUROPACK Summit in Cannes on 17th September, and gave the keynote address on the topic of sustainability and the packaging supply chain. His key me...
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21 May 2012
Packaging and the Environment – A New Guide to European Legislation
EUROPEN announces a totally revised edition of its indispensable guide to European legislation affecting packaging and packaged goods. The guide takes account of relevant EU policy developments and vo...
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30 Jun 2010
The Consumer Goods Forum initiative releases global framework measurement system for trading partners
The Consumer Goods Forum is delighted to release the first report from its Sustainability workstream. The report, A Global Language for Packaging and Sustainability, delivers a common framework and me...
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01 Feb 2010
New Staff Appointment at EUROPEN
Brussels, 1 February 2010. EUROPEN, The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment, is pleased to announce the appointment of Virginia Janssens as EU Affairs Manager. In this capacity Vir...
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27 Jan 2010
Global project on packaging and sustainability enters pilot phase
In an ongoing effort to drive global change in packaging, leaders from many of the world’s largest consumer goods companies and major retailers have approved a suggested set of common definitions an...
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