{"id":23958348,"date":"2026-08-12T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairresourcefoundation.org\/?p=23958348"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:37:14","slug":"ppwr-application-2026-frf-applauds-eu-rules-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairresourcefoundation.org\/en\/ppwr-application-2026-frf-applauds-eu-rules-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Less empty space, less packaging waste and no more PFAS: FRF applauds new EU rules on packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; z_index=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;background_image&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; 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On 12 August, the EU&#8217;s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) becomes applicable across all 27 Member States. Fair Resource Foundation (FRF) celebrates this day as the moment Europe finally starts turning off the tap on throwaway packaging, setting course towards less packaging and reuse systems. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, for the first time, prevention and reuse become legally binding targets of EU packaging law. Deceptive partially empty packaging will be forbidden. As of now, PFAS are officially banned from food-contact packaging.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chlo\u00e9 Schwizgebel: \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a win for us as consumers, for sustainable businesses and for our planet. It\u2019s the first of a series of important measures towards better packaging systems with less packaging, more reusables and easier to recycle packaging <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; z_index=&#8221;99&#8243; width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;90%&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2%|5%|2%|5%|true|true&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;2%||0%||false|true&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;2%||0%||false|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; z_index=&#8221;99&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/fairresourcefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/packaging-ppwr-single-use-scaled.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;packaging-ppwr-single-use&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0%||0%||true|false&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|30px|30px|30px|30px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; z_index=&#8221;99&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Soulcraft Wide|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Soulcraft Wide||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;gcid-77784515-52da-45c3-b038-e5c2d51b4bf9&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;1.8vw&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;-20px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; header_3_font_size_tablet=&#8221;4vw&#8221; header_3_font_size_phone=&#8221;5vw&#8221; header_3_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-77784515-52da-45c3-b038-e5c2d51b4bf9%22:%91%22header_2_text_color%22,%22text_text_color%22,%22header_3_text_color%22%93}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Won despite of the packaging lobby<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schwizgebel: \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But let\u2019s put the record straight, this day should have come sooner, and the measures should have gone further<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;. When the European Commission first <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fairresourcefoundation.org\/en\/ppwr-parliament-sides-with-single-use-industry\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">proposed<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this Regulation in November 2022, it was designed to seriously cut Europe&#8217;s record and rising levels of packaging waste. What followed was one of the most <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fairresourcefoundation.org\/eu-pakt-verpakkingsafval-aan-maar-laat-veel-achterpoortjes-open\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aggressive lobbying<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> campaigns European environmental law has seen in years. What survived the European \u201cTrilogue\u201d negotiations was a smaller, more cautious set of obligations than campaigners had fought for &#8211; but obligations nonetheless. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; z_index=&#8221;99&#8243; width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;90%&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2%|5%|2%|5%|true|true&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;2%||0%||false|true&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;2%||0%||false|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; z_index=&#8221;99&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Soulcraft Wide|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Soulcraft Wide||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;gcid-77784515-52da-45c3-b038-e5c2d51b4bf9&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;1.8vw&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||||false|false&#8221; header_3_font_size_tablet=&#8221;4vw&#8221; header_3_font_size_phone=&#8221;5vw&#8221; header_3_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_css_free_form=&#8221;.selector .et_pb_text_inner ul {||  font-family: greycliff-cf, sans-serif!important;||font-weight: 400!important;||}&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-77784515-52da-45c3-b038-e5c2d51b4bf9%22:%91%22header_2_text_color%22,%22text_text_color%22,%22header_3_text_color%22%93}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That prevention, reuse, and deposit return systems remain in the Regulation at all is because civil society did not let go. FRF, alongside more than 50 partner organisations across Europe, spent years holding front against the packaging industry\u2019s hard work to strip this legislation down (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PPWR-position-paper-020323-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March 2023<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1PMc3rhfmkIg5JA48gImvCy68FGypSQ47\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 2024<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fWd7PGJSKpnjw2Uscq2RT8UrOJvmukHh\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> N<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ovember 2025<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Today&#8217;s application date proves that sustained pressure works &#8211; and that it must continue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Soulcraft Wide|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Soulcraft Wide||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;gcid-77784515-52da-45c3-b038-e5c2d51b4bf9&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;1.8vw&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||||false|false&#8221; header_3_font_size_tablet=&#8221;4vw&#8221; header_3_font_size_phone=&#8221;5vw&#8221; header_3_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_css_free_form=&#8221;.selector .et_pb_text_inner ul {||  font-family: greycliff-cf, sans-serif!important;||font-weight: 400!important;||}&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-77784515-52da-45c3-b038-e5c2d51b4bf9%22:%91%22header_2_text_color%22,%22text_text_color%22,%22header_3_text_color%22%93}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>What can we expect going forward?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With almost 70 articles, PPWR is a massive Regulation with targets going from prevention, reuse, and separate collection measures to recycling and labelling criteria. Some of the positive changes brought by this new legislation include: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>PFAS: the end of this \u201cforever chemical\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This hazardous substance which represents \u201can unacceptable risk for human health\u201d (PPWR,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/eli\/reg\/2025\/40\/oj\/eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recital 21<\/span><\/a>) <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is to be restricted immediately from the packaging that wraps our food. A true victory for the health of millions of European consumers as those chemicals can leach into our food and are toxic to us (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/en\/newsroom\/news\/impacts-of-pfas-polymers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EEA, 2025<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prevention: higher focus on cutting packaging waste at the source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For us consumers, that means no more oversized boxes for our online purchases, no more packaging filled with more air than product, or double walls that make packaging look generous while wasting material. A first wave of unnecessary single-use packaging, from miniature hotel toiletries, packaging of unprocessed fruits and vegetables, to single-serve sauces, will be banned in 2030. It is important to shift away from endless production.<\/span><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reuse: restoring the systems the throwaway economy destroyed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. By 2030, we should be offered more reusable packaging options on the shelves of our supermarkets (10% for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages), similar to the beer bottle we still buy in crates. The same goes for transport and grouped packaging. A modest step compared to the initial plan of the Commission which we still welcome. It\u2019s a step forward towards bringing back the systems most of us still remember from our youth.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Bring Your Own take-away packaging welcomed in all Horecas<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">: from February 12th 2027, consumers will be able to bring our own container and restaurants and caf\u00e9s will have to accept them, without a surcharge. A great way to foster cutting down disposable packaging at a low cost for HoReCas.<br \/><\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Deposit: making return of plastic bottles and cans easier<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Europe sets this system of separate collection, called \u201cStatiegeld\u201d in Dutch, as the new normal in Europe, to achieve a higher and better collection rates of plastic bottles and cans. This will also avoid those beverage containers ending up in the streets, rivers, or fields.<\/span><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The end of non-recyclable packaging<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The recyclability of packaging will be better assessed, and non-recyclable ones will be forbidden from 2030. Making it easier for us, consumers, to choose for better packaging. 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This regulation creates a more level-playing field for circular European businesses working on sustainable packaging and fosters the deployment and implementation of such projects. We need enforceable rules to support circular businesses and the European Circular Economy. 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