Day: 16 Feb 2024

Packaging / Palletising

Legal assessment on the EU packaging regulation PPWR: Special rules for plastic packaging not compatible with EU law

Gabriele Kosmehl

A legal assessment published on February 15 shows that the special rules for plastic packaging and exemptions for other packaging materials discussed as part of the planned EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) are very likely not compatible with EU law. According to the report, provisions that, for example, only prohibit plastic packaging

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NewsRecycling

Carbios and De Smet Engineers & Contractors enter engineering partnership for construction of world’s first PET biorecycling plant

Miriam Trotter

Carbios, a biotech company developing and industrializing biological solutions to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, and De Smet Engineers & Contractors, a provider of engineering, procurement and construction services in the biotech’s and agro-processing industries, jointly announce their collaboration to spearhead the construction of the world’s first PET biorecycling

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