NEWS PPWR vote: ‘missed opportunity’


Plastics Europe has reacted to a vote in a Plenary session of the European Parliament regarding the EU’s planned Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), saying it was “a missed opportunity” to support invest- ments in circular plastics packaging. On 22 November, MEPs approved a


report by the parliamentary Environ- ment Committee with 426 votes in favour, 125 against and 74 abstentions. This will form the basis for Parliament’s discussions with the Council of Ministers which must also approve the regulation in the next stage of the EU’s legislative procedure. Virginia Janssens, Managing


Director, Plastics Europe, said: “The PPWR is one of the most important elements of the plastics transition enabling framework. So, although Plastics Europe welcomes a number of


decisions taken by the European Parliament, we believe today’s Plenary vote was a missed opportunity to strengthen this critical piece of regulation and create the incentives for the huge investments needed to make plastics packaging circular.” The plastics organisation said that


“creating the right market pull and regulatory conditions for circularity are essential” for the industry “to signifi- cantly increase its drive towards both


mechanical and chemical recycling”. Janssens said: “It is unfortunate that the decision by the Environment Committee to reduce the recycled content targets for contact-sensitive packaging has not been reversed in Plenary.” Plastics Europe said MEPs also “failed to sufficiently clarify the role of bio-based plastics and recycled content as separate but complemen- tary solutions”.


EuPC said it was “disappointed by the unfounded tailored measures against plastics”. The plastics convert- ers body said: “In our perspective, topics like additional food waste as a direct consequence should have been addressed, whereas plastic packaging reuse quotas and others have not been very well assessed either.” � https://plasticseurope.org � www.plasticsconverters.eu


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