Consiglio Europeo

  • 09 April 2025

    Council and Parliament reach agreement on plastic pellet leaks

    The European Council and Parliament provisionally agreed on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets into the environment. The new rules will help improve the handling of plastic pellets at all stages of the supply chain, both on land and sea...
  • 17 December 2024

    The European Council adopted the PPWR

    On 16 December the European Council formally adopted the Regulation on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR). The new rules aim to reduce the generation of packaging waste by setting binding re-use targets, restricting certain types of single-use packaging and requiring...
  • 20 December 2023

    PPWR: EU Council adopts a “general approach”

    On 18 December the European Council has reached an agreement ('general approach') on a proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste. The aim is to tackle the increase in packaging waste generated in the EU, while harmonising the internal market for packaging and boosting the circular economy...