Summer 2023
Introduction by the managing director
Introduction by the Managing Director
We trust you have enjoyed a delightful summer and are geared up for a productive autumn as September kicks off a season filled with exciting developments.
The 10th anniversary of EXPRA was an outstanding milestone for the International Alliance.
EXPRA news
OECD WORKSHOP ON EPR SCHEMES HELD IN PARIS, May 2023
On 9 and 10 May, OECD with the support of EXPRA organized 2-day workshop in Paris on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes. The first day of the workshop focused on packaging, discussing important aspects such as fee modulation, impact of EPR on product...
EXPRA 10th years anniversary, 26 April, 2023
The 10th anniversary of EXPRA on April 26, 2023, was an outstanding milestone for the International Alliance. Since its founding in 2013, the Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA) has grown to represent over 32 packaging and packaging waste recovery...
Packaging Waste and Sustainable Forum – INFORMA CONNECT, April 2023
For 31 years running, the Packaging Waste & Sustainability Forum, organized by INFORMA and with EXPRA as a supporting partner, has remained a pivotal event.
New EXPRA partners: The Packaging Forum, New Zeland, and Rekopol Organizacja Odzysku Opakowań S.A., Poland, join the EPR Network
Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance is expanding its network worldwide extending its reach to 32 PROs from 30 countries in Europe, Canada, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Southern Hemisphere. EXPRA, the umbrella organisation for packaging and...
New EXPRA President and the Board of Directors
Members of the EXPRA - Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance - have elected the Board of Directors for the next two years and Mr. Claude Turping, CEO of Valorlux asbl, as the President of EXPRA. During the last General Assembly meeting, celebrating the...
Upcoming events
UPCOMING EVENTS WITH EXPRA PARTICIPATION
Here are the upcoming events in which EXPRA Management and representatives will be actively involved and presenting
News updates
Proposal for a targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive
European Commission Proposes Directive to Address Textiles and Food Waste in Circular Economy Efforts, Brussels, July 2023
Waste Early Warning Report 2023
European Commission's Report Highlights Member States' Progress Towards Waste Management Targets
Brussels, June 2023
Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation & EXPRA Position
In November 2022, a pivotal step was taken by the European Commission as it unveiled a comprehensive revision proposal for the existing Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. The key aim of this proposal was to foster harmonization of packaging requirements...
The Third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) on Plastic Pollution, 13-19 November 2023, Nairobi, Kenya
The Third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-3) , 13-19 November 2023, Nairobi, Kenya
News from members
ENVI – PAK (Slovakia) teaches how to sort waste with a new online game
ENVI - PAK has been developing solutions for sorting-education across cities and towns in Slovakia for 20 years. We are constantly looking for novel, engaging and playful forms that will not only incite interest, but also help learn something new. This is how we...
Recycling in Switzerland (Switzerland) now twice as beneficial for the environment
The environmental benefit of Swiss recycling has doubled in the last 30 years. Every year, more than 500,000 tonnes of CO2eq are saved; the equivalent of around 183,000 flights around the world. In its 2023 Performance Report, Swiss Recycling presents the benefits...
CONAI publishes the 2022 recycling results
Conai has announced the results of recycling and recovery of packaging waste published in the General Prevention Programme, which outlines the action and objectives for the following five-year period, on the basis of what is contained in the institutional documents...
CONAI at the event “Packaging Fit for Purpose” in the European Parliament, June 2023
CONAI - Consorzio Nazionale Imballaggi, the Italian PRO, founding member of EXPRA, supported the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union - in cooperation with the Italian delegations of the European Parliament's Political groups - to organize the...
ECOEMBES (SPAIN) The environmentally focused education of the ‘Naturaliza’ project reaches over 16,000 kids during the 2022-2023 school year
During this academic year, more than 350 teachers from all over Spain joined the Naturaliza network, raising awareness about various environmental issues in their classrooms. The education project by Ecoembes offers training, resources, and guidance to primary school teachers to incorporate environmental education across their subjects...
EEQ (CANADA) Residents of the East End of the island of Montreal will be able to rely on a high-performance sorting centre as of 2025
Montreal, August 30th, 2023 — Following last spring’s announcement of the agreement in principle between Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) and Green For Life (Matrec – GFL), the two organizations formally signed a contract on August 25th enabling Matrec – GFL to begin...
Afvalfonds/KIDV (THE NETHERLANDS) Update 2023 KIDV Recycle Check Flexible Plastic Packaging
If necessary, the KIDV Recycle Checks are updated. Today the update of the Recycle Check for flexible plastic packaging will be published. Manufacturers and importers can relatively easily test the recyclability of their flexible plastic packaging with the Recycle...
FOSTPLUS (BELGIUM) recycled 95% of all household packaging in 2022
Out of more than 765,000 tonnes of packaging put on the Belgian market by our members in 2022, 95% was recycled, 81% of it in Belgium. Thanks to the New Blue Bag, selective PMD collection rose from 14.9 kg per person in 2018 to 22.8 kg per person in 2022. 2022 was...
FOSTPLUS (BELGIUM) Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation offers opportunities for the recycling chain
The stakes have never been higher Wim Geens, Managing Director at Fost Plus To meet the aims of the Green Deal, Europe is implementing major changes to the way in which packaging is produced and to its end-of-life story. Recycling is no longer the holy grail....
