From January 1, the Foundation Packaging Waste Fund and implementation organizations Nedvang, KIDV, and Nederland Schoon will join forces and merge on March...
Winter 2023/2024
Commencement of Trilogues: Discussions on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Begin
The beginning of January marks the commencement of technical negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union...
Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: Council Approves Its Negotiating Stance on Packaging and Packaging Waste, December 18, 2023
The Council has reached a consensus on a proposal for a regulation addressing packaging and packaging waste in the European Union (EU). The primary...
Introduction by our Managing Director
Dear Esteemed Readers, We trust this EXPRA Newsletter finds you flourishing and in great spirits. The recent winter season has been a dynamic period for EXPRA and its esteemed members, marked by...
Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum 2024 from March 19th to March 21st in Brussels, Belgium
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is about to impact industry-wide decisions on design, function, material choice, recycling and reusable packaging options and waste infrastructure. The...
VALIPAC- EXPRA- EPRO Seminar “EPR schemes for commercial and industrial packaging: the future has begun!”
Valipac, EXPRA and EPRO are organizing the first seminar dedicated to commercial and industrial packaging. According to the current version of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, EU...
Ecovidrio: “We will meet the glass recycling target that puts us Europe with two years in advance”
José Manuel Núñez-Lagos, director general of Ecovidrio, defends in this interview the "excellent quality" of glass container recycling in Spain, considers that in the current circumstances there is...
Belgium and the Netherlands join forces for better traceability of exported plastic waste
Valipac, the Belgian organization for managing industrial packaging, and Stichting Afvalfonds Verpakkingen (rebranded as Verpact starting from March 1st), its Dutch counterpart for industrial and...
Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ ) launches Bac Impact: not everything that can be recycled goes in the bin!
80% of Quebecers take part in daily curbside recycling, and even more - 89% - want more information on how to sort recyclables. Montreal, Monday, January 15, 2024 – Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ), the...
Afvalfonds: Investigate industrial packaging waste
At the request of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Packaging Waste Fund is conducting research into business packaging waste. Since January 1, 2023, the legal producer...
Ecoembes establishes its SCRAP for commercial packaging to provide a comprehensive solution to its companies
Last December 2023, the Ecoembes Comerciales Association was formed, promoting the new Collective Producer Extended Responsibility System (SCRAP) for this type of packaging. 26 organizations -...
CONAI: Green future? Green Jobs! CONAI’s new project for high schools
Talking about circular economy means dealing with a new vision of production, consumption, and resource recovery, but also about green jobs, jobs that draw from a wide range of skills and are...