MEPs pushback against reusable packaging rules

Members of the European parliament’s industry and agriculture committees have voted against proposals on increasing reusable packaging — like the packaging industry, they favour recycling over widespread reuse targets.

Unless the EU reduces the amount of packaging it uses, greenhouse gas emissions and water use by the sector will continue to surge. Nonetheless, the European parliament’s industry committee has voted in line with the packaging industry’s demands to significantly reduce proposals to decrease waste by increasing reusable packaging.