Press Releases
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- 11/05/2009 EUROPEN Welcomes EU Commission Communication on Beverage Packaging
- BRUSSELS - 11 MAY 2009 – EUROPEN, The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment, has welcomed the release last Friday of a European Commission Communication on beverage packaging, deposit systems and free movement of goods (1). The Communication long awaited by industry since the... more >
- 27/02/2009 EUROPEN joins food chain partners to launch sustainability roundtable
- Major stakeholders in the European food and drink chain set up a roundtable to promote environmental sustainability. more >
- 06/05/2008 EUROPEN questions the benefits of applying economic instruments to packaging
- EUROPEN, the European Organization for Packaging and the Environment, has written to European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and representatives of the 27 EU Member States, urging them not to pursue the idea of making packaging a priority area for the application of economic... more >
- 08/11/2007 Revision of EU Packaging Recycling Targets Postponed
- Brussels, 8 November 2007. In its just published report on EU and national packaging and environment legislation*, EUROPEN, The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment, has reminded readers that the EU packaging recycling targets will not be revised at the end of this year as... more >
- 28/09/2007 Wal-Mart Packaging Scorecard should not become an industry standard
- EUROPEN, The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment, has urged the packaging industry to avoid allowing the Wal-Mart Packaging Scorecard becoming a de facto industry standard. more >
