EU Packaging Rule Change Prompts Confusion, Online Shops Halt Foreign Orders
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Gitta Connemann (CDU), chairman of the middle class and economic union, sharply criticizes the new EU packaging regulation: "Europe had started to remove bats. Now bureaucracy borders are being raised.
EU packaging rule change prompts confusion, online shops halt foreign orders
Since last Wednesday, a new packaging and packaging‑waste regulation has been in force in the European Union. One of the changes requires businesses to register in the producer register of every member state where they sell goods.
The European Union is discussing the abandonment of the law on “climate-neutral” packaging, which forces even small businesses to spend money on a large bureaucracy, writes Die Welt. We are talking about PPWR (aka Regulation 2025/40), a new European law that was supposed to make trade in the EU “greener”. Manufacturers were obliged to create wrappers and boxes that would minimize the presence of harmful substances, protect human health and the e…
New packaging rules for less waste and easier recycling
From 12 August 2026, new rules on packaging and packaging waste apply in the EU. This will change the way products are packaged to protect the environment and people’s health. It will also create opportunities for businesses. Packaging uses large quantities of raw materials and generates waste that ends up in landfills or the sea. Some chemicals used in packaging can also […]
On August 12, 2026, a new chapter in packaging law begins in Germany and the other EU countries. Some headlines from the big media already speak of a new obligation for all supermarket customers, but this is too general: pensioners and all others do not have to bring new containers or dispose of packaging according to a new procedure from that day on. First of all, manufacturers, importers and dealers have to act. For customers, the consequences…
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