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📣 New opinion article by our Director General, Nicholas Hodac, calling on all European institutions to take their responsibility and offer practical solutions that provide the industry with a way forward for compliance with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Businesses cannot wait any longer. With only five months left until the PPWR enters into force on 12 August 2026, many uncertainties remain, holding back investments and business compliance. In particular, our sector is urging immediate legal clarity on these elements: 👉 𝐏𝐅𝐀𝐒 𝐛𝐚𝐧: While the @EU_Commission Legal Notice is set to propose a pragmatic approach to compliance with PPWR PFAS requirements, there is still no harmonised methodology for PFAS in food contact packaging at EU level and Member States can still decide not to follow the Commission's approach. It is critical to secure formal support and approval from all Member States for the proposed approach to ensure a well-functioning Single Market. 👉 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞-𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠: It appears that guidance on single-use plastic grouped packaging won’t be developed before the 2027 deadline (2030 is the PPWR compliance deadline). Without this guidance, the industry simply cannot make the necessary adjustments to the packaging that it currently uses. In fact, we already know that there will be serious supply bottlenecks, and the cost for transitioning to different solutions will be substantial (well above €2bn just for the soft drinks sector, according to recent estimates). Businesses need to know which specific types of packaging will be permitted or banned to plan properly and still aim for full compliance with the PPWR. 👉 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: With the 2030 target fast approaching, clear guidance on how the reuse exemptions can be applied and the criteria for applying them is essential. Businesses need clarity to make the right investment decisions and that means that any exemption requests must be decided in time. 🔎 Read the full article 👇 euronews.com/business/2026/0…

Thanks to #closedlooprecycling, we can make our #BeveragePackaging fully circular by collecting it and recycling it into new beverage packaging. The 🇪🇺#PPWR should further enable it with a fair access right to our recycled feedstock 👉unesda.eu/efficient-waste-co… #ClosingTheLoop

It's #GlobalRecyclingDay! How is our sector moving #recycling forward? ✅ For most of our corporates, >96% of their #packaging is now fully recyclable ✅ Around 33% of our #PETbottles sold in the🇪🇺 already use a minimum of 50% #rPET 👉unesda.eu/circular-packaging… #ClosingTheLoop

Happy #InternationalWomensDay Immensely proud of our sector's female leaders! To celebrate, we invited some of them to share their views on women's leadership and empowerment. A good recipe? 🔸Be patient 🔸Be professional 🔸Be powerful 🔸Be polite #InfluentialWomen #IWD2023