EU: Reducing Packaging Waste Open Consultation
The European Commission (EC) opened a public consultation about the action plan for the development of EU organic production.
Within the EU Action Plan for a circular economy, the EC identified plastics as a key priority confirmed it would focus on plastics production and use and work towards the goal of ensuring that all plastic packaging is recyclable by 2030.
The EC will review the requirements on packaging and packaging waste in the EU. This will include assessing how to improve packaging design to promote reuse and recycling, increase recycled content in packaging, tackle excessive packaging, and reduce packaging waste.
The purpose of the consultation is to gather views from citizens and stakeholders on possible measures to review the Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.
Within the EU Action Plan for a circular economy, the EC identified plastics as a key priority confirmed it would focus on plastics production and use and work towards the goal of ensuring that all plastic packaging is recyclable by 2030.
The EC will review the requirements on packaging and packaging waste in the EU. This will include assessing how to improve packaging design to promote reuse and recycling, increase recycled content in packaging, tackle excessive packaging, and reduce packaging waste.
The purpose of the consultation is to gather views from citizens and stakeholders on possible measures to review the Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.
The deadline for submitting comments is January 6, 2021.
Reducing packaging waste – review of rules
USA: Impacts of the EU F2F and Biodiversity Strategies
The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) published the report Economic and Food Security Impacts of Agricultural Input Reduction Under the European Union Green Deal’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies.
This report examines the economic implications of the EU Green Deal’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies. To do that, the study focused on several selected agricultural input reductions specified in the Strategies: reduction of pesticide use by 50%, reduction of fertilizer use by 20%, reduction of antimicrobial use for livestock by 50%, and removal of 10% of existing farmland from agricultural use.
The study concludes that the EC’s 10-year plan of targeted reductions in the use of land, antimicrobials, fertilizers, and pesticides would lead to a reduction in EU agricultural production and reduce its competitiveness in domestic and export markets. If the plan were adopted beyond the EU, those impacts would also expand with consequences for worldwide welfare and food insecurity.