11/30/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/30/2022 08:48
A SHORT STATEMENT FROM THE BREWERS OF EUROPE
Following the publication on 30 November 2022 of a European Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Packaging and Packaging Waste
Europe's brewers have a strong track record in packaging sustainability, taking their responsibility to limit the environmental impact of beer packaging throughout the life-cycle, reducing, reusing and recycling our packaging.
We therefore support the overall objective to minimise packaging's impact on the environment and recognise the hard work and time that the European Commission has put in to come forward with a proposal moving from a Directive to an ambitious EU Regulation on what is a complex topic.
We will now work together with Member States and the European Parliament with the objective to ensure a final Regulation that is:-
Whilst meeting the targets and obligations laid down in any final legislation will be a challenge, the brewing sector's commitment to a sustainable future for beer is real. We recognise the responsibility we have to deliver, within a good functioning EU Single Market, on an ambitious EU-wide environmental sustainability agenda, including for packaging and packaging waste.
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