As part of its membership to the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), European Bioplastics (EUBP) has actively participated in the draft of a position paper to collectively react to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), as proposed by the European Commission.  

While EUBA supports the intentions of the Commission’s PPWR proposal to make all packaging reusable and recyclable by 2030, the Alliance considers the move towards a circular economy essential and calls for a stronger support of the bioeconomy sector in the legislative proposal to deliver on the sustainability and climate goals set out in the EU Green Deal.  

The Alliance feels that the proposal fails to recognise that packaging recyclability and reusability alone are not enough to put the packaging sector on track for climate neutrality by 2050. EUBA urges the EU institutions to accelerate the uptake of biobased content to the same extent as recycled content to count towards reaching the recycled content targets for packaging set out in the Commission’s legislative proposal. 

Such targeted measures would not only encourage the use of biobased materials for the manufacture of packaging and reduce the need for virgin fossil resources, but also make sure the strict requirements for contact-sensitive materials can be met while making food an