Sustainable packaging: Council signs off on new rules for less waste and more re-use in the EU

可持续包装:欧盟理事会批准了在欧盟减少浪费和增加再利用的新法规

Today, the Council formally adopted a regulation on packaging and packaging waste.

The new rules will significantly reduce the generation of packaging waste by setting binding re-use targets, restricting certain types of single-use packaging and requiring economic operators to minimise the packaging used. The regulation covers the full life cycle of packaging.

今天，理事会正式通过了关于包装和包装废物的法规。

新规将通过设定约束性再使用目标、限制某些类型的一次性使用包装以及要求经济经营者尽量减少使用包装，显著减少包装废物的产生。该条例涵盖了包装的整个生存周期。

Safe, sustainable and recyclable packaging

The new rules comprise, among others, the following requirements for packaging:

2030 and 2040 targets for a minimum percentage of recycled content (up to 65% for single use plastic bottles by 2040)

minimising the weight and volume of packaging and avoiding unnecessary packaging

minimising substances of concern, including restricting placing on the market food contact packaging containing per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) if they exceed certain thresholds

Labelling, marking and information requirements (e.g. on material composition or recycled content) should facilitate consumer sorting and consumer choices.

Single-use plastic packaging

安全、可持续和可回收的包装

除其他外，新规则包括以下关于包装的要求:

2030年和2040年回收率最低目标（到2040年一次性塑料瓶的回收率最高可达65%）

尽量减少包装的重量和体积，避免不必要的包装

尽量减少令人关切的物质，包括限制在含有全氟烷基物质和聚氟烷基化合物（PFAS）的食品接触包装上销售，如果这些物质超过某些阈值

标签、标记和信息要求（如材料成分或回收内容）应有助于消费者分类和消费者选择。

The new rules introduce restrictions on single-use plastic packaging for:

pre-packed fruit and vegetables of less than 1.5 kg

food and beverages filled and consumed within hotels, bars and restaurants

individual portions of condiments, sauces, milk creamer and sugar in hotels, bars and restaurants

small, single-use cosmetic and toiletry products used in the accommodation sector (e.g. shampoo or body lotion bottles)

very lightweight plastic bags (e.g. those offered at markets for bulk groceries)

Re-use targets and re-fill obligations

The regulation sets new binding re-use targets for 2030 and indicative targets for 2040. The targets vary depending on the type of packaging used by operators (for instance, binding targets of 40% for transport and sales packaging and 10% for grouped packaging).

一次性塑料包装

新规对一次性塑料包装的限制包括:

预先包装的水果和蔬菜，重量不超过1.5公斤

在酒店、酒吧和餐馆内填充和消费的食品和饮料

酒店、酒吧和餐馆的调味品、酱汁、奶油和糖的单独份量

住宿业使用的小型、一次性化妆品和洗浴用品（例如洗发水或身体乳液瓶）

非常轻便的塑料袋（例如在市场上出售的散装食品袋）

再使用目标和重新填补义务

该条例为2030年设定了新的具有约束力的再使用目标，并为2040年设定了指示性目标。具体目标因运营商使用的包装类型而异（例如，运输和销售包装的约束目标为40%，分组包装为10%）。

According to the new rules, take-away businesses will have to offer customers the possibility of bringing their own containers to be filled with cold or hot beverages or ready-prepared food, at no additional charge.

根据新规定，外卖店必须为顾客提供自带容器装满冷热饮料或现成食品的可能性，且无需额外收费。

Next steps

The formal adoption by the Council today marks the final step in the ordinary legislative procedure. The regulation will now be published in the EU’s Official Journal and will enter into force. The regulation will be applied 18 months after the date of entry into force.

下一步

安理会今天正式通过该决议，标志着普通立法程序的最后一步。该规定现在将在欧盟官方公报上公布，并将生效。条例将在生效之日起18个月后实施

Background

Even though recycling rates have increased in the EU, the amount of waste generated from packaging is growing faster than the amount recycled. In 2022, the EU generated almost 186.5 kilograms of waste packaging per person, of which 36 were plastic packaging. This means that each day we produce half a kilogram of packaging waste per person in the EU.

The current EU packaging and packaging waste directive was first adopted in 1994 and has been revised several times. It lays down rules to prevent and manage packaging waste across EU member states. However, several assessments of the directive have shown that it has not succeeded in reducing the negative environmental impacts of packaging.

Against this backdrop, in November 2022 the Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste that would replace the existing directive and update the current framework for packaging and packaging waste across the entire life cycle, towards a circular economy and a climate-neutral Europe.

The European Parliament and the Council adopted their positions on the proposed regulation in November and December 2023, respectively. The two co-legislators reached a provisional agreement on 4 March 2024 after two rounds of informal negotiations.

背景

尽管欧盟的回收率有所提高，但包装产生的废物数量增长速度快于回收量。2022年，欧盟每人产生近186.5公斤废弃包装，其中36公斤是塑料包装。这意味着在欧盟，我们每人每天产生半公斤的包装废物。

现行的欧盟包装和包装废物指令最初于1994年通过，并多次修订。它制定了防止和管理欧盟成员国包装废物的规则。然而，对该指令的若干评估表明，该指令未能成功减少包装对环境的负面影响。

在这一背景下，欧盟委员会于2022年11月提出了一项关于包装和包装废物的法规提案，该提案将取代现有的指令，并更新当前的包装和包装废物整个生存周期的框架，以实现循环经济和气候中立的欧洲。

欧洲议会和理事会分别于2023年11月和12月通过了对拟议法规的立场。两位共同立法会议员经两轮非正式谈判后于二零二四年三月四日达成临时协议。

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