Autumn/Winter 2022
Introduction by the managing director
Introduction by the Managing Director
Seeing a steadily growing interest in EPR worldwide, EPR is constantly at the top of our agenda, not only with regard to legislative developments in Europe, such as the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation proposal, published at the end of 2022 and the started revision of the Waste Framework Directive, but also internationally, with the recognition of its key role in the Global Plastics Treaty through the next round of negotiations with the OECD
EXPRA news
EXPRA 10th years anniversary, 26 April, 2023
Our 10th-anniversary EXPRA - 'EPR’s past, current and future achievements, challenges and opportunities in Europe and the world' will take place on 26 April 2023. The event will provide an opportunity to discuss future challenges but also opportunities for EPR in...
New partner – Rekopol Organizacja Odzysku Opakowań S.A., Poland joins the EPR Network
We are extremely excited to welcome our new member REKOPOL Organizacja Odzysku Opakowań S.A, into our EXPRA - Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance family, being the 31st country in our Alliance that now represents 1/3 of Europe. Rekopol Organizacja Odzysku...
EXPRA`s General Winter Assembly, 29 November 2022, Brussels
On the 29th December the EXPRA General Assembly took place in person, at the Fost Plus office in Av. des Olympiades 2, 1140 Evere, with the possibility to attend the meeting online as well. The meeting was a unique occasion for EXPRA members to see each other and...
The international conference “Greater Energy and Material Security in EU countries, Prague on September 22, 2022”
The international conference "Greater Energy and Material Security in EU countries," co-organized by the European Association for Waste Management (FEAD) and the Czech Association for the Circular Economy (CAObH) and supported by EXPRA under the auspices of the...
The “EPR best practices across the EU” Congress in Brussels, 26-27 September 2022
From Monday, September 26 to Tuesday, September 27, 2022, on behalf of EXPRA and CONAI, the EPR Congress on the best practices across the EU was held at the Residence Palace in Brussels. The two-day event aimed at highlighting the role of PROs and EPR country...
The Balkan workshop on 28 and 29 September 2022 in Skopje
EXPRA's Regional Balkan Workshop on EPR and packaging waste management, organized by EXPRA Macedonian member PAKOMAK, was held in Skopjie, North Macedonia, from September 27-29. The Macedonian Environment Minister Naser Nuredini also join the workshop and...
Upcoming events
Upcoming events with EXPRA participation
15-16 February, Antwerp, Belgium ACI’s European Food & Beverage Plastic Packaging 21 February 2023, online Circular Economy conference - SPN 28 March 2023, Brussels, Belgium EPR Toolkit workshop 29 March 2023, Brussels, Belgium Packaging Waste and...
News updates
Integrate EPR within the International plastics Treaty: PRO Common position Paper
Following the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Nairobi on 2 March 2022, where Heads of state, environment ministers and other representatives of UN member states passed a landmark resolution to end plastic pollution and create a legally binding international...
Proposal for a revision of EU legislation on Packaging and Packaging Waste
On 30 November 2022, the European Commission published the second part of its circular economy package which also introduces the proposal for a legislative revision of the directive on packaging and packaging waste (PPWD), from directive to regulation. The...
Proposal for a targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive
The Waste Framework Directive is the EU framework which protects public health and the environment through the proper management of waste, applying the EU waste hierarchy, which promotes the prevention and re-use of waste over recovery and waste disposal.The Waste...
News from members
News From EKOPAK (Bosnia and Herzegovina): The final conference of the project “Management of glass packaging waste in the Western Balkans” held in Belgrade
The final conference that marked of the completion of the project "Management of glass packaging waste in the Western Balkans" was held in Belgrade on December 14, 2022. Project holders – PROs Ekopak from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pakomak from North Macedonia and...
FOST PLUS (Belgium) – The digital deposit system: Flanders opts for an easy-to-use, efficient and forward-looking solution to combat litter
The Flemish government has decided today to step up the fight against litter with an innovative system: digital deposits. According to the companies that market packaged products, represented by Comeos, Fevia and Fost Plus, Flemish Minister for the Environment...
ENVI – PAK (Slovakia) Campaign – “Let’s deposit, but don’t forget to sort!”
Since 2016, when extended producer responsibility was introduced in Slovakia, the number of sorted components of municipal waste has been continuously increasing. In 2021, a total of more than 583,000 tons of municipal waste was recycled in Slovakia. The European...
CONAI: Deposit return system may not be the most efficient way to reach future recycling targets in a 73,3% recyling rate country like Italy
In Italy, the green-field introduction of a Deposit Return System (DRS) for recycling would represent a duplication of economic and environmental costs. Indeed, such DRS would replace and not complement traditional, separate collection systems of beverage...
