Packaging
The future is bright for beer – given the right policy framework
Beer plays an important role in Europe’s economy, but excise burdens, production costs and the post-Covid environment are putting pressure on the sector’s ability to act as a motor for the whole economy.
11 new damning details unveiled in the Trump election case
EU members dodging full plastic tax, Court of Auditors says
Don’t bring a plastic bottle to the Olympics — unless you’re Coca-Cola
Olympic athletes tell Coca-Cola, Pepsi to end plastic pollution
The future of packaging in Europe
The European Parliament has changed your life — really. Here’s how.
What to expect from a more right-wing European Parliament
POLITICO dissects what a rightward shift means for everything from agriculture to defense.
Italy can do without Russian gas, says energy minister
Rome has no reason to oppose EU sanctions targeting Russian LNG, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin says.
Open Strategic Autonomy for plasma therapies in the EU
We can meet the needs of EU patients who rely on plasma therapies — and the EU’s goals for strategic autonomy — by ensuring a vibrant plasma-based biotech sector.
France and the EU both want green economies — but are clashing over how
Paris is setting stricter rules than the EU on waste and recycling, which some fear could undermine the bloc’s efforts.
Big Chocolate is conning you this Easter
Traders, manufacturers and retailers are all blaming each other for record prices.
Controversial EU supply-chain oversight rules live on — at a cost
Capitals secured major concessions in their last-minute push against more stringent rules.
Inside the European Commission’s last-minute push to stall its own sustainable packaging law
EU executive’s trade department is trying to turn countries against a hard-won deal on sustainable packaging.
What the EU’s new packaging rules mean for you
Brussels is going after excessive packaging in a bid to slash waste.
EU to ban single-use plastic in deal on new green packaging rules
Negotiators struck a deal that’s far less ambitious than initially proposed.
Don’t trash European recycling
Step change in EU plastic recycling rates is possible — but only if the European Commission’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation prevents waste from third-party countries from counting against EU recycling targets.
Parliament probing lobbyists who fought sustainable packaging rules
Business groups could face penalties for overzealous lobbying on the EU’s new rules to ditch throwaway packaging for reusable options.
All pain, no gain: Poland’s losers shout down winners from EU’s embrace of Ukraine
Truckers and farmers blocked the border for weeks to protest Ukrainian competition but, overall, the Polish economy is gaining from the EU’s eastward opening.
Brits left baffled by Brexit’s ‘not for EU’ food labels
Post-Brexit rules requiring foods to carry ‘not for EU’ labels spark confusion — and, in some cases, outright disgust — from UK shoppers.
Industry taps powerful allies in push to kill sustainable packaging rules
Finland and Italy have led a forceful campaign to water down the new rules, with quiet backing from Germany.
Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal is up and running. It’s ‘cataclysmic’ for UK food exports
Industry fears UK’s interpretation of EU label rules will cost British firms hundreds of millions.
Single-use fast-food packaging hangs in the balance
France has already banned it — now industry is lobbying hard to ensure the EU doesn’t do the same.
Proposed mandatory reuse rules jeopardizing world’s best recycling system
Crucial EU vote on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation could result in a rule intended to prevent waste including a loophole that causes a mountain of it.
Paper or plastic — let’s choose wisely
Next week’s vote on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is a risky moment for Europe’s green future and circular economy.
Hands off our Camembert! France kicks up a stink over draft EU recycling law
Brussels risks another ‘bendy banana’ PR disaster over single-use packaging.
Recognising the complementarity of reuse and recycling is the solution
MEPs should recognize reuse and recycling as complementary solutions in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
Reuse or recycle? Inside Europe’s takeaway tug-of-war
Brussels’ proposal to make packaging more sustainable has sparked a fierce lobbying fight.
Let’s not waste chance for lasting change in packaging trade
Food giant: Blanket approach to Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation reform is at odds with EU’s green ambition for carbon emissions reduction, consumer safety and food waste goals, and innovation.
EU packaging plan must respect the role of recycling, reuse and refill
Without a packaging legislation that is supportive of reuse, refill and recycling as complementary solutions, industry faces major difficulties in meeting its circularity obligations, and the future of currently-effective recycling systems could be seriously compromised.
New EU packaging rules can only work if they are fair for all
The planned EU rules on packaging have the right aims but the wrong solution. If unchanged, they could lead to more waste, not less.