Winter 2023/2024
Introduction by the managing director
Introduction by our Managing Director
Dear Esteemed Readers,
We trust this correspondence finds you flourishing and in great spirits.
The recent winter season has been a dynamic period for EXPRA and its esteemed members, marked by significant events and focused priorities...
EXPRA news
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 countries should ensure that producer responsibility schemes are...
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 timely 2024 Packaging and Sustainability Forum will be all about...
Upcoming events
Upcoming events with EXPRA participations
Here you can find all the upcoming events with EXPRA participation
News updates
Joint industry statement on references to “state-run producer responsibility organizations” in the PPWR
As technical trialogues concerning Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation progress, more than 20 organizations within the packaging value chain are urging EU legislators to remove references to ‘State-owned Producer Responsibility Organisations’ from the current...
Joint position paper: “Mandatory separate collection targets are not the way forward to drive a circular economy”
Addressing the European Parliament’s proposal, a part of their amendments to the PPWR proposal, which advocates for the introduction of a mandatory target of 90% for the separate collection of all packaging materials, EXPRA, in collaboration with CITEO, ProsPA,...
The joint statement from more than 100 associations: “EU packaging rules that work Making the Single Market and sustainability go hand in hand”
More than 100 associations, including EXPRA, representing Europe’s packaging industry, have written to EU Member States, urging them to uphold the Single Market or face huge supply chain disruptions when adopting their General Approach on the Packaging and...
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 objective is to tackle the rising issue of packaging waste in the EU while promoting a harmonized internal...
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 concerning the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Both bodies finalized their respective positions...
News from members
Fost Plus concludes accreditation period 2019-2023
Fost Plus concludes accreditation period 2019-2023 Fost Plus looks back on the past accreditation period with satisfaction. Between 2019 and 2023, more packaging waste per inhabitant was selectively collected, the recycling rate for plastic packaging material...
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 distributed across numerous sectors. Not only specialized technicians in...
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 - packaging and distribution companies from various sectors and their main...
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 responsibility for packaging waste has been extended to commercial waste...
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 designated management organization (OGD) for selective collection...
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 household packaging, have signed a collaboration agreement for the...
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 no need for a DRS for this type of packaging and welcomes the new...
Verpact: Uniting Forces for a Sustainable Packaging Future”?
From January 1, the Foundation Packaging Waste Fund and implementation organizations Nedvang, KIDV, and Nederland Schoon will join forces and merge on March 1, 2024, under the name Verpact. With this, the organization is ready for the future in which the legal...
Visión 30/30 ANDI: The business sector in Colombia is committed to a circular economy model
The Visión 30/30 initiative by ANDI is a collective impact initiative born within the National Business Association - ANDI, composed of more than 350 companies from 27 productive sectors advancing in packaging management in Colombia through recycling, reuse, and...
