News & Press Releases

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...