Recommendations for a standardisation request on packaging and packaging waste

Recommendations for a standardisation request on packaging and packaging waste Brussels, 13 February 2024 Recommendations The upcoming standardisation request (SR) to the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) on packaging and packaging waste should aim to develop the following standards and harmonise them with the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) requirements: • Update EN 134. [...] Packaging waste prevention Packaging minimisation The revision of the European standard EN 13428 should aim to support the application of the PPWR requirements on packaging minimisation and excessive packaging limitation. [...] • Requirements relating to minimising the packaging weight and volume, while allowing packaging recyclability, especially from the design stage, considering all primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging (e.g., calculating the product: packaging weight ratio by dividing the packaging weight per case by the net product weight, and similarly for the product: packaging volume ratio). [...] In the case of packaging of goods that are not only traded locally or regionally but are to a non-negligible extent traded cross-border in the single market, the label should be harmonised to the extent that points of return throughout the single market can accept the reusable packaging, return the deposit (if applicable) and return the packaging to its owner (if applicable). [...] Standard for reusable packaging – business to consumer setting In addition to requesting a harmonised European standard on reusable packaging and systems for reusable packaging, the European Commission should request the development of European standards for reusable packaging used in a business-to-consumer setting, with the aim to promote interoperable reusable packaging formats and systems by: •.