Single-use plastics: New EU rules to reduce marine litter

The European Commission (EC) is proposing new rules to target the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe's beaches and seas. According to the new rules, single-use drinks containers made with plastic will only be allowed on the market if their caps and lids remain attached. Member States will be obliged to collect 90% of single-use plastic drinks bottles by 2025.
Member States will have to reduce the use of plastic food containers and drinks cups. They can do so by setting national reduction targets, making alternative products available at the point of sale, or ensuring that single-use plastic products cannot be provided free of charge (Press Release EC, 28 May 2018).
Click here for the press release.
Click here for Questions and Answers about the new rules.
Click here for the proposed rules (417 kB).
Click here for the annex (140 kB).
With NVC MERGE (Members-only Environmental Regulations Guide) you can keep up-to-date with the environmental requirements for your packaging. MERGE is exclusively for NVC members and there are no costs involved.
Click here for more information about the NVC Project PUMA: the end of packaging as an environmental issue. You are welcome to join us for the next project meeting on 27 March 2019.
Click here for more information about the Live Online NVC E-Workshop Sustainable Innovation in Packaging.

This news item is also included in our monthly overview, the NVC Members-only Update. If you have any questions, please contact us: info@nvc.nl, +31-(0)182-512411.