European packaging waste rules at a glance

European packaging waste rules at a glance But I still want to summarize the overall structure and hope to give you some clues on how to develop in a turbulent market and still have to make a commercial final in this environment.
The whole operation is based on the European Union regulations on packaging waste, which specifies the minimum and maximum specific targets that need to be achieved before 2001. They will be revised and put forward in a solemn manner in 2005. The current regulations are scheduled for 1996. Immediately after its conclusion, it will have legal effect on all member states.
In order to obtain this procedure, it is necessary to implement the corresponding national laws nationwide from January 1, 1998, which will include draft plans/programs/organizations. This has already been done.
This procedure also triggered the committee's legal proceedings in 13-15 countries (including the famous Danish can ban). And there are still many cases that have not been resolved but have been sent to the European Court of Justice.
Although we do not know much about the actual situation, the law has already come into effect. All 15 countries have complied with this procedure, but they have used 15 different methods, and these methods are still changing.
This procedure involves the prevention of deficiencies of heavy metal content to different species, LCA and many other fields. These strategies refer to the CEN standards developed in CEN TC261/SC4, of which the first six were discussed this spring. Denmark and Austria voted against it. Other countries voted in favor. The current standard will be revised and will be submitted again this fall for a final vote. The standard may not be passed by the committee because it cannot achieve its goal, but once it is passed, it will be introduced in early 2000.
These standards are of crucial importance and have been legally effective in EU countries since the first day. You can get these draft standards and specifications through the National Standards Organization. I can say for sure. Otherwise, try to get it through your packing association or CEN. There is an old Chinese saying: Give someone a fish and let him only for a full day. Teaching him how to fish can make him hungry forever.
Therefore, I have included information on 28 countries that have been confirmed by our association behind the materials in order to help Danish exporters obtain a list of current national agencies or organizations, address, telephone, fax and e-mail/URL (if There are words). But remember, before making a decision, be sure to check their actual national reputation and related costs. Your embassy can also provide you with appropriate help, but you must ensure that you have the most up-to-date information.
After the introduction of the standard, another exciting moment in development is, of course, how authoritative bodies are more effective in tightening control, especially when it comes to paperwork requirements. There may be 15 different ways, from every letter to absolute freedom, and all kinds of compromise solutions.
British trade officials have received fines of nearly 5,000 pounds. The reason the company was punished was that it appeared to use oversized packaging and failed to provide timely written instructions that they had minimized packaging based on the actual needs of the product in the specific logistics system.
Of course, these will have a quick and direct impact on the packager/packing company, but changes in the type of materials and costs will be a matter of product life and death. Therefore, they must be motivated to change even the best packaging solutions and suppliers that have been operating for a long time, so as to make more lasting and effective solutions based on the most important fee structure in their major markets, even by insisting on stricter systems. To reduce costs.
So my advice to overseas companies is as follows; get relevant information about your market (and major export customers) as soon as possible, and follow the development of the European Union, CEN, and your own selected markets as standards to keep abreast of the industry's threats and opportunities. And respond.
Finally, I would like to express some opinions and hopes regarding the action taken by the European Union on packaging waste: The EU has made considerable efforts to take action on packaging waste, and has consumed a large amount of manpower and material resources that cannot be exchanged. Is the measure taken effective? Is the effort made equal to that achieved in the environment? We also need to see. At the same time, we must create a road to ensure that business can be carried out and developed on the best basis.
Based on this, I suggest that everyone make full use of the technologies of standard organizations, packaging associations and embassies, and recommend that everyone join the World Packaging Organization to enter the global packaging network of the organization and professionals.