EU-kommissionen har for nylig præsenteret et lovforslag, som har til hensigt at udfase plastikemballage fra 2030. Lovforslaget skyldes blandt andet, at 40% af plastikforbrug i EU bliver brugt på emballage – for papir er det 50%.
Lovforslaget har tre formål:
- Reducere mængden af emballageaffald
- Forbyde unødvendig indpakning
- Fremme bæredygtig og genanvendelig emballage
EU mener også, at lovforslaget vil skabe forretningsmuligheder indenfor bæredygtig og genanvendelig emballageproduktion.
I gennemsnit skaber hver EU-borger 180kg emballageaffald årligt. Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries udtaler: ”We have all received products ordered online in excessively large boxes. And we have often wondered how to separate waste for recycling, what to do with that biodegradable bag, or if all this packaging will be used again or at least turned into new valuable materials. Each day we produce half a kilogram of packaging waste per person.”
Og videre: “With the new rules we propose crucial steps to make sustainable packaging the norm in the EU. We will create the right conditions for the circular economy principles – reduce, reuse, recycle – to work. More sustainable packaging and bioplastics are about new business opportunities in the green and digital transition, about innovation and new skills, local jobs and savings for consumers.”
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