EU to unveil new packaging rules

The European Commission will unveil new measures this week to adjust the management of packaging waste in all EU countries, Rzeczpospolita reports. The regulations are aimed at improving the sustainability of packaging.

“This is the EC's response to problems in the timely implementation of directives by member states, including Poland,” Katarzyna Barańska, a partner at Osborne Clarke, told Rzeczpospolita.

The project is to put great emphasis on redirecting packaging towards a circular economy. For the first time ever, the entire EU will have to implement reusable packaging and deposit-refund schemes.

(Rzeczpospolita)