Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (“PPWR”) entered into force on 11 February 2025 and will apply progressively, with its main obligations becoming applicable from 12 August 2026. As businesses across the packaging value chain prepare for implementation, the European Commission published, on 30 March 2026, its long-awaited guidance document (“Guidance”) together with a Frequently Asked Questions document (“FAQs”) providing further insight into how key provisions of the PPWR are expected to be…
On 22 January 2025 Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 on packaging and packaging waste (“PPWR”) was published in the Official Journal of the Union. PPWR obligations will apply on a gradual basis with the first obligations applicable from 12 August 2026. PPWR represents another step towards the goal of a sustainable Europe and is an integral part of the European Green Deal and the EU Circular…