EU Council approves additional exemptions for packaging waste regulation
Kyiv • UNN
The EU Council has reached consensus on packaging waste reform, adding exemptions for wine and cardboard to gain broader support, while environmental activists express disappointment over the weakening of reuse targets. Denmark and Belgium have expressed concerns about the revised proposals.
The EU Member States have reached a common negotiating position on the proposed reform of the use of packaging. The new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) was introduced. Packaging (PPWR), which aims to combat the growth of waste in the EU in the EU by introducing reuse and recycling. This is reported by ENDS Europe and Euractiv, according to UNN.
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The proposed reuse targets have created a debate on the part of a number of EU member states, such as Italy and Finland, as it raised the issue of risk to recycling systems already in place at the national level.
The caveats have been heeded by Spain, which now holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council - new exemptions for re-use purposes have been introduced to win the support of the majority of countries.
Therefore, we propose to remove the target for the reuse of wine and restore the exception for cardboard
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The following will be exempted from the reuse and replenishment targets for islands with a population of less than 2 000 inhabitants is an issue that Greece raised at the meeting the day before.
At the request of Germany has introduced a new option for companies to form pools to to achieve beverage recycling targets as a group.
In addition, The Commission was asked to review the 2030 targets for reuse and and on this basis "to evaluate the 2040 targets and exemptions set out in the in the regulation".
Disappointment for environmental activists
Additional exemptions for wine and cardboard has caused discontent among environmental campaigners who were already disappointed by the European Parliament's vote on legislation in October, which exempted restaurants serving takeout food from recycling. from reuse.
We appreciate that the Council has reached a more favorable agreement on reuse provisions than the Parliament, while retaining most of the targets for takeaway, beverage and transport packaging in their overall approach
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Countries such as Denmark, which had hoped for a more ambitious outcome on reuse, were also disappointed. reuse, were also disappointed but said they would support the Council's compromise Council's compromise proposal to move the negotiations forward.
Europe "simply cannot reduce waste by focusing on recycling alone"
The Netherlands, as is said to be "particularly concerned" about proposals to put recycling on a the same level as reuse, as "this is contrary to the hierarchy of of waste".
Belgium, meanwhile, has challenged the meanwhile, challenged the wine bottle exemption, saying it was unfair to to craft beer producers.
Craft beer should be protected the same way we protect wine
He also added that small and micro enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to reuse obligations.
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