Joint letter on recognising reuse and recycling as complementary solutions in the PPWR

Ahead of the plenary vote on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), FoodServiceEurope and the signatories to this letter would like to share some of their concerns regarding the approach adopted by the Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) on 24 October.

While we recognize the good progress made on the text in a number of areas which will help the industry to achieve its circular ambitions, we are highly concerned with the amendments to Art. 26 of the draft PPWR which have been adopted by the ENVI Committee and in particular:

1. The possibility provided to Member States to go beyond the proposed increased reuse targets without any justification needed.

2. The absence in the proposal of a mechanism which would allow for single-use recyclable packaging as an alternative to packaging for reuse if a better overall environmental outcome on the basis of a waste management or life cycle assessment can be achieved.