Press Releases
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- 21/01/2013 Packaging Waste Management is Increasingly Resource Efficient - EU Data Shows
- BRUSSELS, 21 January 2013 – A EUROPEN analysis of official EU data on packaging waste shows that over the past twelve years the amount of used packaging sent for final disposal is declining rapidly. “Higher recovery rates and particularly recycling rates are largely the reasons”,... more >
- 21/05/2012 Packaging and the Environment - A New Guide to European Legislation
- BRUSSELS - 21 MAY 2012 EUROPEN announces a totally revised edition of its indispensable guide to European legislation affecting packaging and packaged goods. The guide takes account of relevant EU policy developments and voluntary initiatives, as well as changes introduced at national level since... more >
- 03/11/2011 Green Paper on Packaging and Sustainability, Issued by EUROPEN
- BRUSSELS – 3 November 2011. A Green Paper resulting from a broad stakeholder consultation on the topic of Packaging and Sustainability has been published today by EUROPEN. The paper concludes that packaging should be seen as part of the solution in achieving a resource efficient society. more >
- 06/09/2011 Consumer Goods Companies Release First Global Measurement System for Packaging Sustainability
- PARIS, September 6 2011. The Consumer Goods Forum today announced the release of the Global Protocol on Packaging Sustainability (GPPS) to enable the consumer goods industry to better assess the relative sustainability of packaging. more >
- 16/05/2011 Packaging as Development Assistance
- Leading packaging industry organization calls for public private partnership to reduce food waste in developing world. 16 MAY 2011 - DUSSELDORF – The packaging industry and aid agencies should form a new public – private partnership to develop innovative packaging solutions to reduce the... more >
